tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post4175140352224329754..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: A Berry Obsession, Part II, or, Hawthorns, ContinuedP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-59707090249677946042012-10-31T02:53:12.223-07:002012-10-31T02:53:12.223-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.johndaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585748243798885947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-69025387560405062262011-11-10T08:01:41.182-08:002011-11-10T08:01:41.182-08:00Well here I am at Java in ER seeing all the lovely...Well here I am at Java in ER seeing all the lovely botanical illustrations at last. Best of all, I have a new way of saying "dunno": Identification is "precarious."<br /><br />That was a lot of fun. I think I will not try the haws just yet, as my life is sufficiently precarious without my stumbling around in the underbrush in search of wild foods--but it's good to keep them in mind. Waste not want not.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-23454355319738204552011-11-09T13:55:55.672-08:002011-11-09T13:55:55.672-08:00Aren't the berries sweet, Dawn? Here's ano...Aren't the berries sweet, Dawn? Here's another excuse to bring in THE BORROWERS AFIELD (second book in the series) and Homily's concerns about having to subsist on "hips and haws," i.e., rosehips and the fruit of the hawthorn (both very nutritious, by the way). I should also repeat that there is a lot of variation among hawthorns, and some have fleshier, sweeter fruit than the ones I found. Dawn, cut open one of your haws with a knife. What is the proportion of fruit to pit? How does the fruit taste? I still quite love the idea of hawthorn jelly--if only I could find the right haws for the job.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-7197740302965157822011-11-09T07:47:11.941-08:002011-11-09T07:47:11.941-08:00Right after I read your berry obsession, call for ...Right after I read your berry obsession, call for help I went for my lunch time walk and there aws a hawthorn tree/shrub, looked just like your pictures. I picked a leaf and a berry clump and was going to comment that I thought it was hawthorn for sure, then I forgot. The leaves and berries are still in my coat pocket.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.com