The Time of Impatient Waiting is Over
Published at 00:15 on 26 June 2014
Berry season has begun. The blackcaps* and best of all the thimbleberries† are ripening everywhere. Salmonberries have been ripe for several weeks now, but they don’t have the flavor of our other berries.
The wide variety of edible berries are one of the things I like best about this region. Many parts of the country are lucky to have one or two good wild edible berries. I can offhand think of nine types of native edible berries found on this island alone (so I’m probably overlooking a few), plus a couple of common introduced species.
* My namesake; I chose it because the species of blackcap they have in the Midwest is probably the first wild food I remember eating.
† A flavor, which together with the thoroughly non-native durian, I probably crave more than any other.