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Default What does Summer taste like?

On Jun 29, 11:14*pm, Wayne Boatwright
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> On Mon 29 Jun 2009 09:03:36p, .Stu told us...
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> > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:42:52 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
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> >>On Jun 29, 6:42*pm, Stu > wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30:49 -0500, Becca > wrote:
> >>> >Tara wrote:
> >>> >> watermelon
> >>> >> perfect ripe tomatoes with salt
> >>> >> tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions in Italian dressing homemade
> >>> >> ice-cream

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> >>> >> Tara

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> >>> >The ones you mentioned, plus strawberries, cantaloupe, yellow squash..

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> >>> >Becca

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> >>> Hot dogs off the bbq with mustard and onions
> >>> ice cold watermelon
> >>> homemade ice cream saskatoon pie with thick cream

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> >>Would "Saskatoon Pie" be made with what we (ND) called "Juneberries"?
> >>Other folks called them serviceberries *or saskatoon berries. *Like
> >>tiny deep purple blueberries only sweeter and spicier. *Great in a
> >>pie . . . but better in a grubby little fist right off the bush in the
> >>hot summer sun.
> >>Lynn in Fargo

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> > That's correct

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> Perhaps also known as "wild blueberries". *I detest the oversized watery
> blueberries with a slight grittiness, that are found in almost every store. *
> These tiny berries are far superior. *There is at least one source that
> produces them bagged and frozen, which I use for pies.
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> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Wayne Boatwright * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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> * * But when the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the * *
> * * * * * * * true man comes to the surface. *~Mark Twain * * * * * * *


Wayne,
AFAIK wild blueberries are really wild blueberries. Smaller and more
flavorful that the garden variety. Wild blueberries like to grow in
places after fires. I think it is like tomatoes - they've bred them
bigger and blu-er but they lost the flavor in the process.
Juneberries (Saskatoon/Service - sometimes called Shad berries are way
more purple and spicier even than wild blueberries. Then there are
chokecherries and buffalo berries . . .
Lynn in Fargo
Hoping you're having a berry nice summer!