On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:10:50 AM UTC-5, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Aug 24, 4:23*am, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> > Has anyone ever made jam from Schisandra berries?
> >
> > I planted a few vines a decade or 2 ago as an herbal. * * I had read
> > how the berries had been used for a jelly that was fed to pilots
> > during WWII to help them utilize what little oxygen there was at their
> > altitudes * * * * * * * .
> >
> > I like the flavor of the fresh berries and the leaves, but I'd like to
> > make some jelly to put up.
> >
> > I'd like to make it without commercial pectin, if possible & they
> > taste tart enough I might get away with that.
> >
> > Lacking a recipe-- where would you jelly makers begin? * * * * Should
> > I start with equal amounts of sugar and cooked pulp and see what
> > happens?
> >
> > I've probably got about a month and a bushel of schisandra berries to
> > play with. *
> >
> > Jim
>
> I am completely unfamiliar with schisandra berries so I started
> googling them. I'm impressed and wish
> I had a vine.
>
> http://www.herbalist.com/wiki.details/159/category/8/
>
> In this article it says the berries are dried and used as
> medicinals. I bet you could dehydrate some and
> use them in muffins or breads.

....or even put them in trail mix.

N.