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Mulberries, Huzzah!
>From: (ConnieG999)
>In MY yard the problem is purple bird poop all over everything. (G)
>If you haven't cooked with mulberries before, you do know to immerse them in
>water to flood out the little bitty bugs, don't you? But no biggie if you
>don't; they're very small. LOL!! And you know that the stem goes all the way
>through the fruit, right? Just checking. (G) Mulberries are a PITA to work
>with, IMHO.
Mulberries are a democratic fruit, despite their history. (They aren't native
to America -- look up who introduced them, and why.) In childhood they were in
everybody's back yard, and nobody minded if you took a handful. Some kids
think they're poisonous.
Difficulty . . . well . . . My mother had a friend who let us pick her apples
from the trees. They were _always_ wormy and/or bruised, needing peeling and
processing. My childhood reaction was Yuck! Now I realize that anything free
is a gift, and if work is the only fee, I am still blessed.
E. P.
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