(Photo borrowed from Trade Winds Fruit, P.O. Box 1102, Windsor, CA 95492 seeds are available there)
The Garden Huckleberry – I wonder how many people have overlooked this purple berry which is in the family of nightshades. It is related to the tomato, potato and eggplant. We had the little thing just come up wild in our garden, which is not what the plan will be next year. I wanted to rename it prairie grape. Do not eat it when it is green because it is classified as poisionous, but when it turns purple and is cooked, it becomes edible.
I made a beautiful purple jelly with them today (7 half pints). A month ago I had made a recipe called Kuga Bread or Kuchen (koo can). It is a Russian recipe of sweet bread with the berries on top of a sour cream filling. It is quite good! We surprised Richard’s Dad as George had talked about eating it at home. Richard gave me the best compliment when he tasted it and said, Oh yeah, it made me remember Grandma recipe! You can grow them indoors all winter too and I am wondering if it would be worth the fuss. My neighbor eats them on cereal but I haven’t tried it yet.
I just finshed a great book by Max Lucado called “Fearless”. It addresses fear and why we are afraid.
I found some hope in this book because as Max stated, page 5, “Fear heards us into a prison and slams the doors.”
