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Where's Nat?? I have one enormous crop of saskatoons here.
- Thread starter Marg CDN
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i googled to learn what the ? a saskatoon is and found more'n you'd prolly need to know. read on...
The Saskatoon Berry
Saskatoons (Amelanchier Alnifolia) are purplish-blue berries grown on a shrub-type bush. They are native to the Canadian prairies and southern portions of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
The berry’s name is derived from the Cree word Mis-sask-quah-toomina. A member of the original surveying party for the town site of Saskatoon, reported that the First Nations people used to gather quantities of the berries. They walked through camps calling, what sounded like to member of the scouting party, “saskatoons, saskatoons.” {my note: apparently the saskatoonians had purplish-blue berries in their ears)
The Native people and early pioneers used saskatoons as a common food. The fruit is still popular today and is used in baking, jams, jellies and wines.
Early settlers recognized the potential to diversify their diets with this delicious fibre-rich berry. It provided a relatively good source of calcium, potassium, copper and carotene and an excellent source of manganese, matgnesium and iron (see below). It was an important food source during the depression in the 1930’s.
The Saskatoon Berry
Saskatoons (Amelanchier Alnifolia) are purplish-blue berries grown on a shrub-type bush. They are native to the Canadian prairies and southern portions of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
The berry’s name is derived from the Cree word Mis-sask-quah-toomina. A member of the original surveying party for the town site of Saskatoon, reported that the First Nations people used to gather quantities of the berries. They walked through camps calling, what sounded like to member of the scouting party, “saskatoons, saskatoons.” {my note: apparently the saskatoonians had purplish-blue berries in their ears)
The Native people and early pioneers used saskatoons as a common food. The fruit is still popular today and is used in baking, jams, jellies and wines.
Early settlers recognized the potential to diversify their diets with this delicious fibre-rich berry. It provided a relatively good source of calcium, potassium, copper and carotene and an excellent source of manganese, matgnesium and iron (see below). It was an important food source during the depression in the 1930’s.
This is actually good info. It's all so true and also true. The Indians used to dry them
for the winter.
Interesting to learn of the 30's as fodder. My dad said that he and his dad picked and packed an entire train car FULL of cherries and paid for it to go off to Saskatchewan to the starving farmers, in the 30s. Such stories, I wish I knew more of them.
I'm glad you're up on saskatoons now RVB.
When our landscaper finished our yard, he left one spot that needed an airy tree. He said the best was a saskatoon but he could not get one. I knew exactly how to 'import' one. And what bounty that teeny stick has given us. AND THE ROBINS
for the winter.
Interesting to learn of the 30's as fodder. My dad said that he and his dad picked and packed an entire train car FULL of cherries and paid for it to go off to Saskatchewan to the starving farmers, in the 30s. Such stories, I wish I knew more of them.
I'm glad you're up on saskatoons now RVB.
When our landscaper finished our yard, he left one spot that needed an airy tree. He said the best was a saskatoon but he could not get one. I knew exactly how to 'import' one. And what bounty that teeny stick has given us. AND THE ROBINS
Actually almost no one does. You're not alone. I'm just a prairie girl &
we had a 'grove' at our cottage for 60 years. That's where that tiny stick came from. I sure wish I knew how to duplicate what my dad did. He brought several for my friends who had tasted ours, but now we have more folks wanting them.
we had a 'grove' at our cottage for 60 years. That's where that tiny stick came from. I sure wish I knew how to duplicate what my dad did. He brought several for my friends who had tasted ours, but now we have more folks wanting them.
Saskatoon mustard? Yikes. What I learned to be the best way to preserve them
over the winter is to make a filling with a small amount of sugar, a little cinnamon and a spot of lemon juice (how's that for accurate measurements?) I then freeze that in jars with saran over the exposed surface. It's perfect. It can then be adjusted to the demands of the recipe after thawing.
We have so many right now they are falling all over.
over the winter is to make a filling with a small amount of sugar, a little cinnamon and a spot of lemon juice (how's that for accurate measurements?) I then freeze that in jars with saran over the exposed surface. It's perfect. It can then be adjusted to the demands of the recipe after thawing.
We have so many right now they are falling all over.
smileys/smile.gif well, there's saskatoon chutney kicking around these parts, so i figured, why not mustard?
all my mustards are relatively sweet - I'll probably brew the saskatoons/mustard seed in a mixture of malt & balsamic vinegar.
Thanks for the freezing tip - I plan on buying up whatever I can this summer & freezing them in batches for use throughout the winter (now that i have a lovely big, & empty, deepfreeze in my commercial kitchen!)
all my mustards are relatively sweet - I'll probably brew the saskatoons/mustard seed in a mixture of malt & balsamic vinegar.
Thanks for the freezing tip - I plan on buying up whatever I can this summer & freezing them in batches for use throughout the winter (now that i have a lovely big, & empty, deepfreeze in my commercial kitchen!)
yes i do! smileys/smile.gif (or i should say, will be, within a couple weeks)>>
Once I finally settled on my label design, jar type, etc., I custom-ordered these cool pine/kraft verrugated cardboard crates. they'll hold up to 3 of my jars. i'm even set up to take credit card smileys/smile.gif I'll prob set up through paypal, however, as i'm sure most people would prefer that. my humble website beginnings can be found at www.wildserendipity.com
Once I finally settled on my label design, jar type, etc., I custom-ordered these cool pine/kraft verrugated cardboard crates. they'll hold up to 3 of my jars. i'm even set up to take credit card smileys/smile.gif I'll prob set up through paypal, however, as i'm sure most people would prefer that. my humble website beginnings can be found at www.wildserendipity.com
I wonder if these are the same as our low bush arctic blueberries? They grow very close
to the ground---like a ground cover but are blueberries. There are also the black "crow berries" which I do not like at all---too much tannin and not much flavor, but we learned that if you put some in with the blueberries when making jam or pie, they help to thicken because they have more pectin too.
to the ground---like a ground cover but are blueberries. There are also the black "crow berries" which I do not like at all---too much tannin and not much flavor, but we learned that if you put some in with the blueberries when making jam or pie, they help to thicken because they have more pectin too.
Hooray! I hope to be one of your first orders when it's ready. smileys/smile.gif
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