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| 3097.1 | | VALKYR::RUST | | Tue Jun 25 1991 17:43 | 16 |
| Ah, mulberries! My great-grandmother had one out back of her house on
the family farm in Louisiana; we kids used to climb it and lounge
around the branches munching berries (and making a serious mess of 'em,
too - those things stain like fury).
Actually, neither her tree nor the one my folks have has ever produced
huge amounts of fruit for human consumption - the birds usually get it
first. (You want to see some happy mockingbirds? Plant a mulberry
tree.) You're in New Hampshire, right? I'm surprised - I thought
mulberries would only fruit in warmer regions...
I'll check my books for specific recipes when I get home, but I'd
suspect that most berry recipes could be used for mulberries, adjusting
the sweetening to taste.
-b
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| 3097.2 | | VALKYR::RUST | | Wed Jun 26 1991 10:26 | 7 |
| Guess what. No mulberry recipes. Even "Joy of Cooking" just said of
them, in a rather snide tone, that they were best suited for the
depradations of schoolboys... Heck, I know they're pretty
mild-flavored, but honestly! [If you want to try cooking with them
anyway, check out the blackberry recipes in note 1972 and use those.]
-b
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| 3097.3 | Mulberries doing well in Mass. | SALEM::RUSSO | | Wed Jun 26 1991 12:49 | 8 |
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I live in Fitchburg,Mass. The tree seems to really thrive. I don't
feed it or anything. It does get full sun from sun-up to sun-down so
maybe that's why it does so well. I'll try some of those blackberry
recipes. If I find anything that works well I'll post it.
I have tried juicing them but the flavor isn't very stong.
later, robin
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| 3097.4 | | MRKTNG::WEINSTEIN | Barbara Weinstein | Thu Jun 27 1991 14:28 | 8 |
| Several years ago a house guest of mine insisted on making us a pie from
the mulberries she found growing wild nearby.
We all had to admit that it was the worst tasting pie we'd ever had. The
mulberries did not pick up any sweetness from the the sugar syrup (for lack
of a better word) we mixed them in. Maybe if they had been mashed up it
would have been better, but I have no interest in trying it again. Sorry,
I do not remember the recipe, but then I doubt you'd want to make it!
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| 3097.5 | How about wine? | WMOIS::BOHNET_B | | Thu Jun 27 1991 17:06 | 4 |
| Never made jam or pies, but my Mom used to make Mulberry wine, as I
remember (I was just a kid!!!!) it was real good, light and sweet.
Bon
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