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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: Katmai Guy on October 11, 2020, 02:31:06 PM

Title: Elderberries
Post by: Katmai Guy on October 11, 2020, 02:31:06 PM: Do any of you pick and utilize wild elderberries, the ones growing along eastern Wa roads? If so, how do you tell if they are ripe and what do you make from them?
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Post by: robodad on October 11, 2020, 02:59:09 PM: Usually when they are black and plump their done and my folks used to make jelly and pancake syrup out of the liquid, never used the whole berries for much !
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Post by: elkboy on October 11, 2020, 03:02:18 PM: I cook 2-3 cups of blue elderberry down with a few cups of water, strain out the skins and seeds, then cook with a cup of orange juice, a cup of sugar, and a tablespoon of cinnamon. Good over pancakes!
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Post by: Special T on October 11, 2020, 03:24:02 PM: My wife cooks them and makes a symple syrup, or a tincture. It has great antiviral properties. It also has had medical studies done on its properties.

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Post by: buckfvr on October 11, 2020, 05:02:02 PM: Quote from: Special T on October 11, 2020, 03:24:02 PM
My wife cooks them and makes a symple syrup, or a tincture. It has great antiviral properties. It also has had medical studies done on its properties.

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Post by: zwickeyman on October 11, 2020, 05:07:27 PM: My Pops favorite syrups were Elderberry and Chokecherry
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Post by: Fletch on October 27, 2020, 01:21:01 PM: :yeah: mmmmmm choke cherry
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Post by: jrebel on October 27, 2020, 01:37:19 PM: There are different types of elderberries and most the ones I see in central washington are the small blue elderberries that are very tart. You can pick them by the truckload. I have seen many people picking them to make wine...... :dunno: :dunno:

Most of the palatable elderberries are bigger and turn dark purplish ot black. I have eaten them straight off the bush when ripe and they taste great.
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Post by: Sutherland on October 27, 2020, 02:49:42 PM: Our family has been harvesting them for years. They are very easy to get and take care of. I'll fill garbage bags full of the main clusters I cut from the tree. Leave them in the freezer overnight and this kills any bugs on them and also allows you to simply rub them off the stem. Then we use a juicer and make it all into juice. From there we makes jelly's and syrup's and daily tincture for immunity build. Very healthy and full of vitamin c!
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Post by: Katmai Guy on October 27, 2020, 02:56:38 PM: :tup: :tup:
Quote from: Sutherland on October 27, 2020, 02:49:42 PM
Our family has been harvesting them for years. They are very easy to get and take care of. I'll fill garbage bags full of the main clusters I cut from the tree. Leave them in the freezer overnight and this kills any bugs on them and also allows you to simply rub them off the stem. Then we use a juicer and make it all into juice. From there we makes jelly's and syrup's and daily tincture for immunity build. Very healthy and full of vitamin c!
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Post by: Pegasus on October 27, 2020, 03:02:07 PM: Quote from: Sutherland on October 27, 2020, 02:49:42 PM
Our family has been harvesting them for years. They are very easy to get and take care of. I'll fill garbage bags full of the main clusters I cut from the tree. Leave them in the freezer overnight and this kills any bugs on them and also allows you to simply rub them off the stem. Then we use a juicer and make it all into juice. From there we makes jelly's and syrup's and daily tincture for immunity build. Very healthy and full of vitamin c!

What? No wine?