Comments on: Fraises des Bois / Frais du Bois / Frutti di Bosco / Wild Strawberries

By: atbnorge

atbnorge — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:08:28 +0000

The wild strawberries (markjordbÃ¦r in Norwegian)here are now ripe for the picking. I also have some under the hedge (plus some hedgehogs grunting and snorking at night) and I am a bit curious if you will agree that they have a hint of aratiles in them (not the hedgehogs, huh). Just as I found blueberries have a hint of santol; morell cherries taste like duhat, and cranberries taste like…must be my tastebuds feeling homesick. But then again, there is free food to be gathered, so I must not mope.I also found that I will be having sukker plommer—uh, yellow plums, this summer. Plus the endless rows of wild raspberries along the path where I walk my dog, I only pick the ones above urine level of the largest dog I know, or I forage below urine level after the rain has stopped…Hey, did you know that gooseberries taste a bit like kamias?…There’s a kind old lady two streets up from where I live and she has a hedge of blackberries, nam-nam…Eat your heart out, Marketman!

By: Jun b

Jun b — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:18:16 +0000

never had the chance to have wild strawberries. The closest that I had are those bought from supermarkets but I guess the sweetness are no where near the wild ones.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:46:23 +0000

Sister: I googled champagne mangoes. The picture is identical to theones we get here labelled Manila mangoes (Ataulfo variety). That one is in season here now and my friend /distributor sells it to me from anywhere from $30 to $46 for a 40 pound box when there is a bumper crop. Howver, he also sometimes brings in the ones that looks EXACTLY like our Mangoes back home. The skin is smooth and when ripe, the color is PALE YELLOW (just like our mangga back home) unlike the Champagne ones …the skin is DARK GOLDEN YELLOW almost orange when ripe. The shelf life is not as long as the Champagne ones. That is why he doesn’t bring it it unless there is an order for it. I must be the only oddball who asks for it.

By: sister

sister — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:11:14 +0000

Betty Q, Are you referring to the “Champagne” mangoes, sometimes labelled “Manila”. I read somewhere that the original seedlings were transported to Mexico from Cebu on a Spanish galleon. I think they are the best availble in the US in May and June- $17. a dozen in one case of large ones- they are very good.

By: michelle o

michelle o — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:29:19 +0000

This reminds me of our summer home in scandinavia. We have raspberries and blueberries growing wild. But next to my son’s sandbox is a little patch of strawberries. Makes me smile just thinking about it.