Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Delicious fruit from the wild can be used in so many ways. To preserve their goodness, dehydrating and fermenting open up a host of possibilities for enjoying them into the winter months.
There can't be beach plums in Oregon because otherwise there'd already be an episode of Portlandia dedicated to cult of Beach Plum Jelly: foraged locally, strictly seasonal, old-timey recipe for an odd yet nonthreatening jelly, now with reduced sugar
It's the height of berry season in Newfoundland. The results of our Labour Day foraging trip including photos of the feral and wild fruit on the plant for contextual identification. Bonus recipe for apple-blackberry crumble.
Wild beach plums are a seasonal treat. Back in the day picking the fruit and making jelly was very popular. Nowadays, the focus on the fast fabulousity of East Hampton means all the more plums for us!
