Great berries
Published Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Stumble It!The longer I live here, the more I love Alaska. Every day, I find something more to appreciate about our wonderful state.
As a bowhunter and survival nut, I’m normally observant of my surroundings, but this past summer I have had my eyes opened and my breakfast thrown upside down by re-discovering the grocery store outside my door.
My girlfriend, Sterling, is passionate about berry picking, and we share an interest in the do-it-yourself philosophy. It seems like every hike we take and every day we walk the dog there is a new type of berry to pick.
First it was strawberries and raspberries; more recently, the blueberries, crowberries and nicely ripened high-bush cranberries. We are looking forward to the low-bush cranberries after the first frost and are enjoying the jams and jellies we make from them.
They make great gifts for family and friends and we think they taste better than anything in the store. To everyone out there who has the berry craze this summer — we wish you the berry best time.
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I too have had my breakfast thrown upside down, and a splitting headache to boot. But I'm pretty sure the previous evening was worth it, wherever I was.
What gets me are the people who pick the berries on State land and then turn around and sell them by the Fox water hole. This is against state law. The berries on State land are for all Alaskans for personal use.
Am I the only one who likes the lowbush cranberries slightly unripe, while they are still full of juice and taste like a granny smith apple?
I love the berries and would never think of selling them. I eat them on the way home.
mmm.... berries! :^)
Yes FreeDarfur breaking State law by selling berries by the side of the road is a major bad. I've even witnessed them sold openly at the farmers market on College road. We need a task force to investigate and prosecute to the fullest extent these miscreants. Punish their ambition and skills of even finding enough berries to sell. Bet they don't even report their income on their 1040's. This lawlessnes must stop.
Thank you, Trevor Stice, for writing the only sensible letter to be published in the Thursday, September 3, 2009 copy of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
What can I say? It's just been that kind of morning.
I think they have tested some of the mushrooms they found in the field too. Wow.
Archer - they make a GREAT 'apple' pie at that stage!!
This is an exceptional berry year out my way, where things are finally recovering from the Boundry Fire of '04.
But take care - it's probably an exceptional bear year too, with all those lovely berries to fatten up on before winter!
Cranberry-Banana jam. Cranberry sauce. It goes great with everthing! My kids would eat nothing else (if they could). Wild berry jam was all we ever had growing up- it was a great life lesson to do something you didn't like (LOTS of berrypicking) to get something you loved. And cheap too.
Think I agree with robir8 on this one; yes, FreeDarfur is 'probably' correct (I suspect some autocratic bureaucrat probably decided that it should be against the law to pick and sell berries from state land). Big deal! I don't think they are ever going to meet much less surpass Bill Gates in amassing any kind of fortune so I don't really care (and no, I wouldn't rush out to report them if I saw them).
If someone wants to explain to me why I should really care, I might be willing to listen for about a minute before I 'tune them out' again...
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