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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

I used to eat pyracantha berries raw off the bush as a kid.  I've been known
to pop a few in my mouth as an adult, too.  They are kind of starchy, but
the flavor is much like cranberries, only not as tart.  Could you share the
jelly recipe?
Doreen Howard

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From: <VBGarden@aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Pyracantha Jelly


> I just stumbled across a recipe for Pyracantha Jelly in one of those
> "collected recipes" cookbooks put out, in this case, by the Junior League
of
> Jackson, MS.  So, are pyracantha berries really edible? Delicious?  This
is
> the first I've been aware of anyone eating them.
>
> Sybil
> Paradise Nursery
> Virginia Beach
> where it really is Paradise today!
>
>