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Re: [NAFEX] What to do with all those serviceberries?

From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What to do with all those serviceberries?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:20:15 +0000

<I was looking at serviceberry (saskatoons) berry content (ph, sugar,
<acidity) and it appears to me they would be great for wine making.
<Tom

I was given a bottle of Juneberry wine by a generous nafexer - and enjoyed it very much.
Be a bit before ours ripen - but my favorite pie is Rhubard/ Saskatoon.
Del

>>Bumper crop of serviceberries this year!
>>We picked 10 lbs today and ran them through the squeezo. Amazing
>>how it
>>gels right after it comes out. Last time we made jam with it (2
>>years ago)
>>and it turned out very well with no sugar and no added pectin.
>>Surprisingly, it did not gel very well once it was canned. Can
>>anyone
>>explain why it would gel at first, but not later after it is
>>canned?
>>
>>Also, any RECIPES or IDEAS for what to do with 10 lbs of squeezed
>>serviceberries? I'm thinking about mixing with red currant juice
>>for
>>tartness, strawberries (b/c we have lots), tart cherries (b/c we
>>have lots),
>>or maybe some of last years frozen black raspberries (a treasure,
>>but it
>>seems like it's time to use them up since they are coming in fast).
>>
>>It seems like they need a little more tartness and a little more
>>sweetness
>>for my taste so maybe mixing them will be good.
>>
>>If anyone needs some seed from them, I've got a ton now. I think
>>most are
>>probably alnifolia or laevis, but there is also some grandiflora in
>>there
>>too. If not, I'll just start a fence row of them with the seed and
>>start my
>>breeding experiment.
>>
>>Mike Levine
>>Ann Arbor, MI
>>
>>
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Re: [NAFEX] What to do with all those serviceberries?, del stubbs, 06/24/2004