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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Yup.  I was walking along a trail in the alps with some friends 25 years ago, 
and came upon a patch of alpine strawberries.  I offered to share them, but 
my friends didn't recognize the fruits as "strawberries", and asked how I 
could be sure they were safe to eat.

So I ate them all myself.  And lived to tell the tale.  :-)

Happy Thanksgiving,
Ginda

On Nov 25, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Ernest Plutko wrote:

> It is true that some people will not eat fruit from trees. 
> Vegetables also. When I have bumper crops of carrots and potatoes I
> have a hard time giving them away.  People are losing knowledge of
> Mother Earth.  They seem to think food is made in stores.
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Docshiva@Docshiva.org
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Article about preserving jujubes
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:18:55 -0800
> 
>> I like them - apple-crisp, apple/date flavor.  Pear, too, I agree. 
>> When I
>> was a teen there were a couple heavy-bearing trees I would collect
>> from.
>> Nobody ate them because they didn't seem to think any fruit that
>> wasn't in
>> the grocery stores was safe.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the article!  I had wondered how to get a good texture
>> when
>> drying them.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ~ Stephen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
>> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dan Nave
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 4:13 PM
>> To: North American Fruit Explorers
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Article about preserving jujubes
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I remember eating Ber fruit when I was a kid in India.  There were
>> two trees
>> or bushes behind my parent's house.  There was loads of fruit on them
>> but I
>> only ate the ripest yellow ones which were not all that plentiful
>> because
>> the fruit bats always came at dusk and ate all the ripe fruit from
>> the
>> bushes...  Anyway, it was pretty good, but small, the size of a date
>> but
>> tasting more like an apple or pear, if I remember correctly.  Nobody
>> else
>> ever ate them.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> On 11/24/2010 9:25 AM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA) wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/lo
>> calnews
>> /ci_16698520&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAnY-05wRIAVgBYgJlbg&cd=gG7s
>> MuCgl6c
>> &usg=AFQjCNFV9RRNS89khXJ6-PKr1jdtPa-R8A> In the Bins: What exactly is
>> a
>> fresh jujube?
>> Santa Cruz Sentinel
>> Remember the chewy jujube candy we grew up with? Well, these are not
>> the
>> confection, but rather the fruit with an exotic name that may have
>> inspired
>> the ...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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