To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] preserving mulberries
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:52:16 -0400
I tried dehydrating them once. That didn't work very well as my
dehydrator was malfunctioning and cooking things instead of dehydrating
them. Even so, I have heard from several sources that the taste of red
and black mulberries doesn't dry very well. I have heard that the fruit
of the white mulberry (Morus alba?) dries very well and is very popular
in the Middle East. Anyway, I think that preserves, freezing, and,
perhaps, fermentation may be the only tasty ways to preserve them.
I understand that the best way to collect them is a big sheet and a
good tree shaking every couple of days. Certainly hand picking is slow
and covers only a small portion of the tree.