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Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 6:14 pm Post subject: Fuchsia berries - what to do with them
Not sure if this is the right place - but it is foraging, or rather Urban Foraging. Next door's hedge (around 5ft tall) is full of them. I had a nibble today - they were OK. Possibly they need to ripen a little more. They were only just squish-able between thumb and forefinger. Any fans here? If so, how do you tell when they are ripe and what do you do with them?

cir3ngirl

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 4846
Location: Cirencester

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 6:30 pm Post subject:
I did not know they could be eaten but other half now very excited about fuchsia wine

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 6:39 pm Post subject:

cir3ngirl wrote:

I did not know they could be eaten but other half now very excited about fuchsia wine

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 6:40 pm Post subject:

cir3ngirl wrote:

I did not know they could be eaten but other half now very excited about fuchsia wine

Me too!

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 7:01 pm Post subject:
Found this. Looks like picking a ripe one is an art. https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/eating-the-shrubbery/ There was a definite aftertaste and I would agree that peppery comes close. I couldn't detect any kiwi, but they were slightly grape like. I'll leave them a while and try again. Last edited by Mithril on Mon Jul 29, 13 7:08 pm; edited 2 times in total

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 7:02 pm Post subject:

Mr O wrote:

cir3ngirl wrote:

I did not know they could be eaten but other half now very excited about fuchsia wine

Me too!

They are although I've yet to find one I'd happily eat more than one or two fruits.

https://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=579
https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Fuchsia+species

The RHS link suggests jam but the plants you've found may not have the best fruit.

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 7:13 pm Post subject:
I'm going to keep a look out for them until I find one I like. Apparently, Mark Diacono makes fruit leathers with his.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 13 10:58 pm Post subject:
rather than jam unless cooking changes the taste ,fusia gin might work. im not a fan of raw ones but they are fun through a peashooter organic paintball

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 8:52 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

rather than jam unless cooking changes the taste ,fusia gin might work.

im not a fan of raw ones but they are fun through a peashooter

organic paintball

Yes, they are very juicy.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 9:04 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

organic paintball

Excellent. Who'd have thunk it.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 9:35 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

dpack wrote:

organic paintball

Excellent. Who'd have thunk it.

No-one!

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