"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
06/25/2018 at 22:35 • Filed to: PNW PSA, shitposting
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"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
06/25/2018 at 22:35 • Filed to: PNW PSA, shitposting | 6
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In case you just needed another reason to drive our fabulous backroads when it’s dry and warm (you know, the 3-4 weeks a year, if we’re lucky), I’m seeing the first of the trailing blackberries starting to ripen here in the Seattle area.
These are some of the most delicious wild berries that grow here that don’t require a trip into the mountains or serious hunting to locate (ex: black raspberries and wild strawberries).
I already picked one in this picture. Look at all that deliciousness ripening!
It’s also strawberry season. I picked this bowl full in my MIL’s garden yesterday because she had given up on picking them... I suspect this means the wild ones are producing, too.
lone_liberal
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 22:52 |
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Eh, give me a call when the huckleberries are ready.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> lone_liberal
06/25/2018 at 22:55 |
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Red ( parvifolium ) or the blue-black (ovatum) ones? The red ones are going craaaazy. Most of the plants are literally weighed down by all the berries right now.
AestheticsInMotion
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 22:56 |
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Okay now I want to know where I have to go to find black raspberries and wild strawberries
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> AestheticsInMotion
06/25/2018 at 23:09 |
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Black raspberries grow in clearcuts in my experience. They don’t produce for at least a couple years, so you usually want to search 3-5 year old clearcuts for them. My best find of them was on Vancouver Island in an old clearcut in strong direct sunlight.
Wild strawberries can be pretty hard to find. Like black raspberries, they like light, but they don’t grow in recent clearings . I usually find them closer to lakes and rivers (not super close) , particularly at higher elevations (800+ feet). Even h igher elevations are where you’ll also find some very tasty vaccinium species...
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lone_liberal
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 23:18 |
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Over here all I’ve ever seen are the dark purple/black common huckleberry which usually comes on in early-to-mid July.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> lone_liberal
06/25/2018 at 23:39 |
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Hmm. You’re east of the Cascades, right? I don’t know if the red ones grow over there.
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lone_liberal
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 23:51 |
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One thing is for sure, I hope they can get a solid domestic variety soon because the commercial pickers lay waste to both the berries and bushes in the forest and the average person has had to go further and further out and up to find a decent patch. Still worth it, though.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 23:54 |
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Banana slugs are out in force this evening. Glad to see some locals still fighting the good fight. So many invasive slugs and worms.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> lone_liberal
06/26/2018 at 00:01 |
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That’s sad. Where do they all go? I’ve never seen wild ones for sale.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 00:07 |
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My raspberries are going bananas (fruit puns!). I cant pick them fast enough... eating a cup a day just to keep up.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/26/2018 at 00:16 |
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Yeah, I didn’t get pictures but the same is true of my MIL’s patch. She gave up on those like the strawberries and I just ate those...
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lone_liberal
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 00:20 |
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Come on over here. You’ll see them for sale all over by the quart and in ice cream in local places as well as jams in shops but I’d guess mostly them get sold to big food companies who turn them in those little freeze dried chips in frozen waffles and other things.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 00:26 |
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It’s like crack, but with antioxidants!
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/26/2018 at 00:29 |
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Mmm. I love berries. Clearly, you do, too.
One of the main reasons aside I moved here, aside from our fabulous weather ...
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 00:29 |
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Where are you from originally?
C62030
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/26/2018 at 00:34 |
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Yeah, but can you smoke raspberries?
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> C62030
06/26/2018 at 00:36 |
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I wish. I mean, my friend wishes.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/26/2018 at 00:37 |
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Los Angeles. I can’t help it, I just happened to be born there.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> C62030
06/26/2018 at 00:52 |
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You’re clearly confused. You eat berries (they’re edibles) and smoke salmon .
gettingoldercarguy
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 00:59 |
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My favorite ones to find while hiking are thimble berries. Delicate to harvest and the taste is equally delicate.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> gettingoldercarguy
06/26/2018 at 01:23 |
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They’re going pretty strong right now. Thankfully, they seem to ripen throughout most of the summer, so they’re more widely and continuously available. Of the more common berries, I put them on a par with trailing blackberries.
Just today I taught a lifelong northwesterner that these are edible. I think I blew their minds, they always thought they were poisonous or something. My wife and in-laws think I’m insane and that half the berries I eat are going to kill me. Just last year I was eating evergreen huckleberries (the purple-black ones) and my MIL freaked out because she was sure they were not edible...
I don’t know where people learn these things.
Stef Schrader
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
06/26/2018 at 10:36 |
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This is the part I miss from the PNW. Much jelly.