Yes, this is the Bake Apple Berry as it is know locally back home. Also called a Cloud Berry- " Rubus Chamaemorus" maybe because it looks like a cloud?!?!?! An orange cloud??? Fuck . i really don't know, and I don't even know why people back home call them Bake Apples because they taste nothing like a Apple. They are sometimes sour tasting, tangy, boggy, but good and rich in vitamin C. Why do I have a picture of this strange berry on my blog??? In case some of you followers ever come accross a bog...not Blog.... or Marsh, full of these somewhere in your travels let me know. They are only found from what I gather in certain parts of the world..where I'm from... LNS Quebec, Northern Manitoba, certain areas in the USA, Sweden, Norway, Finland,Germany,Russia, England, Ireland . I once came accross them in a Bog in Northern Manitoba- Shamattawa believe it or not. The residents of Shamattawa have their own name for this berry but I really can't remember what they call this strange berry.
Other names for cloudberry:
England: Knottberry
Cree Innu: Shikutew
Trivia:
A Norwegian municipality of Nesseby has a cloudberry in it's coat of Arms.
Cloudberry fruit leaves are displayed on a Finnish 2 euro coin.
Swedish National Democrats have the male cloudberry as their logo.
I'd love to try them!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you realize it but you gave me some "Cloud Berry" Tea for Christmas. It's called Arpiqutik or "Cloudberry" by Northern Delights...and if it's anything like the berries it is tasty; it would probably go good with the pie
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