SC - cranberries

[Elaine Koogler]

And my husband makes an absolutely dynamite mead with the little darlings...he
usually makes it before Pennsic and we enjoy it thoroughly during that lovely event!

I am hoping he'll do some again for this year!

Kiri

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >
> > Adamantius commented:
> > > "Decker, Terry D." wrote:
> > > > Cranberries are a hard little red berry and are very sour.  Everyone I know
> > > > who prepares them uses a lot of sugar.
> > >
> > > They are also more or less prevalent in the area where the Plymouth
> > > colony was situated, and may or may not have featured in the "first"
> > > Thanksgiving feast. Essentially their role in the menu is similar to
> > > that of the pumpkin.
> >
> > I'm not sure if I've ever had cranberry pie. And I think cranberries
> > are a bit little to make jack-o-lanterns out of. :-)
>
> Uh huh. However, cranberry fool, preserves, those little printed cakes
> of reduced jam/marmalade-like stuff, and for that matter just about
> anything you'd use gooseberries for (gooseberries sometimes being not
> very sweet at all and sometimes even a little astringent, not unlike
> cranberries), are all well within the realm of the possible.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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