[Sca-cooks] "Just a feast"

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 12:13 PM 2/5/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Nancy asked:
>> A Fabulous Feast, to borrow a phrase.  Could you provide your source for
>> barberries?  Thanks!
>
>A couple of sources told me that cranberries are a good modern North
>American substitute, so that's what I'm using.

Oregon Grape. They are closely related enough that we managed to substitute
barberries for Oregon Grape in Summits heraldry (Princess' device). I don't
remember the Latin names off the top of my head though. OG is tart, dark
blue/purple, and really seedy. More so than cranberries.

'Lainie
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