food: barberry jam

[redbird]

cattitude bought barberry jam a while ago, and I recently opened the jar, tasted a bit on a spoon, and then added some to my oatmeal.

It's a mild, pleasant berry flavor.

The jam is thick/solid enough that it didn't mix into the oats the way some other kinds of jam do, and I don't think it would work well in yogurt. I want to try it on bread (or pancakes?). J djd like the little lumps of barberry flavor in some of the oats, which also had maple syrup, fresh blueberries, and pecan pieces.

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[redbird]

Brains will, and sometimes they're right: blackberry bushes/brambles are fiercer than raspberries, and the flavor is intense. Mulberry trees are not at all ferocious, and the berries are pleasant but not intense. I tried dried mulberries once, because I thought I would like them, and found them not worth eating.

Raspberries are both intensely flavored and somewhat protected by thorns, but the way I used to protect myself from being hurt by the thorns doesn't really work on blackberry bushes.