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.

Comments

[redbird]

Mulberries seem to range from extremely bland to a mildly pleasant flavor. I'm not sure how much of that is differences between kinds of mulberry (white or purple) and how much is the year or differences between individual trees.

I do know that mallards like them--when we lived in Inwood, there was a mulberry overhanging the tidal marsh. The ripe berries would fall onto the water or mud (depending on whether the tide was in), and I got used to watching the ducks eat them. This has nothing to do with whether humans will like the fruit, I just found it amusing. (I also found it amusing that I took up bird watching, and started paying attention to the tides, when we moved to Manhattan.)