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I gotta give it to mulberries, don't get enough attention!

The buds of the flower Bauhinia variegata are both cooked amd used for pickles, spectacular stuff.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

American Wild Plum

Chokecherry These make your mouth feel furry inside if you eat them, but make the best syrup for pancakes

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've been meaning to look into planting some Camas bulbs. A kind of tuber crop grown by indigenous people around here. Used to be entire prairies of them before whitey showed up

[โ€“] GreasyTengu 3 points 1 year ago

Dwarf raspberry/dewberry. My pop used to call it 'gumbo' for some reason.

Its a tiny little raspberry plant that produces one berry per plant, so its hard to get it in any quantity.

The fruit itself is more juicy than a regular raspberry, and tastes more like fake raspberry flavored candy. Its always a treat to find these while hiking.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'd also like to mention Sapota.

Honorary mention to Grewia asiatica and Syzygium.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So not in my area, but I recently discovered cloudberry jam, which is absolutely delicious. It's like a mix of citrus and strawberry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't see it mentioned so maybe it's not lesser known, but jackfruit is amazing. SEA like most amazing fruit but have seen it more often in North America. Fresh, not the prepped and sauced vegan style.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maypops, which are a north american species of passionfruit. Obviously not a great hand fruit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

0: I have never heard of these! Do they taste the same or?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say exactly, but a similar profile. Like two different varieties of apple taste the same but different.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jujubes. They're like a dryer sweeter small apple. They don't need a lot to grow where I am and there's hundreds per tree.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Persimmons. Have a full size tree about to drop maybe 40 pounds of them. And I have no idea what to do with that many.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gooseberries are found in several traditional recipes from southern Netherlands, but most supermarkets no longer carry the fruit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Arum is an incredbibly underrated veg too, with an amazing texture.

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