tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post135186678356140112..comments2023-12-03T08:13:24.652-08:00Comments on Fat of the Land: Gobble GobbleLangdon Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824455892396013221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-50394301317775498712008-12-10T12:03:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:03:00.000-08:00Thanks Laurie, Nick, and Tim. I guess I'll continu...Thanks Laurie, Nick, and Tim. I guess I'll continue to buy my cranberries unless I stumble on an old forgotten commercial bog...Langdon Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824455892396013221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-69255043340787681342008-12-03T19:27:00.000-08:002008-12-03T19:27:00.000-08:00Head east for huckleberries the size of your fing...Head east for huckleberries the size of your finger nail in August/ Sept Finny. About 60 miles east of me and great fishing as well.Have a recipe with Zinfandel, sugar and cranberries that might do well with the wild ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-13003198539069585962008-11-30T18:26:00.000-08:002008-11-30T18:26:00.000-08:00Tried a cranberry sauce with some Alaskan Highbush...Tried a cranberry sauce with some Alaskan Highbush (Viburnum edule per Laurie above) from last season. Equal parts cranberries, water, and sugar, simmered with a vegetable masher. Good flavor, but HUGE seeds. They didn't gel up as nicely as I would have hoped (pectin next time perhaps?), but provided a good color, texture, and flavor contrast to the rest of my gravy-covered thanksgiving meal.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395655714606147363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-73953788132379156232008-11-28T14:15:00.000-08:002008-11-28T14:15:00.000-08:00We have often gathered wild cranberries and frozen...We have often gathered wild cranberries and frozen them for use in our Thanksgiving cranberry sauce. They're Vaccinium vitis-idaea and are commonly referred to in Alaska as "lowbush cranberries" (they're a tiny evergreen that creep very low to the ground) as opposed to "highbush cranberries" (Viburnum edule) which grow on bushes. While edible, highbush cranberries aren't very flavorful and give Laurie Constantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662040688336742830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-90577637206280235652008-11-27T11:10:00.000-08:002008-11-27T11:10:00.000-08:00Happy T-Day back atcha, Brett! V. nice post over a...Happy T-Day back atcha, Brett! V. nice post over at Trout Caviar (I hear ya re: the inevitable turkey). As for our fixings, we're eating at friends, with a contribution of <A HREF="http://fat-of-the-land.blogspot.com/2008/01/super-easy-wild-chanterelle-stuffing.html" REL="nofollow">Porcini & Chanterelle Stuffing</A>, and though I lobbied hard for <A HREF="http://fat-of-the-land.blogspot.com/Langdon Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824455892396013221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570890979467369384.post-62242140290537401902008-11-27T07:25:00.000-08:002008-11-27T07:25:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving, Finspot & family. FOTL is...Happy Thanksgiving, Finspot & family. FOTL is surely one of the things I'm thankful for this year. What else is on your Thanksgiving menu today?<BR/><BR/>BrettTrout Caviarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236671377889601457noreply@blogger.com