#Juice jam girl free#
Feel free to use more sugar if you’d like a firmer set. I tried to keep sugar content down as serviceberries are exceptionally sweet and don’t need it. I considered adding a small pinch of nutmeg, but decided that for my first batch I wanted to experience the full, unaltered serviceberry flavour. You can try mixing in cherries if you don’t have enough serviceberries to make jam. This was my original plan, but since I gleaned a windfall, I decided to try my hand at jam. You can pop some into a freezer bag to use later in the year as a pie. All I do is wash them and pull out any of the little stems that remain. What’s great too is that they require very little effort to process after the work of picking is done. This year, serviceberries were selling for $9/pint at the farmers market! So, yeah, foraging is definitely worth the effort.
I’ve been going around foraging with friends and we can’t believe the harvest that we have gleaned. This year the crops seem bigger and juicer than usual and I am noticing bushes that are covered with fruit, not a bird in sight. When foraging, I am always careful to leave some behind for them to enjoy. Many homeowners have a serviceberry out front and don’t know that the fruit is edible.īirds love serviceberries, too. They are valued for their pretty display of spring flowers and crimson fall colour. I see them most commonly in city parks, schoolyards, and other public plantings. At some point in Toronto history they rose in popularity as a landscape plant and you can find them all over the city. Pop one into your mouth and enjoy! They are like little balls of sugar. I go by serviceberry because in my mind, the plants do a great public service by producing bucket loads of delicious, incredibly sweet berries that taste like a cross between blueberries and grapes. Serviceberries ( Amelanchier), aka saskatoon berry, juneberry, shadbush, and about a million other region-specific names, is a small fruit-bearing tree or large bush that grows abundantly here in the northeast. This wasn’t on the agenda, but the season is so short - when it comes you have to act fast! Serviceberry season is here! Davin and I were on a staycation last week, and if you follow my social media accounts, you will have noticed that I spent a lot of time foraging for summer fruit.
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