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hello everybody today I have something
else that was foraged by Raymond so
thank you so much Raymond for finding
these and sending them to me this one is
interesting because it is another vex
inium species it's this the same genus
that has blueberries and cranberries and
Huckleberry's and all those all those
berry fruits and I've done a lot of
different vaccinium species over the
years and it's cool to get another one
to compare some of them taste a little
bit more like cranberries some taste a
little bit more like blueberries some
like unique on their own so there are a
lot of different species with some
variation to them and Huckleberry's are
something that are interesting because
I've never really had a straight-up
huckleberry like whatever I think there
might be several different kinds I'm not
entirely sure but I've never had just
like here's a huckleberry jarred eat
that never had that so this one also
I don't believe is the traditional
huckleberry a special one called the
Evergreen huckleberry but I think it'll
give me an idea of what huckleberries
tastes like Raymond once awhile ago sent
me a different type of huckleberry
called the red huckleberry which as you
can imagine was red and what's
interesting there is that red
huckleberries and this huckleberry often
will grow side by side in bogs in the
western part of the United States and
British Columbia in Canada so they do
have a relation they look a little bit
like the blueberry but they're smaller
actually they look maybe a little bit
more like a bill berry which I found
when I was in Finland because they look
like small blueberries these look like
small blueberries but they are a little
bit different in appearance just like
the coloring on it is a little bit
darker I believe the end kind of has a
different appearance but it's subtle
they look very similar to the bill berry
and I think if you were to go to a store
and see a bunch of these I think the
majority of people like looking at it
you just think they were a type of
blueberry and flavor I'm not sure that's
a shame hmmm that is a nice flavor the
texture on them is a little mealy kind
of like I'm like applesauce not in a bad
way but it's a little bit different so
not like quite as like juicy as other
decks inium species that I've had
it's like blueberry but much nicer it's
a little bit more sour I say the
sourness on this is like a 5 out of 10
the sweetness is on par with a regular
blueberry and say maybe that's um like a
6 or maybe a 7 out of 10 for for
sweetness and it has to go it's fairly
clean tasting but with a subtle herbal
taste like if there's like a little dash
of oregano thrown into it it's actually
kind of nice like I like when foraged
fruit has those little like bonus
flavors in there I think that's that
adds to their character and this doesn't
load character it tastes like a little
bit less like blueberry and more like a
blueberry candy like it's very strong
flavor despite their size and blueberry
is especially kind of the supermarket we
have a nice flavor but they're fairly
mild you're mostly getting just like
sweet this has a very strong blueberry
taste even though it's a huckleberry
it's like you really amp up that
blueberry flavor and throw a little
tartness in there that's what you get
very good better than regular
store-bought blueberries and better than
a lot of the other
vaccinium that i've had i say it's
better than the red huckleberry that i
had hard to say because you know they
they are very similar so if I were to do
a top-10 vaccinium species it would be
tough
they all are fairly relatable nothing
really stands out of being like super
crazy but one thing's for certain going
to a supermarket is no comparison to
picking a nice cup full of these wild
evergreen huckleberries that is for damn
sure
so I think that's about it thank you
again to Raymond for sending me this and
I will see you next time with more stuff
sent to me by Raymond so see that's the
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