BS: Cranberry harvest today

Subject: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 04:46 PM

Well, they are flooding the bogs and starting the cranberry harvest today. Couldn't be a prettier day for it. I hope to get out my digital camera later and take pictures...oops..just saw a truck go by full of cranberries. This is where Thanksgiving comes from. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:40 PM

I guess that means the 'fresh' bagged cranberries I bought last week at the supermarket are old moldy berries from last year.
(Canadian 'thanksgiving' was last week).

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 08:11 PM

Last week I passed a pool of water filled with cranberries. For some reason, cranberries go from the bushes into pools as part of harvesting. It was near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. A beautiful area!

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: pdq
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 08:36 PM

Here is an idea...

                               http://www.NevadaSlim.com/index.htm

...will be playing at...

                               http://www.cranberrymuseum.com/

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Bee
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 09:19 PM

I pick my own - there are hundreds of cranberry bogs around the Maritimes, and they are a fun berry to pick on a sunny October day.

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Cats
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 04:03 AM

We just have to wait until they arrive in the UK... but then I can soak them in port and fresh orange juice...

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Janie
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 11:19 PM

mg, this is a silly question, I know, but....are cranberries cultivated or are they wildcracfted?

Either way--I luvs 'em.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 11:29 PM

Here they are grown on farms but they are a native plant to America...widely used by Native Americans. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 05:43 PM

Never heard of soaking them in wine. We like the tart, pure cranberry taste.

Simple Cranberry Sauce

12 oz fresh (or frozen) whole cranberries
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 cup (255 ml) water (or less)

Mix sugar and water in a medium saucepan; stir to dissolve sugar. Bring to a boil, add cranberries, return to boil.
Reduce heat, boil gently 10 minutes, stiring occasionally.
Cool completely at room temperature and refrigerate.
Makes about 2 1/4 cups.
This is the recipe on bags of Ocean Spray brand berries and one we have never felt the need to vary . It produces a tart-sweet sauce which is melds well with sage stuffing, cooked sweet potatoes, and with giblet gravy.
This essentially is the old Fanny Farmer-Boston Cooking School recipe (pre-1940) of 3 cups cranberries, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 1 cup boiling water.
As my wife says, don't 'hire up' the recipe to cover the taste of the cranberries.

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Janie
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 06:38 PM

mg, I knew they were native, just didn't know if they were cultivated. Do they create artificial bogs use naturally occurring bogs to grow them.

I like the cranberry relish recipe on Ocean spray. I use honey instead of sugar, and cut back on it so it is not as sweet.

12 oz fresh or frozen cranberries
1 unpeeled orange cut into 8ths
1/2 to 2/3 cups honey (the recipe on the bag calls for 3/4 to 1 cup sugar)

Place half the berries and half of the orange in food processor and process until evenly chopped. Scrape into bowl and repeat with second half. Scrape that into same bowl. Add honey and stir until thorough mixed. Cover and refrigerate until flavors are blended. (This freezes well, by the way.)

If I can find it, I also have a recipe for a splendid and very festive appearing cranberry/orange tart.

Yum. Can't wait 'til they hit the stores!

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Marion
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 07:26 PM

Hello MG! I saw the title and wondered if this was your thread. I remember watching the cranberry harvest with you a few years back - it's really quite beautiful.

Marion

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Bee
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 08:26 PM

I was pickin' back of the beach today. It was sunny and warm and breezy. We got wet feet but have gallons of gorgeous berries. There were short thickets of bayberry shrubs with heavy loads of waxy berries, too. I'm tempted to see if I can gather enough for a few special candles (but it does take an awful lot of them).

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: MMario
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 08:33 AM

I was on Cape Cod a few weeks ago (mid September) and a lot of bogs had already been harvested - so there is a possibility that you are finding fresh crop in the stores. Cranberries keep well in climate controlled storage though.

Janie - I cut back on the sugar (about a 1/3 cup total) in that recipe you posted and add an onion. Another good variation is to add a couple tablespoons of horseradish!

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,Cats
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 09:24 AM

If you soak them in port and then add some of the juice to the sauce before you add the sugar, it gives a wonderful after taste that goes superbly with cranberries. Give it a try

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 06:22 PM

They are cultivated here and everywhere I know. I just took a bunch of pictures digital. Email me at [e-mail] with cranberries in the title and I will email you once I get them on the computer. I was just reading in First magazing (a fantastic source of nutritional and medical information) they are good for controlling parasites. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 13 Oct 06 - 01:31 PM

I like to cook mine down with orange slices, some orange zest, various spices (allspice, mace and anything else I feel like including some white Pepper), some lemon juice, golden syrup, a package opf fruit pectin to help it gel, etc. I also add a handful or two of dried blueberries to darken it up.    When it's done, I press it all through a sieve. It comes out a very thick sauce. If folks want it gelled, I add some gelatin leaves and hot water. if not, I just put into canning jars.

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: GUEST, Ebbie
Date: 13 Oct 06 - 07:35 PM

A friend brought an interesting dish to music one night. Fresh cranberries from the health food store which she had rolled through egg white then coated them in a bag filled with confectioners sugar. Dried them on a cookie sheet, put them in a bag and brought them to us. Very tasty.

Until this moment I had forgotten about it- I want to try it as a snack for a Christmas party.

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Janie
Date: 13 Oct 06 - 11:42 PM

Mmario--what about you bring some of that cranberry-onion-horseradish relish to the Getaway!

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: bbc
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 10:29 PM

Ground uncooked cranberries w/ an equal amount of halved green or red seedless grapes. Add vanilla yogurt & suger to taste. It's a delightful, light salad.

bbc

Subject: RE: BS: Cranberry harvest today
From: Janie
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 11:07 PM

Yum!