I'm in Norway and there is a saying here. Are you completely on a beerytrip?
A hard to translate phrase that means you are lost. Which is not always a bad thing mind you. I do believe the expression comes from the idea that when you are in the middle of nowhere, you are lost, and you know this because delicious berries grow in the wild.
In Scandinavia there are several kinds to be found throughout the summer and in the autumn.
My favorite of the wild ones are blueberries, these delicious blue spheres are abundant where it is wet and sparsely populated with trees.
Then there is the lovely mulberries, these black made from tiny balls stuck together grows from some long reaching thorny plants very late autumn.
Red Raspberries are fairly similar to the entry above, only red and a bit more sour. These can be cultivated and grow wild and free. The plants are more than a meter tall and will most likely continue to expand every year. There are at least three kinds. Some long ones that climb a lot, yellow ones and the more spherical ones. Which all taste different.
Wild strawberries are very tasty as well. Even if they are incredibly tiny compared to cultivated ones bought in stores.
I quite enjoy strawberries though, and the plant itself spreads like weed if given the chance. As long as bees, and bumblebees work on those flowers all spring and early summer, the harvest will be fairly bountiful.
These all organic and natural goodies can be turned into a lot of delicious food and be stored in the fridge.
Jam is a true and tested recipe. Same van be said for lemonade, pie, or in a bowl with vanilla sauce.
Many options, all of them tasty, unless you pick salt instead of sugar. Something I will not do again.
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