D Klement

Laura M wrote:
>
> Hi Sonia,
> Where are you at in Saskatoon? My father-in-law is from Saskatoon, in fact
> he is going back there this month for a family reunion of sorts. Wish that
> we could go to, but it is cost prohibitive for my family. He always talks
> about Saskatoon berries and his brother sends him jelly that he makes with
> them.
> Laura in NJ

My dad is from western Canada too. Orkney Sask. near the US border.
When we made a road trip west many years ago he dug up a few Saskatoon
bushes and brought them home to Ontario. They survived and have given
hundreds of quarts of berries. They are HUGE! 15 foot tall.

We now have some farmers in our end of Ontario who are starting to grow
them commercially.
I made a Saskatoon pie the other day. First time I've ever made one. Not
that my dad gave me any of his berries I had to use fruit stand ones.
Let's just say I'm not his favourite so I never am given enough to so
much as make a pie.
My pie did turn out better than my mothers though BBEG.

Service berries are a close cousin and taste almost exactly the same so
if you find some and want to try them they're a good substitute for
Saskatoons.
Just cook them in a little water for 5-10 min to soften them for a pie.
Drain them and let cool. Use them in a standard fruit pie recipe using 1
cup sugar mixed with 2 TBS flour stirred through the berries, put in the
shell, dot with butter and top with crust.
Bake at 350 for about 45 min.


Buzz

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Laura M

Hi Buzz,
What are serive berries? I am from NJ and have never heard of these. Are
they like blueberries? They grow on bushes in NJ.
Laura


>From: D Klement <klement@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Saskatoon Pie Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] outwitting those wily
>toddlers
>Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:04:34 -0400
>
>Laura M wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sonia,
> > Where are you at in Saskatoon? My father-in-law is from Saskatoon, in
>fact
> > he is going back there this month for a family reunion of sorts. Wish
>that
> > we could go to, but it is cost prohibitive for my family. He always
>talks
> > about Saskatoon berries and his brother sends him jelly that he makes
>with
> > them.
> > Laura in NJ
>
>My dad is from western Canada too. Orkney Sask. near the US border.
>When we made a road trip west many years ago he dug up a few Saskatoon
>bushes and brought them home to Ontario. They survived and have given
>hundreds of quarts of berries. They are HUGE! 15 foot tall.
>
>We now have some farmers in our end of Ontario who are starting to grow
>them commercially.
>I made a Saskatoon pie the other day. First time I've ever made one. Not
>that my dad gave me any of his berries I had to use fruit stand ones.
>Let's just say I'm not his favourite so I never am given enough to so
>much as make a pie.
>My pie did turn out better than my mothers though BBEG.
>
>Service berries are a close cousin and taste almost exactly the same so
>if you find some and want to try them they're a good substitute for
>Saskatoons.
>Just cook them in a little water for 5-10 min to soften them for a pie.
>Drain them and let cool. Use them in a standard fruit pie recipe using 1
>cup sugar mixed with 2 TBS flour stirred through the berries, put in the
>shell, dot with butter and top with crust.
>Bake at 350 for about 45 min.
>
>
>Buzz
>
>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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