chokeberries

NanC

I sure am waiting for someone to chime in about chokeberries.  Something I am totally clueless on.  Never heard of them in my neck of the woods but I will get out of here and go look them up.  So if you know about chokeberries please chime on in!

LaurieLovesLearning

I only know what I looked up, and think that this explanation about chokeberry, chokecherry and buckthorn deserves to be posted here.

ID & Safety: Aronia, chokeberry, chokecherry, buckthorn

H_D

great to make jams, jellies and syrups with. wines and vinegars..bake with them and my favorite its the secret ingredient in wild cherry bark cough syrup

NanC

Making chokeberry mead this weekend with champagne yeast. will send photos, before and after to follow!

I checked the nursery tag on my shrub. It is labelled chokeberry, not chokecherry.

My grandmother used to make lots of chokecherry jam when I was a kid; I spent summer times picking them which were larger than my berries today, so that's how I will remember the difference.

screaminvern

Thanks for that link Laurie.

LaurieLovesLearning

My pleasure.

NanC

Now to be patient with the fermentation process