These are wild blue huckleberries hand-picked in the Cascade Mountains and frozen straight off the mountain to preserve their aroma and flavor. They are a foraged fruit, not a farmed crop, so supply is seasonal and limited to the summer harvest. Berries picked early in the season are reddish blue and tart; later berries turn blackish purple and grow larger, juicier and sweeter. They suit bakers, jam makers and smoothie drinkers who want real wild huckleberry flavor rather than the milder cultivated blueberries sold in most stores.
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Buyers rate these highly and praise the true wild huckleberry flavor, which they say is far more intense than cultivated blueberries. The main complaints are variability in berry size and sweetness between batches and the occasional stem or leaf in the bag.
These are wild blue huckleberries, hand-gathered each summer in the woodlands of the Cascade Mountains. Hand picking preserves their flavor. The berries are frozen straight off the mountain to lock in their aroma and flavor.
The flavor changes through the season. Early berries are reddish blue and tart. Later berries turn blackish purple and can be large, juicy and sweet. The description says berries that grow closer to the Rocky Mountains have a more concentrated flavor and aroma.
The berries are high in vitamin C and potassium, and are a source of vitamin A. Use them in pie, jam, ice cream, pancakes, muffins and smoothies, or serve them with white fish.
