Found some serviceberries up in the mountains of Utah last August, and used them to make a delicious cobbler!
I posted this back then, but the post got deleted when the other community mysteriously dissappeared.
Here's some more pics!
Found serviceberries and used them to make cobbler
10 Comments
Fjor@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Woah what a nice and big find! Bet that cake was good! 😋
WalrusByte@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
It was really good! I ended up freezing a few pieces and enjoying it again a few weeks later
Fjor@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Hell yeah :) Never tried those berries before, what do they taste like?
WalrusByte@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They taste like blueberries, pretty much! Only blueberries won't grow in Utah and serviceberries will. So it's a welcome substitute!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
What a weird name though. Did you thank them for their service?
WalrusByte@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I did, actually! I love that joke, haha!
They go by a few names: serviceberries, juneberries, Saskatoon berries, and I think shadberries. I call them serviceberries because I picked them in August, not June, and I'm nowhere near Saskatoon. Also not sure what shad means, so yeah, serviceberries it is!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
They're the shads of the berry world. And if you find a particularly big one, it's a gigashad.
WalrusByte@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Lol! 🤣
Maybe a pomegranate would be a gigashad? 🤔
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
Very cool. I love serviceberries but never had enough for more than a snack.
WalrusByte@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
There were tons along the trail I was walking. Got really lucky!
Funny enough, I was actually looking for thimbleberries up there originally, but saw so many serviceberries that I had to come back to get some. I did eventually find the thimbleberries as well, but there wasn't nearly enough to do anything with them besides eat the berries.