Foraging spot
Pacific madrone tree
Small orange-red berries. Edible, a bit mealy — best cooked.
Coordinates: 37.896134, -122.253886
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What to do with it
- Best cooked into a sauce or syrup
- Dry and grind the berries into a meal
- Steep into a tea
Ways to keep it
- Cook into a fruit sauce
- Tart syrup
- Dry and grind into a meal
About Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii, or Pacific madrone (commonly madrone or madrona in the United States and arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae. It has waxy foliage, a contorted growth habit, and flaky bark. It is native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California.
From Wikipedia.
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