cranberry harvest

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:57 pm

i used to live on this street...the harvest is a colorful beautiful thing! the road would be covered in cranberries and my kids would track them in the house! in the winter the bogs froze over and we ice-skated on them. i love this time of year!

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RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:32 pm

Wow! How cool! You know, LadyCop, it wasn't until a few years ago that I found out cranberries grew in bogs!

I just thought they grew on bushes like other berries. I think it would be neat to see a cb bog personally. Cool photo!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:33 pm

I am not much on cranberries. But Rick loves them. One of the few areas of food preferences where we differ.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:47 pm

in the Fall the color explodes...the indians used to call them CRANE berries. they are harvested with big wooden rakes and contained in one area as you see in the pic. i could never eat that stuff in the cans! while they are fresh in the store now, throw a few bags in the freezer and use for cranberry nutbread when you feel like it.~~ to make wonderful homemade sauce for your holiday table, put a pound of berries in a saucepan, barely cover with water, add a little sugar, not too much, and some orange peel. simmer until all the berries pop. doesn't take long. yummy!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:30 pm

lady cop;450803 wrote: i used to live on this street...the harvest is a colorful beautiful thing! the road would be covered in cranberries and my kids would track them in the house! in the winter the bogs froze over and we ice-skated on them. i love this time of year!

What is it with you and cranberries today ? :wah: