Hackberry
On earlier walks this year I located a good number of Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) trees with abundant fruit developing. Last week a few of the fruits were just beginning to ripen. Has anyone used...
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Like you, I have only snacked on the fruit when passing by. It might be a bit of work to process the fruit, but I will follow this thread with interest to see what others suggest.
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I'm told Elder Brother used to pound them into paste, seeds and all, and dry the paste for winter use. Never tried it. Sure would take a lot of Hackberries.
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I'm told that chokecherry was processed the same way, pounding the fruit and seeds together then drying into a fruit leather or used in pemmican. I think Haines has a tutorial on his website to that...
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I just found tge following at www.foragingtexas.com Most of your ancestors owe their lives to the fruit of the hackberry tree. It is the oldest-know foraged food, going back over 500,000 years to the...
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I just learned it recently too. Today I gathered a TON. I ate half of them on the spot, and mashed up the other half into a paste, like the site says. However, I can easily crush the seed with my...
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never tried the berries,dont even know if the tree grows near me rockchipr, you say the tree is weak and brittle then why have folks been able to make good bows from it i have a hackberry stave thats...
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I know it dulls a chainsaw when you cut it up ....faster than other wood will . Weird ..as my friends down the road have a hackberry tree in their barnyard and there are no more limbs etc...on the...
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Sailordad, That was a copy of the information I found on the site I referenced. I was surprised to read about the wood being weak also as hackberry is considered to be a good bow wood here also. There...
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I have never thought of the wood as weak and brittle. We used to cut it for fence rails and it was very springy and hard to break.
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Around here, the few hackberries you will find are planted as an ornamental on city streets (though today I found a few wild ones near the city). These ornamental ones are much smaller, could they be...
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I tried some of the berries tonight and was pleasantly surprised that they were very good. Extremely thin skinned and I crushed the seeds with my teeth without to much effort and chewed them up.
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