Comments on: On Cranberries…

By: grover

grover — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:32:00 +0000

As The Cranberries are Irish, couldn’t their original name also be a nod to a childhood spent idolizing dinosaurs?

Cranberry Saurus would be a particularly fearsome addition to any dinner table.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:49:00 +0000

the cranberry is my favorite thing in the whole world, and I maintain that my cranberry sauce is the best: sugar, water, berries, and a splash of apple juice. Thanks for the fun post!!

By: Kikadee

Kikadee — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:15:00 +0000

The Sto:lo people, who lived on the Fraser River in British Columbia, came from miles around each autumn to harvest cranberries in the regional bogs and sloughs. It formed a major part of their diet, and was an important trade article, as well. The Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Langley in the area in 1827, and soon the company was processing cranberries itself, drying/preserving and sending them off for use by HBC posts in other parts of the Pacific Northwest. It must have been a wonderful treat, not only for one’s health (blasting vitamins through a colon full of venison and dried salmon) but also for one’s taste-buds (mmmmm, zesty!)

By: bzzyb

bzzyb — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Ask and ye shall receive! THANKS STACY!

By: Cherry

Cherry — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:38:00 +0000

Cranberries do NOT grow in BEDS the term is BOGS.

By: taylor

taylor — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:18:00 +0000

If you really love cranberries, visit the Cranberry Visitor Center in Tomah, Wisconsin.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:27:00 +0000

My mom uses a recipe very close to this one, but she puts whole oranges in instead of juice and runs the entire recipe through a grinder. I don’t even like cranberries, but the smell when she prepares it is heavenly!

By: botanycreek

botanycreek — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:08:00 +0000

Just a quick correction. Cranberry plants (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) are not vines. They are, in fact, creeping shrubs.