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In response to "you're saying you both bought berries that are in season? what are the odds?" by loosilu

I'm 42 years old and today was the first time I'd ever seen, let alone tasted, a gooseberry.

Posted by TWuG Jul 19 '10, 19:00

I know it's just a coincidence, but it's a very interesting one, no?

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We had a gooseberry plant. If I remember correctly it had some really sharp spines. -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:02 1
- I absolutely adore raspberries, because my Grandpapa grew them in the back yard. I remember trying to pick enough to fill one cup - loosilu Jul 19, 19:07
I had never eaten a huckleberry until june. I thought they were ... like, a literary device. -- nm - miss amanda jones Jul 19, 19:01 19
- oh, my darlin -- nm - chuckleberry hound Jul 19, 19:17
- My all time favorite pie is a red huckleberry pie. OMG they are so good -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:03 17
  - sash has huckleberries on her property. she had never bothered to mention this until *this year.* - miss amanda jones Jul 19, 19:08 6
    - Did you have blue or red ones. Two different tastes. The blue are very sweet, the red have a sweet with a slight tart taste. -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:10 3
      - they look exactly like blueberries. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:13 2
        
        The red ones look like currents the blue look like blueberries. -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:16 1
        
        the snozberries look like snozzberries -- nm - chuckleberry hound Jul 19, 19:23
    - (or maybe I was just so focused on raspberries always, I eschewed all other berries.) - miss amanda jones Jul 19, 19:09 1
      - raspberries are fragile, ephemeral rubies. You can be excused for focusing on them. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:14
  - that's another berry I never saw. Also, you need to cook for me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:05 9
    - I have a picture of a red huckleberry plant with berries on it in my Ape Caves picture album at FB -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:07 8
      - I will look, and you still need to cook for me. Y ou should do something with salmon and huckleberries. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:12 7
        
        Wow, lucky me. I get to go fishing, pick berries and cook dinner. -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:17 6
        
        what, you'd rather sell toilet paper? -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:18 5
        
        Yes -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:19 4
        
        hmph. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:22 3
        
        crazy art teacher cooked salmon for me, I'll have you know. - loosilu Jul 19, 19:23 2
        
        I'm not crazy -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 19:29 1
        
        ...Yet. -nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:40
we're totally the same age! also, I have never seen one either. - loosilu Jul 19, 19:01 2
- They're like veiny grapes. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 19:03 1
  - you just managed to make them sound disgusting. well done. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 19:04

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I'm 42 years old and today was the first time I'd ever seen, let alone tasted, a gooseberry.

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