Best Huckleberry Products in the Pacific Northwest!

Despite all efforts, huckleberries are scarce this time of the year.  Even if you spent last summer, hiking on the hillsides looking for huckleberries, your stash may be depleted.  Don’t despair!  I know of the best huckleberry product in the Pacific Northwest:  Gem Berry Products!  Gem Berry Products is one of the oldest Idaho gourmet […]

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Chocolate Huckleberry Jellied Candies

Oh my!  I found this wonderful recipe for Chocolate (or sugar) covered huckleberry jellied candies or as the recipe I am featuring calls them:  Huckleberry Pate de Fruit.  Note:  From the website, Use Real Butter, which has several wonderful recipes! See the original recipe, plus pictures

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Commercial Huckleberry Picker Story

Commercial huckleberry pickers tend to get a bad rap.  After all, they are picking our berries.  But are they? Let’s look at another side of the issue of commercial huckleberry picker published on the Flathead Beacon website. The Pickers Jim, a grizzled 63-year-old commercial huckleberry picker, cracks his second 16-ounce can of Budweiser of the […]

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Are Western Huckleberries Really Huckleberries?

If you are versed in horticulture and other plant-related sciences, you might also wonder if western huckleberries are really huckleberries.  Those of us who live and pick these wild berries in the Pacific Northwest will valiantly defend our precious huckleberries.   But the OPD website offers an article by Crystal Ligori explaining how huckleberries are not […]

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Huckleberries near Montana/Idaho border

Although huckleberries are the Idaho state fruit, huckleberries grow near the Montana/Idaho border (and other states) too!   The article below is from the Clark Fork Valley Press/Mineral Independent website: It’s huck time in Western Montana Following are some interesting excerpts from the article: This purple gold, which is a cousin to the blueberry, is attested […]

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Fun Huckleberry Stories

If you are out picking huckleberries (or been out picking), I am sure you understand all the necessary preparation needed before you head out into your favorite picking spot.  But have you heard some of the fun huckleberry stories? I found this article, Up front: Keep your friends close and your huckleberries closer by Kathy […]

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