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Blueberries …… or Huckleberries? | learningandyearning

Of course, we always called them huckleberries. To us, a wild berry was a huckleberry, and a cultured berry was a blueberry. Over the years, I’ve realized …

Huckleberry Buckle

Beat 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of butter and 2 eggs. Stir in 1 cup of milk, 4 cups of flour, 4 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Gently stir in 4 cups of huckleberries. Spoon into greased and floured 9″ x 13″ pan. For the topping, combine 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 cup of butter.  Sprinkle over top of batter. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes at 375 degrees.

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On the Pacific Crest Trail, tribes restore the trail and find a …

OregonLive.com

But last week they broke from the trail work to mind the huckleberries on 70 … removing huckleberry plants, which tribes consider a sacred “first food. …

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Bringing the wild into your kitchen with Pat Wells

BCLocalNews

The other morning I topped my bowl of cereal with the most flavourful, and probably the healthiest array of wild foods there are: wild berries. Harvested from Revelstoke’s backyard, I have been feasting on strawberries, black and red raspberries, blueberries, Saskatoon berries, and huckleberries.

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Huckleberry heaven again

BCLocalNews

There are huckleberries this year. I’m not telling you where because my picking friends would have my hide. Suffice to say there are lots and they’re big.

This year my first picking was with my huckleberry friends Linda and Cathy…

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On the trail: Spirit Bear of Taggart will be forever munching on …

The Coloradoan

My friend Jim and I were hiking in Grand Teton National Park years ago when an elderly couple hid in a bunch of trees and jumped out at us growling like bears. It scared the-you-know-what out of us and at the same time it was hilarious. I thought it was great that they were still having fun, at our expense, at their age. They meant no harm and we talked with them for awhile until a lady, who was as white as a ghost, came running down the trail. All she mumbled as she ran by was that she just saw a bear …. READ MORE

Yesterday I had a sweet encounter with a tiny blue pebble with lovely flavor. Little huckleberries are wild blueberries that can be found on rocky hilltops. They like to grow in the well-drained soil of this terrain, and also thrive growing under pine trees, as I assume they like acidic soil like their more cultivated blueberry cousin  ….

Blueberry/Huckleberry Muffins

• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sour cream
• 2 Tbls melted butter
• ½ cup buttermilk
•  1 pint blueberries, washed and picked over to eliminate any questionable ones.

Grease 12 large or 18 smaller muffin cups, or line the cups with muffin papers. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine the sugars, eggs sour cream, butter and buttermilk. Toss the blueberries with the flour mixture. Add the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir until just combined. Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full, and bake for about 25 minutes, until a cake tester or straw inserted in the center comes out clean or the muffin feels springy when pressed gently with your finger. 

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Play safe in bear country

The Nelson Post
… to eat the huckleberries and a grizzly on rises her hind legs far up the path. … These areas are not parks and it is up to you to avoid huckleberry

If you are getting tired of all the rain we have been experiencing in the Rocky Mountain area, don’t despair just yet!  Most of this annoying rain is SNOW in the higher elevations.  And a good snow pack on the mountains normally translates into a great huckleberry season in the summer.

Now, I cannot guarantee anything at this point, but (baring a late frost) it is looking really good so far.

So, while you are dreaming of those dark juicing little berries dropping into your buckle in a few months, savor this huckleberry review from last fall:

Elk Lake News:  Huckleberries #2

Huckleberries: The Treasure State’s berried treasure

Great Falls Tribune
Pretty much anything can be packed with the huckleberry’s purple punch. “Almost anything that you can think of people can and will add huckleberries — and …

Where Do You Pick Montana Huckleberries? | eHow.com

During the month of July, Montana’s wild huckleberries start ripening. … Where to Pick Huckleberries in Oregon · How to Use a Huckleberry Rake …

When Do Huckleberries Ripen? | eHow.com

Large, sweet purple huckleberries come from the thin-leaved huckleberry plant. Thin-leaved huckleberries ripen from mid-August to mid-September.

How to Identify Wild Huckleberries | eHow.com

How to Identify Wild Huckleberries. Though the name “huckleberry” applies to plant species within different genera, when identifying wild huckleberries, …