Huckleberry BBQ sauce bottle with label.

Huckleberry BBQ Sauce

One of my favorite ways to enjoy huckleberries is in barbecue sauce. If you have never had Huckleberry BBQ sauce, you are missing a wonderful combination of sweet and savory sauces for beef, pork or chicken. First time I had huckleberry barbecue sauce was in a meatball dish. The gal cooked the meatballs ahead of […]

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Cleaning Huckleberries

If you have ever picked wild huckleberries, you know that cleaning them can be a challenge. We have seen many different methods — some more complicated than others — for cleaning these fragile berries. I found an article on the Wineforest Wild Foods website that describes some suggested cleaning methods: Cleaning Wild Huckleberries A bucket […]

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Huckleberry Shallot Relish

1859 Oregon Magazine shared two article on huckleberries this past week! The first one, entitled Huckleberry Confidential, shared some interesting information about huckleberries in Oregon: While often compared to a blueberry, this fruit has a complexity all its own. For the petite, dwarf huckleberries with a redblack hue and the large, bright blue Cascade huckleberry, […]

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Huckleberry Products for Your Event?

During the spring and summer, Tastes of Idaho, our sister site, does a booming business in special orders for the event industry. Inquiries come from people holding a summerevent, getting married, organizing an workshop or meeting, sending customer gifts…. even planning family reunions… They want to get some huckleberry products, favors, gifts for welcome packets, […]

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Everything You Want to Know about Huckleberries

As you know, we have tons of information about huckleberries on this site — especially about the huckleberries grown in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest region. But we may not have EVERYTHING you want to know about huckleberries! But, believe it or not, there is some interesting information about huckleberry on Wikipedia Following is […]

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Another Huckleberry Pie Recipe

“DID YOU KNOW… That the huckleberry was designated the official state fruit of Idaho in 2000? In fact, Fourth-grade students from Southside Elementary School in Bonner County proposed adopting the huckleberry as Idaho’s state fruit.” I found this wonderful huckleberry pie recipe on a the Pie Addicts website — written by a Boise resident. Since this […]

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Huckleberry Paleo Pancakes

Every body loves huckleberry pancakes.  And now we have a Paleo version of your favorite breakfast food! If you are not familiar with a ‘Paleo version’ of pancakes, it uses non-grain flours rather than the typical wheat flours. I found this Huckleberry Paleo Pancake recipe on the Forest and Fauna website! Make sure to check […]

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The Difference Between Huckleberries and Blueberries

Despite what you may have heard, huckleberries are very different from blueberries. To me, huckleberries taste like blueberries on steriods!! Other say a huckleberry taste like a cross between a blueberry and a red raspberry. One way of another, huckleberries and blueberries are very different! Here is a exerpt from an article that will help […]

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Huckleberry Lemon Verbena Tea Cake (Gluten Free)

If you are gluten free (like us), this is a perfect huckleberry cake recipe for you.  According to Bojon Gourmet, where I found this wonderful recipe …. A moist and tender gluten-free pound cake recipe that bursts with tiny huckleberries and fresh lemon verbena, all drizzled with a vanilla bean glaze. Whole grain and gum-free, […]

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