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I have found a few patches of thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus) while hiking in the woods of western Oregon. That's a nice surprise. Salmonberries and blackberries are the most common finds, though. Anyone else feast on berries as much as possible while /out/?
>>764932
Wow those are in Oregon? When I go up to my grandparents place in Minnesota I eat them all I can. I thought they were raspberries!
>>764948
I think they're actually most prevalent around Michigan and the upper Midwest. They aren't that common in Oregon, but they're around. If you go off-trail, you will occasionally see them.
I like them better than raspberries for the most part. They have smaller "drupes" (the individual segments surrounding each seed) and tend to have a slightly sharper flavor.
I'll chow down on blackberries and dewberries when I see them. We have a lot of wild strawberries around here too but I've never tried any (I'm not a fan of garden variety strawberries so I can't imagine that the wild varieties would taste any better to me).
there's wild black raspberries growing all over the place...got a bunch growing in buckets/pots; they just need a lot of water
I go mushroom foraging. Most mushrooms you want to cook but I find a good amount of Jew's Ear (Auriculum auricularia) which is a good snack raw.
