Serviceberries for Breakfast

Some people like the spring flowers. Others like the fall foliage. Me? I love eating the fruit of Serviceberries.

The fruit of the Serviceberries are ripe so it must be time for breakfast at Kokopelli Nursery. Recently I was in the Serviceberry, Amelanchier, block of trees and shrubs helping a customer select one for a landscape. He caught me trying to pick some of the fruit.

Serviceberry fruit looks and tastes like blueberries. As the fruit matures, it changes color from red to bluish black. They are good in pies, jams and jellies. But, that's too much work for me. I just wander out to the block of trees and fill up a cup.

Do you also wander around the yard eating the fruits from your plants? If so, click on Devorah Stone's article on Summer Fruit for ideas on including them in your recipes.

© Susan Mertz, June 2006. All rights reserved.

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