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from "Tracey" contains these words:

My step-mum who gave me the plants told me yesterday that I should let the
frost get to them before using as this will make them less bitter. Any
thoughts?

That's sloes...

I would have thought frost on garden huckleberries would have turned
them rotten unless they were used immediately. Remember, they are very
closely related to the tomato.

The wine idea sounds good!

I generally make a gallon of it (using black nightshade, but the two
plants are very similar) by cooking about four pounds of the berries in
a cupful of water and mixing with some sugar and white grape juice from
the supermarket.

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