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David in Normandy writes:
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| Thanks Nick. I've just eaten a few berries and yes they are quite bitter
| but with a definite plum taste / texture. Crunching a kernel I could
| also definitely taste marzipan/almond. So it looks like a 100% match to
| your description.
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| My mouth is still quite dry now, several minutes after eating them. They
| are quite moorish in a strange savoury sort of way.

They have that effect - now join the very select club of people who like
to eat sloes raw :-)

| So it just leaves the question of whether to pick them now or let them
| ripen a bit more. They seem "nearly" ripe being quite flesh but they
| resist being pulled. I guess leaving them longer would probably mean the
| birds eating them first.

Maybe. The birds typically don't go for them until quite late, as
they don't contain much carbohydrate. I would pick them as and when
convenient - traditionally, they were left until the first frost,
but that isn't essential.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.