Wilderness foods - huckleberries

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If you do not know what it is, do not eat it. Eating plants found in the wilderness is a gamble. Know what the plant is before you eat it - there is no second chance.

The fruit of the various species of plant called huckleberry is generally edible. The berries are small and round, usually less than 1/4 inch in diameter, and contain 10 relatively large seeds. Berries range in color according to species from bright red, through dark purple, and into the blues. In taste the berries range from tart to sweet, with a flavor similar to that of a blueberry, especially in blue/purple colored varieties. Huckleberries are a favorite of many mammals such as bears and humans.

In the Pacific Northwest of North America, the huckleberry plant can be found in mid-alpine regions, often on the lower slopes of mountains. The plant grows best in damp, acidic soil. Under optimal conditions, huckleberries can be as much as 3 - 6 feet tall, and usually ripen in mid-to-late summer, sometimes in early winter or later at higher elevations.

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[Tytanium]

Great video... I love huckleberries :) . Why arent you supposed to give them to children?Choking hazard?

[survivalistboards]

Its something my dad told me. I think his mom gave them to him when he was a baby and they had him sick.

[IWannaHuntTheRut]

im eating huckleberry flavored gummy bears that i got on my trip to glacier national park, if you get a chance to go there, you need to try the huckleberry ice cream and the huckleberry soda, the stuff is delicious

[cannonball666]

I'm your huckleberry.

[offgridmontana]

@killarmy101 No.

[killarmy101]

same as choke cherrys right?

[J0Gu7]

and never eat yellow snow

[DarkMuu666]

@thebuzzon420 Pokeberry bushes are tall, woody stems(think main stem), perennial, and the berries grow in clusters. They have a distinct smell and ooze muave juice.

[kdspatz]

my friend those are not huckleberries....trust me huckelberries do not look like that. I live in idaho and pick hukleberries all the time.... I think what you have there is a wild blueberry looking simular but different...hope your still alive from eating them.

[jackdoggerdog]

Sounds Yummy! Cheers'

[shotsxxx]

A fun to know fact.... If you eat enough of them, with an empty stomach, until you are "full" or at least not hungry, You will crap blue turds. This is true not a joke.

[thebuzzon420]

they look a lot like poke berrys.. is there any ways u can tell the difrence better that u know of is it maby the red cause i know poke r like green and blackish but not shere if they r red

[IamMeredithK]

i've heard people say "if you see animals eat it, you can eat it safely" But deer ear poison ivy, and birds eat pokeberries.....

[NTfishmaster]

you sound like my mom in the middle of a lecture!