[Magdalen] Cranberry Time.

[Marion Thompson]

It wasn't the flavours, but the nature of the uncooked berry itself.  
Ann didn't mention grinding them or otherwise breaking them down.  I 
have always cooked them, whether classically  with sugar or with more 
goodies as a longlived chutney, hence my question.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 11/30/2015 4:09 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Not at all, if they're processed thoroughly in the food processor (or
> ground up in the meat grinder, as my mother used to do) along with oranges
> (one with peel, one without...but seedless), jalapeños, green onions, and
> various condiments. I used Swerve (xylitol) instead of sugar, and realized
> at the last minute that I'd forgotten to buy cilantro, but it's good anyway.
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Surely uncooked cranberries would be downright unpleasant to eat?
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>> On 11/30/2015 2:33 PM, Ann Markle wrote:
>>
>>> Mine uses orange, crushed pineapple, (sugar-free) lemon Jello, chopped
>>> celery and walnuts.  Yum, yum, slurp, slurp.  Will finish up a big dish
>>> full tomorrow or the next day.  Love the texture and mouth-feel, as well
>>> as
>>> the taste.  I sweetened the cranberries with splenda, using only about
>>> half
>>> what the recipe called for (because I knew the Jello and pineapple
>>> (including juice) would also be sweet.  No cooking at all, except to heat
>>> orange juice to boiling to dissolve the Jello.
>>>
>>> Ann
>>>
>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>> Buffalo, NY
>>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> The cranberry relish included in our Bob Evans Restaurant "Family  Feast"
>>>> yesterday (and today, and probably tomorrow, too) is the best part of
>>>> the
>>>> meal.  Their recipe seems to include some orange, and other  undefined
>>>> additives.
>>>>
>>>> There has been heavy television advertising for cranberries,  especially
>>>> the ones with the old duffer (description by another old duffer) and
>>>> young
>>>> man in the flooded cranberry bog, and sponsored by Ocean Spray
>>>> Brand.
>>>>
>>>> This gives the impression that the most important cranberry harvest  is
>>>> along the Atlantic Coast.  This is a misconception, since more  than
>>>> half the USA harvest is from the bogs along the Wisconsin River
>>>> Outwash Plains in Central Wisconsin.  In fact Wisconsin produces  more
>>>> cranberries than the rest of the USA put together.
>>>>
>>>> The biggest producer company is by far the Northland Company, which
>>>> does have some bogs out of Wisconsin, including in Massachusetts.
>>>>
>>>> So look for Northland Brand Cranberries.  I found them here at  one
>>>> of our supermarkets.
>>>>
>>>> Move over Ocean Spray.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Strang.
>>>>
>>>>