Project New Food: Ligonberries

[meggins]

I didn't expect to have any more of these entries this year, but I was at someone's house, and they served lignonberries. I must admit, had I not been told, I would have assumed it was whole berry cranberry sauce except that the berries did seem a little smaller. And the taste was finer, not sweeter exactly but certainly more delicious

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[just_ann_now]

In Alaska we called them "lowbush cranberries" and gathered them with the kids in the woods near where we lived. I didn't realize they were the same thing as lingonberries until we got back down here.

[meggins]

They are a low-bush cranberry although their closest relative is apparently the partridge berry.

[kip_w]

If you've never had IHOP's Swedish Pancakes, you should try them at least once. They're crepe-like, somewhat eggy, and they come with ligonberry butter that makes them (to me) irresistible. I used to get them to make me four instead of three, but these days I try to eat fewer of them when I have them. Say, it's been a while. I wonder how soon I could go over and have a couple.