Have You Had a Huckleberry Today?

Huckleberries are a sweet, delicious fruit that grows in the wild woodlands of the northwestern United States and Canada. These succulent cousins to the blueberry are more nutritious and beneficial than traditional farm-raised blueberries but they are hard to come by.

Huckleberries come in about 70 different varieties and they grow around the world. But there is something about the ashy volcanic soil and higher climate of places like the states of Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon that makes their local huckleberries more edible than other varieties. These wild huckleberries grow at altitudes above 2,000 feet.

One of the great things about huckleberries is that you can pretty much use them in all the recipes you would normally use blueberries for. Of course, there are a few recipes that bring out the special flavor of huckleberries. Huckleberry pie and huckleberry cobbler are two very popular dishes in the Great Northwest.

You can find a few places in national forests where you are allowed to pick huckleberries for free but you have to be careful to avoid other huckleberry lovers -- including both people and bears.

Some people are so jealous and protective of their huckleberry patches they won't tell anyone else where to go look for them.

It's probably easier to just buy the huckleberries online -- or maybe even the huckleberry products like jams, pie fillings, and so forth. With enough huckleberries you can make delicious cakes, breads, puddings, and more.

It's not clear if huckleberries will ever be commercially grown on farms. The plants are being tested by only a small number of botanists and it could be years or decades before a commercially viable strain is developed. Until then, we'll have to depend on lady luck to deliver this incredible food to our dinner tables.

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