Crowberry

Empetrum nigrum

fruit

Small black, watery berries, not very sweet, eaten by the Inuit with seal fat or mixed with other berries.

Origin

Tundra and northern heaths (Arctic, Scandinavia, Canada)

Where to find it

In Finland and Norway, it is gathered with a berry comb, along with bilberries; in Labrador and Greenland, with cloudberries.

Season (United States)

August to October · grows in your region

Preparation

The berries are rinsed and eaten raw, whole, with their tiny seeds.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Anthocyanins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

They stay on the plant all winter, under the snow, and can still be gathered in spring.