#wild plums

[summerswages]

t h i c k e t . . .

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

March 1st, 2025

[balkanradfem]

I found a wild plum tree, and it already had the plum formed, so I grabbed one to try. It tasted acidic but ultimately really good! I was thinking I should gather some and make a juice out of them, when I bit right trough the pit, because it was still so soft I could just bite trough it.

I was trying to figure out which part was the plum, and which was the pit, but I was somehow chewing them both, and then I remembered that stone fruit had cyanide in their pits and I should not be eating that, so I quit eating that plum and got it out of my mouth.

There! I just needed you all to know that opportunity to get mildly poisoned presented itself and I didn't do it.

[allium-girl-anthologies]

Sweet and sour spiced venison stew flavored with dried wild plum leather

[morethansalad]

Austrian Wild Plum Compote (Vegan)

[palesnowwhite]

[walking-geema]

[jazzeria]

Late-Aug 2020: We found some wild plums and I collected a handful.  Unfortunately, in my excitement, I forgot to take pictures.  

The fruits were apricot-coloured, with speckles of deeper orange, and had a subtle fuzz.  At first I thought for sure they must be apricots.  The flesh is the peachy-yellow colour that store-bought plums have, with a sweet-tart flavour.  But the skins are extremely astringent, making my entire mouth pucker instantly with their tannic, sour-bitter quality.  

Having only a handful of the reddish fruits--not enough for jam--I thought the next best thing might be to candy them.  So here they are simmering in sugar-water.  I also had some sad-looking lemons so decided to add them to the pot on a whim.  After only 10 minutes or so, the syrup is complex and lovely.  

I’ll have to go back for more!