Comments on: ‘What Is It?’ of the Week: Aroniaberry, Açai, and Dragonfruit http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/ The Tijuana of the Internet Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:17:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Isabel http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1891 Isabel Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:04:24 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1891 My bad. I shall trust in your ass-tasting expertise! :D My bad. I shall trust in your ass-tasting expertise! :D

]]> By: timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1889 timbotron Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:31:40 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1889 "Chokecherries" are a different fruit than "Chokeberries": "Chokecherries" are in the genus <i>Prunus</i> "Chokeberries" are in the genus <i>Aronia</i> . . . I'm sure you wouldn't be speaking so fondly of Chokeberries . . . they really do taste like ass. “Chokecherries” are a different fruit than “Chokeberries”:

“Chokecherries” are in the genus Prunus

“Chokeberries” are in the genus Aronia . . .

I’m sure you wouldn’t be speaking so fondly of Chokeberries . . . they really do taste like ass.

]]> By: Isabel http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1884 Isabel Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/12/01/what-is-it-of-the-week-aronia-berry-acai-and-dragonfruit/#comment-1884 The native americans called it "chokecherries". If you've ever gone to Stanford Powwow and seen signs at the food stands for "wojapi" (pronounced 'whoa-ja-pee'), it's a native dish. Alas, the vendors at Stanford Powwow use raggady ass blueberries so it's not "real" wojapi. Real wojapi is made from chokecherries. You boil them, and strain the seeds and add lots and lots of sugar. The result is a warm, sweet, purple very, VERY yummy gravy. My little brother calls it "choke yogurt". Indeed, my mom used to turn us into child slave labor to help her pick many o' many o' many chokecherries in the late fall around the Colorado mountains. She knows how to spot a chokecherry bush from a mile away. Nice to know they are being grown commercially and soon I shall no longer have to suffer the horror of nasty-ass FAKE blueberry wojapi. A-ho! - Isabel The native americans called it “chokecherries”. If you’ve ever gone to Stanford Powwow and seen signs at the food stands for “wojapi” (pronounced ‘whoa-ja-pee’), it’s a native dish. Alas, the vendors at Stanford Powwow use raggady ass blueberries so it’s not “real” wojapi. Real wojapi is made from chokecherries. You boil them, and strain the seeds and add lots and lots of sugar. The result is a warm, sweet, purple very, VERY yummy gravy. My little brother calls it “choke yogurt”. Indeed, my mom used to turn us into child slave labor to help her pick many o’ many o’ many chokecherries in the late fall around the Colorado mountains. She knows how to spot a chokecherry bush from a mile away. Nice to know they are being grown commercially and soon I shall no longer have to suffer the horror of nasty-ass FAKE blueberry wojapi. A-ho! - Isabel

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