This remarkable berry has travelled through time and space to find itself on the Manitoba Prairies. Solberry has managed to pluck this gift of nature from its thorny embrace and deliver it to you.
The journey from the old world to the new started with Dr. L. Skinner at the Morden Research Station, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Manitoba. Dr. Skinner imported sea buckthorn as
a garden ornamental in the 1930's. Government resources identified the amazing capacity of this beautiful thorny shrub and re-introduced sea buckthorn as a shelterbelt plant in the 1960's. This practice continues to this day.
In the 1990's an attempt was made to establish a Canadian Sea Buckthorn industry on the Prairies. Seedlings were sold, orchards planted and promises made. Good fortune was not to favour the burgeoning industry. Some bad luck - some miscalculations and some world events joined together to halt any forward momentum (another story altogether). Growers established orchards but ... [Click here for more]
- How to use Solberry puree
- (a little goes a long way - 1 tablespoon is all you need):
- Take it
- - straight! While the taste has been described as tart, bitter, awful and/or fantastic - the easiest way to take it is take a tablespoon to start - neat (nothing added). If you are a bit more active - take a bit more.
- Mix it
- in a glass of water, a smoothie, yogurt some juice to disguise the taste. If you like the taste see above.
- Pour it
- over vanilla ice cream, Coconut Bliss (the boss's favourite!). The tart and sweet makes for an interesting combo.