Of course, the sparkleberry is a type of wild blueberry native to Florida. The wild blueberry was a very important food of the Creeks because it was very high in nutrition, but also could easily be dried for use in the winter. The blueberry is native only to North America. In the Georgia Mountains, wild blueberries are the predominant ground cover. They literally cover the ground of many mountains from the edge of the rhododendron thickets up to the very top. Blueberries are also the reason that bears are so numerous here. They provide a significant proportion of the black bear's diet. Creek towns maintained cultivated beds of wild blueberries on tracts of land that were no longer used for corn and beans. Creek cooks often mixed dried blueberries, persimmons, plums (prunes) and strawberries together to make a winter time desert filled with carbohydrates, antioxidants and vitamin C. Richard T. **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
Richard T. Would you please email me direct ; I would like very much to discuss the sparkle berries with you off this list. Thanks S L T [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:23 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Blueberries were an important fruit of the Creeks > Of course, the sparkleberry is a type of wild blueberry native to Florida. > The wild blueberry was a very important food of the Creeks because it was > very > high in nutrition, but also could easily be dried for use in the winter. > The blueberry is native only to North America. In the Georgia Mountains, > wild > blueberries are the predominant ground cover. They literally cover the > ground of many mountains from the edge of the rhododendron thickets up to > the very > top. Blueberries are also the reason that bears are so numerous here. > They > provide a significant proportion of the black bear's diet. > > Creek towns maintained cultivated beds of wild blueberries on tracts of > land > that were no longer used for corn and beans. Creek cooks often mixed > dried > blueberries, persimmons, plums (prunes) and strawberries together to make > a > winter time desert filled with carbohydrates, antioxidants and vitamin C. > > Richard T. > > > > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your > travel > deal here. > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1623 - Release Date: 8/20/2008 > 8:12 AM > > >