marwah

atleast i THINK i did. i'm pretty sure these are raspberries but i'm not certain. i've been living in this house for about 5 years and i've never seen these bushes appear before, nor has anyone in my family planted raspberry seeds. i picked a few out and tasted one of them, i have a good feeling is it a raspberry but i don't know for sure because i don't really eat fruit. it tasted sour and berry-ish to me? i have a couple of questions.














firstly, ARE these raspberries?

secondly, are they safe to eat just like that? (after washing ofcourse)

thirdly, there are a LOT of them, so i will be picking the ones that are fully grown, daily. how do i preserve them? where can i store them? do i just pick them out and refrigerate them?

and lastly, anyone know any good raspberry recipes?

jalpari90

these do look like raspberries but could be something wild. So please do have someone checked who is fimiliar with the flavour

mysti

yeah id have someone who knows plants well check it out - plus arent raspberries called Shaituut in urdu? because i remember we used to have trees back in pakistan - i could be talking about something else -

marwah

^that sounds like a good idea, but i don't really know any fruitologist lol

hareem01

Please do not eat them, they look poisonous.

Raspberry leaves look like these
which is quite different from your bush.

Sarsaparilla

They are raspberries. Raspberries grow wild in north America. Some are sour some sweet. Bindhaas khao. They are very good for you.

RupayHalwa

Hmmm, they don't look like british raspberries, thats for sure. What r boysenberries? Do u think this may b a wild variety of them? Our rasberries are not shiny or this shade of orangey red. Ours are more matt and pinkish colour, with tiny hairs on each bump.

If they taste good and u haven't had any bad effects, I say EAT AWAY!!! Make jam from them? Add them to juices? If they r sour, make chutney out of them. They r probably a really good source of vitamin C.

marwah

^i just tasted one of them..i haven''t started eating them because i want to know for sure if they're safe to eat. i asked a couple of people but they have no idea. and the jam and juice sounds like a great idea!

RupayHalwa

What did they taste like? Are they getting any darker? Could be unripe blackberries?

bride2be

do you have a home depot or something near you? most ppl in the gardening section would know a thing or two about common berries.
these look like raspberries but i dont think they are the same kind i get in the grocery store here.

RupayHalwa

^ Good idea! Take a stem from the plant in with u.

somegroovychick

those don't look raspberries, but they definitely look like blackberries, except for the orange part haha
seriously though, their shape and look is very blackberry-ish.

canadian raspberries look like the UK ones that RH described.

this is what a raspberry bush looks like- http://www.plantogram.com/images/raspberry_b.jpg

definitely get it checked out before eating more!

afaaf

it looks like a blackberry bush n they grow wild. wait until they turn dark purple n then u can pick them

RupayHalwa

Mmmm, ripe wild blackberries are delicious!