Thread: Брусника!

Interesting, Coffeecup! I have no idea how healthy they are, but blueberries that sometimes grow alongside the lingonberries are supposed to be extremely healthy. I like the blueberries better but this year there are not a lot of them at all for some reason. Normally there are more of these berries than anyone can pick.

I guess these berries probably grow in Canada and maybe the USA too. I wonder what they do with them there. Blueberry muffins I've seen, and I think that's American.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Interesting, Coffeecup! I have no idea how healthy they are, but blueberries that sometimes grow alongside the lingonberries are supposed to be extremely healthy. I like the blueberries better but this year there are not a lot of them at all for some reason. Normally there are more of these berries than anyone can pick.

I guess these berries probably grow in Canada and maybe the USA too. I wonder what they do with them there. Blueberry muffins I've seen, and I think that's American.

"черника" growths in Northern Europe and this Russian word comes from a word "черный" which means "black". This berry is black inside

Northern American blueberry is more green-ish inside and it is much sweeter. Another close Northern American berry called huckleberry but it tastes different too
The closest Northern American berry would be billberry but I personally never tried it, so I cannot say if it tastes the same as "черника". Maybe Russians from California can say some words about it


BTW
Blackberries (at least that's how they called in some places in US) look like this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bl...blackberry.jpg
And Russian word for them is "шелковица"
These berries grow on quite tall trees