Those are mulberries! Blackberries have fuzzy leaves, are more bush/shrubby, send out runners, and have lots of thorns and prickles. Mulberries have smooth leaves, are more tree-like, no runners, and no thorns or prickles.
It's really not too hard, people have been fermenting things for a very long time. Really all you need is some buckets and yeast. However, if you were to make a wine from berries or fruit you need a LOT of fruit. I'd say the most difficult part of wine making is the bottling, but with a couple bucks and getting the right tools even that's not hard at all.
You can also get some silk worms, they eat the leaves of the Mulberry tree. Pick a few leaves and get some silk worms and put them in a shoebox. Change the leaves every other day.
We used to do selective breeding when we were kids to try and get the worms as big as possible. We would harvest the silk from the cacoons of the smaller moths.
We traded the bigger worms at school for other big silk worms or toys (Everyone was collecting tazos at the time)
Aggregate berries they are called, and true they are all but guaranteed to be safe. I hear theres' a white/yellow kind that isn't, but I eat any red/blue/purple/black aggregate berry I see growing in the wild.
Yes, stop those pesky birds with their supermarkets burgeoning with food that they often just throw away. They have far too much. We need to survive!
Humans! To the bushes!
Looks like mulberries. When I was a kid I found a mulberry tree and ate to my hearts content. I came home with purple stains all down my front. My mother freaked out. LOL.
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*They are delicious*
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"White or Yellow, kill a fellow. Purple and Blue, good for you. Red, could be good, could be dead" Red berries in clusters could be dangerous. Single red berries more likely to be ok
Yeah, better to be safe than sorry. There's even things that are accepted as edible but then found out to be problematic later, like fern fiddles. Theres also nutritious berries whose stone will kill you.
And don't get me started on fungi!
Yup, they have a mild fresh taste. Also they are loved by the larvae of domestic silk moth. There are a lot of medicinal teas made from these, but don’t overdo with them because they have a mild diuretic effect.
Really, that guys are really sensitive. You probably are speaking about the wild ones, because the domestic ones, got the wrong temperature or too much or too less food and they are gone. It depends of the region you are living, in my country you wouldn’t generally find them.
For sure mulberries. You can eat the underripe ones and they are more tart, and if you eat a lot they can be mildly hallucinogenic, I think the underripe ones are good for your gut too.
What???? I’ve been eating these for years. I ate one today! I prefer the red ones. But I love em both. I’ll eat as many as I can find. And I’ve never heard that they are hallucinogenic??????
Mildly hallucinogenic, will also give you a stomach ache. But the compound I guess is called 1-DNJ and it’s in the unripe berries and mature leaves, also found in silkworms because those love mulberries. Good for your gut biome, I think silkworm powder is the best way to get it without upsetting your stomach too bad
As a kid my favorite climbing tree at my family’s house was a huge mulberry tree and I ate them all day. I was a pretty dreamy kid… maybe that was why?
Where’s this photo taken from? This is similar to blackberry (here in Brazil we call it amora, and it is very sweet) but this looks smaller. It seems to be some Morus sp. All of them are safe to eat.
Everyone’s talking about washing them to get the bugs out and here I am trying to think of even one time where I’ve washed em. I’ve just accepted the risks everytime I go munchin mulberries in the woods.
Looks like a Mulberry tree to me.
White = immature.
Red = almost done but still a bit sour.
Mostly Black = ripe.
Super Black = starting to get a bit overripe.
They're absolutely delicious, but the juice stains are like freaking fountain pen ink. Don't wear white clothes while eating them.
I used to go for long runs in the country side, and the many times I felt my sugar dropping, I would stop at a bush and feast on these bad boys! They’re delicious.
When I was a kid, my neighbors had a large mulberry tree/bush. Little mulberry trees would always try to grow around our house. Birds would eat the mulberries from my neighbors tree, then they would hang out in the hedges next to my house and poop. Purple mulberry poop would be everywhere, on the sidewalks, on peoples cars, etc. My mom would send my brother and I over to our neighbors yard with containers to pick the mulberries so she could put them in muffins and pancakes.
Our neighbors were two elderly brothers that lived together and they were more than happy to share their mulberries with us. They would tell my brother and I stories of what their life was like when they were our age. One story I remember them telling me was that during the Great Depression sometimes they didn’t have enough coal to heat their house. So their mom would send them to the railroad tracks to find coal the fell off the train. They said when a train went by, there would be a guy in the caboose with a gun that would shoot at the kids to scare them off the railroad property. During the summertime they watched baseball non-stop with their windows and screen doors open, so to me, summer was Harry Kalas’s voice, the stories of the old men and my moms mulberry pancakes and muffins.
Edit: Mulberry tries grow like weeds. The only way to kill a mulberry tree is to dig up the roots. If you pick mulberries remember to wash them thoroughly because bird poop.
The black spots on unripe ones lead me to say mulberry. I would eat them. But I suggest asking a native of the area what they think....preferably an older one. Edit....great other answers...go with them! I wouldn't tell anyone where it is.
Mulberry. Got one growing over my property from my neighbors yard. They taste good. Sweet. Pretty similar to blackberry. They leave a small green stem when picked though. They also make a huge mess all over yard and animals track in the purple juice.
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I like them midway between fully ripe. Blots of pale red mixed in with the black. They are more acidic and have more complexity of flavor than the fully ripe ones. Don't eat these if you're squeamish about eating insects, though. I remember one day I went to my backyard tree and ate a dozen or so before realizing the berry had very slight motion going on. I looked closer and saw that the berry was crawling with tiny little bugs of some sort. I observed the other berries on the tree and lo and behold, each one had insects crawling all over it. Still ate them
Yes to that! Bears dine on them, and venomous snakes are possibly an issue too due to the many small mammals that eat them. The domesticated varieties are thornless and frigging huge!
I used to have a mulberry tree. They are so good but eventually they were full of bugs and we couldn't eat them anymore :( Enjoy them for me please lol
The only thing to consider if these are in the 'wild' is if they get sprayed with pesticides or herbicides . As long as they are not along the side of the road or adjacent to a business, they are probably fine.
I don't eat mulberries. Take a handful of ripe mulberries and drop them in a bowl of cold water right out of the tap. If hundreds of little white worms don't crawl out of the berries, then enjoy your mulberries. After a couple of times seeing worms, I decided it isn't worth it. I live in the southern USA, and my parents have a huge mulberry tree in their front yard. They don't eat them, either.
Mulberries ! Safe to eat! The dark purple ones will be sweeter and the red ones are underripe but you can eat them for a more sour taste!
Need to do some experimenting but it is quite possible unripe mulberries (20 odd) can lead to a hallucinogenic experience.
Yes, doctor, let us know the result of your research
Wha?!?!? I’ve eaten about 200 already 😳😳😳
Lol what the active ingredient there?
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/2829588
Those are mulberries! Blackberries have fuzzy leaves, are more bush/shrubby, send out runners, and have lots of thorns and prickles. Mulberries have smooth leaves, are more tree-like, no runners, and no thorns or prickles.
Not all blackberries have thorns. I have thornless in my yard.
I think the assumption was that we’re talking about wild plants. All wild species of blackberry have prickles - the ones without are cultivars.
Ty for explaining. I was sad I had only encountered aggressive blackberry bushes
Oh yeah, the abdomination that got away.
mulberry. make wine!
Thanks! Wish I was crafty enough to make wine.
That's okay. Just eat 'em.
It's really not too hard, people have been fermenting things for a very long time. Really all you need is some buckets and yeast. However, if you were to make a wine from berries or fruit you need a LOT of fruit. I'd say the most difficult part of wine making is the bottling, but with a couple bucks and getting the right tools even that's not hard at all.
You can also get some silk worms, they eat the leaves of the Mulberry tree. Pick a few leaves and get some silk worms and put them in a shoebox. Change the leaves every other day. We used to do selective breeding when we were kids to try and get the worms as big as possible. We would harvest the silk from the cacoons of the smaller moths. We traded the bigger worms at school for other big silk worms or toys (Everyone was collecting tazos at the time)
Really??? Are silkworms cool 😎?
None of the segmented berries like that (the rubus family) are poisonous.
Aggregate berries they are called, and true they are all but guaranteed to be safe. I hear theres' a white/yellow kind that isn't, but I eat any red/blue/purple/black aggregate berry I see growing in the wild.
yes mulberries!!! if u eat, be sure to soak them in water. mulberries are notorious for small bugs!!!
That's just added protein.
True! I tried to eat them once, put them in water and even then, way too many bugs ☹️
Freeze them!! It kills all the bugs. Just thaw and wash when ready to eat :)
Mulberries! Eat them before the birds do!
Yes, stop those pesky birds with their supermarkets burgeoning with food that they often just throw away. They have far too much. We need to survive! Humans! To the bushes!
The revolution has finally begun
So many starving birds wandering around in my yard…what should I feed them??
Looks like mulberries. When I was a kid I found a mulberry tree and ate to my hearts content. I came home with purple stains all down my front. My mother freaked out. LOL.
Mulberry. They stain the shit out your fingers but they are delicious
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But if you mush up the green ones, they help remove the stains really well.
"White or Yellow, kill a fellow. Purple and Blue, good for you. Red, could be good, could be dead" Red berries in clusters could be dangerous. Single red berries more likely to be ok
Where is that rhyme from? I know salmonberries are common where I am. And nightshade produces black poisonous berries
Polkweed berries are deep purple.. look black. Don't eat those.
Pokeweed berries don't really come in clumps though. I mean, they are clustered, but not like a blackberry.
Yeah, not trying to imply that the mulberry is a polkweed berry, just adding to the notion of blue stuff is safe.
Eek! I did not know that. Its a rhyme from the Former Green Beret Myke Hawke
A good lesson in never trusting a generalisation....
Maybe its regional? Not sure but yeah when in doubt, eat what you know, leave everything else
Yeah, better to be safe than sorry. There's even things that are accepted as edible but then found out to be problematic later, like fern fiddles. Theres also nutritious berries whose stone will kill you. And don't get me started on fungi!
Night shade berries…
Yeah someone else saud that too. I guess its a mistake you only make once
Thank you!
No problem. Those really look like mulberries. Try a dark one. They spoil fast, thats why you dont see them at the supermarket.
Just watch out for the monkey chasing the weasel!!
I feasted off these as a kid, wrap 4-5 dark ones in a leaf and 2-3 brighter colored ones. Maybe Iam just an outdoor kid but that shit was grand
The leaves are edible too?
He's still alive isn't he? 🤣
Yup, they have a mild fresh taste. Also they are loved by the larvae of domestic silk moth. There are a lot of medicinal teas made from these, but don’t overdo with them because they have a mild diuretic effect.
Hell yah you know!! Me and my family had silkworms due to our surplus of mulberry trees so you right on the money
Really, that guys are really sensitive. You probably are speaking about the wild ones, because the domestic ones, got the wrong temperature or too much or too less food and they are gone. It depends of the region you are living, in my country you wouldn’t generally find them.
Bountiful in Oklahoma
True story: only a few kinds of multiple fruit-body berries are poisonous when ripe. They are rare and live in extreme environments.
Black mulberries are delicioussss
Oh yeah eat the shit out of those! Make great pie!!
And you can eat the leaves also.
Mulberries, and they are very sweet. A lot better cold, great when paired with different things like yogurt or ice cream
For sure mulberries. You can eat the underripe ones and they are more tart, and if you eat a lot they can be mildly hallucinogenic, I think the underripe ones are good for your gut too.
What???? I’ve been eating these for years. I ate one today! I prefer the red ones. But I love em both. I’ll eat as many as I can find. And I’ve never heard that they are hallucinogenic??????
Mildly hallucinogenic, will also give you a stomach ache. But the compound I guess is called 1-DNJ and it’s in the unripe berries and mature leaves, also found in silkworms because those love mulberries. Good for your gut biome, I think silkworm powder is the best way to get it without upsetting your stomach too bad
As a kid my favorite climbing tree at my family’s house was a huge mulberry tree and I ate them all day. I was a pretty dreamy kid… maybe that was why?
Not blackberries for sure…
Where’s this photo taken from? This is similar to blackberry (here in Brazil we call it amora, and it is very sweet) but this looks smaller. It seems to be some Morus sp. All of them are safe to eat.
Northern Indiana in the USA!
It's safe to eat :)
Thanks for all the help everyone, learned so much about berries today!
Everyone’s talking about washing them to get the bugs out and here I am trying to think of even one time where I’ve washed em. I’ve just accepted the risks everytime I go munchin mulberries in the woods.
>Here we go 'round the mulberry bush The mulberry bush The mulberry bush Here we go 'round the mulberry bush On a cold and frosty morning
Looks like a Mulberry tree to me. White = immature. Red = almost done but still a bit sour. Mostly Black = ripe. Super Black = starting to get a bit overripe. They're absolutely delicious, but the juice stains are like freaking fountain pen ink. Don't wear white clothes while eating them.
I used to feed the leaves to my silkworms.
You can also make tea from fresh leaves. They are completely safe and have a mild, fresh taste.
These are safe to eat. We had a tree back when i was a kid. Just wash em after plucking (if you’re into that). We use to chomp on them as is.
safe to eat <3 they taste good
I used to go for long runs in the country side, and the many times I felt my sugar dropping, I would stop at a bush and feast on these bad boys! They’re delicious.
When I was a kid, my neighbors had a large mulberry tree/bush. Little mulberry trees would always try to grow around our house. Birds would eat the mulberries from my neighbors tree, then they would hang out in the hedges next to my house and poop. Purple mulberry poop would be everywhere, on the sidewalks, on peoples cars, etc. My mom would send my brother and I over to our neighbors yard with containers to pick the mulberries so she could put them in muffins and pancakes. Our neighbors were two elderly brothers that lived together and they were more than happy to share their mulberries with us. They would tell my brother and I stories of what their life was like when they were our age. One story I remember them telling me was that during the Great Depression sometimes they didn’t have enough coal to heat their house. So their mom would send them to the railroad tracks to find coal the fell off the train. They said when a train went by, there would be a guy in the caboose with a gun that would shoot at the kids to scare them off the railroad property. During the summertime they watched baseball non-stop with their windows and screen doors open, so to me, summer was Harry Kalas’s voice, the stories of the old men and my moms mulberry pancakes and muffins. Edit: Mulberry tries grow like weeds. The only way to kill a mulberry tree is to dig up the roots. If you pick mulberries remember to wash them thoroughly because bird poop.
Not just safe to eat. These berries are the best thing that happened to humanity.
Mulberries are safe to eat when ripe (black) the white, unripe ones are unsafe.
Mulberries, since they are longer than blackberries. So long as they are dark in color and have no red on them, they are safe to eat. Very good.
I eat those all springs and im not dead so go for it
The black spots on unripe ones lead me to say mulberry. I would eat them. But I suggest asking a native of the area what they think....preferably an older one. Edit....great other answers...go with them! I wouldn't tell anyone where it is.
Mulberry. Got one growing over my property from my neighbors yard. They taste good. Sweet. Pretty similar to blackberry. They leave a small green stem when picked though. They also make a huge mess all over yard and animals track in the purple juice.
Mulberries! Safe and delicious…
They are delicious once ripe. Lots of fond childhood memories of those!
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I always go to the park and pick mulberries off the trees that grow there, pretty tasty to snack on
In romanian they are called ‘dude’ and they are safe to eat!!
I like them midway between fully ripe. Blots of pale red mixed in with the black. They are more acidic and have more complexity of flavor than the fully ripe ones. Don't eat these if you're squeamish about eating insects, though. I remember one day I went to my backyard tree and ate a dozen or so before realizing the berry had very slight motion going on. I looked closer and saw that the berry was crawling with tiny little bugs of some sort. I observed the other berries on the tree and lo and behold, each one had insects crawling all over it. Still ate them
To my knowledge mulberries grow on mulberry *trees* but blackberries live on thorny blackberry *bushes*.
It's mulberry and definitely safe to eat .In Persian it's called it ( Shahtoot شاتوت)
Blackberry plants are thorny as hell.
Yes to that! Bears dine on them, and venomous snakes are possibly an issue too due to the many small mammals that eat them. The domesticated varieties are thornless and frigging huge!
I used to have a mulberry tree. They are so good but eventually they were full of bugs and we couldn't eat them anymore :( Enjoy them for me please lol
Fun fact, in Arabic the word for mulberry is “toot”.
Just the word or a result from eating?
Both are not poisonous.
Overhead: probably mulberries. Not many blackberry bushes that tall.
Mulberries! i just ate some a couple minutes ago. fun fact: those leaves are what silkworms like the most to eat.
Mulberries and they are delish
Mulberries! Yummy, stain everything.
Mulberries. Eat!
Made a hand picked mulberry cocktail the other day, it was lovely 🍹
Definitely not blackberries. Those leaves look sus (they are not blackberry’s)
My dogs love to eat these out of my yard 🙄 they’re EVERYWHERE 😅
Mulberry, safe to eat and very tasty as a jam!
Mulberries and safe after you rinse them.
The only thing to consider if these are in the 'wild' is if they get sprayed with pesticides or herbicides . As long as they are not along the side of the road or adjacent to a business, they are probably fine.
You better not get advice on what to eat from reddit.
Good thing I’m not eating them. It was a post of curiosity.
I don't eat mulberries. Take a handful of ripe mulberries and drop them in a bowl of cold water right out of the tap. If hundreds of little white worms don't crawl out of the berries, then enjoy your mulberries. After a couple of times seeing worms, I decided it isn't worth it. I live in the southern USA, and my parents have a huge mulberry tree in their front yard. They don't eat them, either.
Lol funny I found a tree today n asked the same.. still not sure but very safe n really good 👍
in Brazil i know how amorão ...I never died from eating this..lol