On a cold and frosty morning

[venta]

Today's burning question: does anyone actually like dried mulberries?

My box o' nibbles from Graze[*] arrived today. One of the things it contained was a snack called "round the mulberry bush" (they name all their snacks, I don't know why) which contained raisins and dried white mulberries.

Dried mulberries look like dessicated clumps of insect eggs. When eaten, they have a nasty dry texture to the outside and a disturbingly (especially given their appearance) squodgy texture on the inside. They appear to taste like raisins - presumably due to proximity - so I'm assuming they don't have a whole lot of taste themselves.



See? Scary, aren't they?

I'm not sure I want to finish the box off, but I'm fearing that they might hatch if I don't. But if I do, they might hatch in me....

Even the other pictures of mulberries on Wikipedia all look vaguely frightening.

Will anyone speak out for the mulberry?

[*] In defence of Graze, the things they usually send me are very nice. I have loads of get-a-free-box codes if anyone wants to try them out.

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, this, fresh red and black mulberries are the niceness, a bit like a richer version of a ripe raspberry. Never tried (or even seen) a white one though. To quote TFOAK, "The fruit of the white mulberry... has a different flavor, sometimes characterized as insipid." Yum.

Mulberry trees are pretty striking too. All the ones I've seen (which admittedly is only 3) were centuries old. I don't know if there haven't been any planted in the UK in recent eons, or what.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that Gardener's Question Time, on being asked about mulberries, proffered the opinion that the white ones were a bit pointless other than for silk.