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Lingonsylt – Lingonberry jam Posted by on Aug 26, 2011

I, like very many other Swedes,  love to pick berries. First, summer comes with its  season of strawberries and wild strawberries followed by the beginning of fall with its raspberries and blueberries. It’s a wild struggle to pick as many berries of one kind before the weather changes cause the remaining berries to wilt. During…

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Blueberry Forecast 2008 Posted by on Jul 23, 2008

Come July and August Swedes change, and quite visibly even. One look at their hands and fingers and you begin to seriously ponder whether or not you are among madmen. Why? Their fingers are red and purple. Sometimes, their mouths are too. Yes, it’s blueberry season! Actually, no. Wait! Technically, it’s “bilberry” in English, Vaccinium…

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