Berry Good

I love berries. On our recent vacation we came across some new varieties of berries. Yeah.  

•          The marionberry is a variant of the blackberry and was invented in 1956. We saw these for sale at a farmer’s market. This berry is named after a county in Oregon; it is not named after the former Washington DC mayor Marion Barry. Nor was Mayor Barry named after the berry. We do not know if Marion Barry was fond of marionberries but we know that if he did try them he surely liked them!
•          The loganberry is another west coast blackberry variant invented by a Mr. Logan in 1881. We saw these offered as a milk shake ingredient. Yum!
•          Elderberries – These have been around a while (they couldn’t be new with THAT name). We saw these offered as a variety of syrup for pancakes (or griddle cakes as they’re known in some regions).

We’re guessing the elderberry syrup stains since the pancake house shared a building with a tattoo parlor.  (“Yeah, can you turn this stain on my arm into something artistic?”)