Northern Spice Bush


 

April 8, 2021, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.

Spice bush trail.

As a food, spicebush was used for beverages and the fruit was eaten. It was used to flavor foods such as possum or groundhog. Medicinally, any part is diaphoretic. It was used. to treat colds, coughs, phthisis, croup, female obstructions, and white swellings.   

The berries taste like. a blend of orange, all spice and clove: they can be eaten raw or, to extend the season as the restaurant does, dried for use in small amounts to enhance fall games dishes.

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