Wimberries?

Hi, When I was younger, my mum used to make 'wimberry pie' (possibly called winberry pie?)...
These berries don't seem to be readily available in the greengrocery shops any more.
Are they still available anywhere?

Malc.

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Never ever heard of them I'm afraid.

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Malc you call them wimberries I call them bilberries the name depends where you live.
They grow wild on the moors in Derbyshire where I grew up. We picked them as children, they taste very similar to blueberries only smaller. I never liked them myself finding the taste dull preferring something more sour and full flavoured like blackcurrants or damsons.

I have never seen them in the shops and I can't imagine anyone picking them to sell these days . Find some moorland and pick your own in season (august september) would be my advice

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Are they the same as bilberries, my mum used to make bilberry pie but you never see bilberries these days. They are a small blueberry and grow on the moors.

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Oh yes, cook at my senior school used to make Winberry pie, it was my favourite with custard of course

http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/why-do-...inberries.html

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Apparently you can buy Winberries in Bury Market.

They say that they are a Japanese Fruit?

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Hi, Susie -
They could be a Japanese fruit, I'm not certain of their origin, but
I remember that they were sold 'loose' by the quarter pound and, at the time, they were imported from Poland and sold to the public from a woven wooden long, narrow punnet....
(I used to work in a greengrocers shop when I first left school...)

Malc.

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According to Wikipedia, a wineberry is a bilberry, which is different to the blueberry but in the same family. Bilberries are smaller than blueberries, and you can often find them in the wild in Northern England

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As children we were always encouraged to pick wild fruit (with supervision!) and I remember picking bilberries on the moors but it took an awful long time to pick enough for a pie! I would love to taste them again.

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Yes Meep, they could be found on the moors around Whitby, they taste completely different to a blueberry even though, as you say, they are in the same family.