Trying Haskap Berries

On a recent trip to Guelph, our daughter took Terry and me to Strom's Farm and Bakery - a small store attached to a busy local farm... She had read a great review online about their pies.

Of course we had to try one...

We ended up trying more than one! On our first visit, we bought a peach-blueberry pie. It was really delicious... with more fruit filling than most store-bought pies...

On our second visit, we bought an apple pie for our daughter and a rhubarb-strawberry one to take to our son's family.

I was also intrigued by something I had never heard of before: Haskap berries.

They sold Haskap berry jam. We chose to try a haskap berry crisp - which was delicious.

Hunting for more information on Haskap berries, we read that the name is Japanese and that the berries resemble raspberries but taste like blueberries.

However, in the picture we saw online, they looked oblong! I've never seen berries that shape before...

But they do taste delicious!

They are grown on the farm. If we are ever there during berry season, I'd really like to see them outdoors for myself.

There's always something new to learn about!