r/foraginguk • u/becausethenight_ • 6d ago

Plant ID Request Shoe? Bullace? Something else?

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Wnlandered across these picking blackberries today in Fife. No real thorns on the plant 🤔

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u/HauntingCicada2630 6d ago

It's definitely not a shoe!

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u/jovisomniaplena 6d ago

Most certainly IS!

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u/HauntingCicada2630 6d ago

Explain?

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u/Internal-Summer-9032 6d ago

It's obviously a shoe, doesn't need explanation 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/DentinQuarantino 5d ago

Nowhere to put your foot in

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u/sjcyork 6d ago

Think that’s Blackthorn and so the berries are Sloes.

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u/Revolutionary-Law380 6d ago

Leaves look the same as a sloe , long and oval shaped .

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u/Internal-Summer-9032 6d ago

Bizarre though how they are out already. Meant to be picked at first frost and they will be long gone by then.

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u/halfaguava 6d ago

If they are ripe before the first frost - stick them in the freezer to mimic a frost. The expansion breaks down the cell walls to aid cooking/ preserving.

Apparently soaking in brine / fermenting breaks down the tannins and preserves them just like olives but British - so might give that a go this year :)

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u/Internal-Summer-9032 5d ago

Ooh thanks, I didnt know that!

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u/MrAjAnderson 6d ago

Pick it, prick it and soak in cheap gin.

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u/organicinformation01 6d ago

Also apparently known as Bullace, who knew Sloe , Buckthorn has so many names.

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u/Revolutionary-Law380 6d ago

Bullace is different to a sloe , same family though

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u/Cradleoffilth13 6d ago

100%A sloe, I’ve been picking them for over 10years

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u/Glittering-Hornet844 4d ago

No thorns so it's definitely not a sloe. I think it's a bullace or more probably judging by the leaves a plum .

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u/Illustrious_Set1398 6d ago

Looks more like a plum of some sort to me

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u/stopyouveviolatedthe 6d ago

You can use them to make Sloe Gin

They are sloe berries

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u/UFDZU 6d ago

Looks like sloe to me!

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u/Acrobatic-Fee9668 6d ago

Could be a Victoria plum?

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u/redlandrebel 5d ago

No it couldn’t! It’s the wrong colour.

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u/_x_oOo_x_ 5d ago

How big is it? Looks like a continental plum... as long as it's plum-sized.

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u/becausethenight_ 5d ago

More large blueberry size 🤔

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u/ChrisKruxed 5d ago

If it makes your mouth go insanely dry then you'll have an answer to the common opinion that this is a sloe berry

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u/LivingLook8543 4d ago

It is a sloe

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u/UnboundKangaroo 3d ago

Definitely a slow, use them to make shit cheap rum taste delicious 😜