Year Two Day Twenty Eight - Mulberries

Dear all, 

Darren introduced me to something quite unusual today: There is a Mulberry Tree growing in his office car park. 

I had never seen or eaten a Mulberry before and was rather taken aback when Darren suddenly reached for a branch and started plucking off the berries. They do look very similar to blackberries but grow on rather lovely looking trees with gorgeous foliage. The one draw back ( if any) is that the berries a can leave rather an unusual stain on the sidewalk once they have fallen from the stalk. 

Apparently, Mulberries have never become a commercial success as they are almost impossible to store and transport due to their very delicate constitution. Despite this drawback, they have a delectable flavor, so sweet and fresh yet with this undeniably delicate quality. 

 Along with many alternative uses such as a food colouring and in the making of jam and wine, Mulberry leaves are also the sole food source of the Silk Worm, the larvae of which is used to make silk... That sounds like a pretty important job to me ( and to all ardent fashionistas in the world!)

They are delicious and I urge all Mulberry-Virgins to seek out a tree immediately and sample the fruit!

And for one last piece of good old nostalgia:

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.