I'm (embarrassingly) like Forrest Gump's best-good-friend Bubba when it comes to huckleberries. Instead of having shrimp on the brain and talking in a "southern robot voice" about all things shrimp; I'm the same way during the 2-4 weeks a year when huckleberries are in season.
"Huckleberries are the fruit of the land. There's huckleberry smoothies, huckleberry pie, huckleberry-infused vodka, huckleberry shrimp, huckleberry tarts, huckleberry muffins. You can pick 'em, eat 'em, can 'em, boil 'em, broil 'em.....That's about all you can do with huckleberries."
So yeah, while I was on my way to the mountains to harvest huckleberries, I saw a sign for huckleberries at this Naches Fruit Stand (it's interesting how there half of a dozen fruit stands in this remote little town!).
I ended up stopping here to get some huckleberries (fresh ones were $11/lb). I also picked up some other items of their bounty---I picked some funky peaches and pears.
In addition to fruit, part of the stand has antiques for your perusal. My girlfriend spied an old timey type writer...I was slightly tempted. I could just picture myself writing my novel. I'd be all "1950's style" with an unlit cigarette dangling from my lips, a sideways-tipped fedora on my head, and a glass of Scotch next to the "carriage return lever".
But I stuck to fruit on this trip. read more