crabapples?

[aililiu]

i know there are recipes for crabapple jellies and things like that... but i havent heard much about eating them raw.

they do make your mouth dry out in a funny way when you bite into them.... so theyre not the best for just snacking on although i kind of enjoy the tang :p

any ideas? any reason to NOT eat them raw?

the crabapple is THE original apple, before any domestic varieties were created, and ive a good row of trees near my house that are in fruit. itd be cool to be able to eat them :)

liliu

[aililiu]

ive been googling... lol. yes you can eat them raw although a lot of people dont love the taste.... but theyre very high in pectin apparently.

im still interested to know if any of you eat them :)


i used to snack on them all the time as a kid, although people told me not to, but i guess my instincts were right. lol

[EZ rider]

There is some information on crab apples at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus

[tinystrawberry]

i've eaten them occasionally. i'lll be walking in the woods or smething and spot a an apple tree and eat one and keep goin. they're of course, not the best. but they arn't bad!