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We have a similar fruit in southern Italy. It's from the sorbus genus. It used to be consumed (almost) rotten during the months of December and January.
by notorandit 6y ago
We have a similar fruit in southern Italy. It's from the sorbus genus. It used to be consumed (almost) rotten during the months of December and January.
- Turing_Machine 6y agoSorbus trees are usually called "rowan" or "mountain ash" in English. And yep, they also need bletting to be at their best. Mountain ash is a popular landscaping tree here. Birds (particularly waxwings) flock to them in winter when there's little else to eat (and presumably when the fruit has become less bitter, thanks to bletting).
- DonaldFisk 6y agoAnother Sorbus species is the Wild Service Tree, or Sorbus torminalis. The trees grow in England. The fruit is the chequerberry, which also needs bletting before it's edible. The flavour's similar to tamarind.
- pvaldes 6y agoYep, I think that Rowan Atkinson has a very cool first name.
- nkurz 6y agoCould you tell me more about this? What's in called in the local language? Is it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_torminalis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_torminalis as someone mentioned below?