Juniper Berries

>>8924746
You can use them to make homemade gin, and ruin a perfectly good bottle of vodka.

>>8924755
Anything that is eaten with a fork and knife?

>>8924772
I've had wild boar pate with juniper berries in it, pretty good combo.

>>8924778
Wild boar? Let me go forge a new heard for my spear senpai brb.

Can I use these instead of black pepper? How different is it from a standard peppercorn?

>>8924784
Completely different. Just eat one ffs. You can dry them for longer shelf life though.
I'm saying make any type of pate with it m8, it'll be fine.

>>8924746
Do not eat them, they are actual literal poison.

>>8924807
I was under the impression you could use them to flavor roasts and stuff as part of a rub. Are they really poisonous?

>>8924814
they're definitely not good for you if you eat them, not sure about using them to flavor a roast.

>>8924807
>>8924828
This guy's an idiot.

Yeah you can flavour roasts with them. Or red cabbage or plenty of other things. There's even a spirit made from them. Absolutely delicious. You don't EAT them though same way you don't eat cloves or bay laurel

>>8924746
they're nice for seasoning sausage, probably good for other red meats as well

>>8924746
I have hundreds of these trees growing around me. They're really only good for selling(to gin producers), or for being used as a mild seasoning for soups. You can also pickle then in a way and use them as capers if you wanna get creative.

>>8924746
I prefer tartar sauce

>>8924921
>>8924953
what they said. I also often, if not always use them when making broth, or in most stews I do. buy dried, fresh ones go moldy before you use them up.
suomis also use juniper (berries and the twigs) for making a kvass/beer type of drink, called sahti, sth of a dividing taste, like licorice; you either love it or hate it. or are indifferent.

>>8924746
Wait a minute.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THESE are juniper berries?!

Mother fucker I had those growing all around on 600 acres of ranch land as a kid. I did nothing with them. NOTHING.

These things can kill me they go good with pork

I tend to have some for finnbiff, Norwegian reindeer stew.

Never really looked for more recipes to use it in.

I've used them to make a crust for a venison tenderloin. Use sparingly though, they can be quite overpowering.

>>8924969
>You can also pickle then in a way and use them as capers
I would never had thought of this. There's also this non-alcoholic fermented drink you can make with them.

>>8925225

Hey man, thanks for sharing.

>>8924807
The berries from junipers with soft leaves are poison. If the leaves are spiky it ain't poison.

>>8925375
>this non-alcoholic fermented drink
It's called smreka

>>8924746
marinate beef in them with vinegar

mead with juniper berrys

>>8926180
to think that the imperial walls and towers used to make me feel so safe...

>>8926207
kek

>>8924746
Used some of these for braised leg of lamb. Result was pretty good tbqh fampai.

Fun fact: juniper berries are not actual berries, they are cones.

>>8924746
I once had pretty dope venison stew with juniper berries. I'd like to make it myself but it's pretty hard getting venison where I live.