Be aware of frogs and slimy naked snails when digging around in the warm moss environment! =P That means they are not directly visible to us, although they are very red in color. The berries grow frequently under thick moss, so you need to carefully look in between the moss to find a few lingonberry jewels.
Lingonberries can only be harvested from end of August to mid September. Only certain places in the mountains, which are kept secret by locals, are suited for the growth of Lingonberries. That means, these berries are limited and rare. If you find a few Lingonberries, it doesn't mean you will automatically find more around. Lingonberries grow only in higher altitudes at around ~1000 m above the sea level. Well, I think Lingonberries are some of the most expensive local alpine fruits in the market and I will summarize why: Sounds crazy doesn't? Why is Lingonberry so expensive? Some of our family members even travel by car first for an hour and then walk through the forests for hours just to find a few red and ripe lingonberries. We hunted down Lingonberries and we collected about 4 kg of wild Lingonberries that August day.Įven locals in the alps don't always know where they can find wild Lingonberries. Others in the world wide web have been apparently facing the same name giving conundrum.Ĭheck out the post "Cranberry vs Lingonberry" from Timeless Environments and "Lingonberry" at wikipedia. Lingonberries are smaller but both, lingon and cranberry have similar health properties including kidney and bladder benefits. I personally decided to keep it this way: Cranberries are American and Lingonberries are European.Ĭranberries grow in water and are mostly farmed these days, Lingonberries on the other hand grow in higher altitudes such as in the alps. One thing is sure it's not a blueberry, although lingonberries are related to blueberries and sometimes they grow side by side. 
This five star restaurant is not the only one having doubts about the name of this mountain berry. So, when I was going through my husband's English menu card I noticed the translation saying "Schnitzel served with cranberry sauce". It's a fashion, it's a marriage of meat and sour/sweet berry flavors and a must in our culture! Now, if you remember the Schnitzel post, Austrians always enjoy their Schnitzel with Lingonberry Jam. In German the Lingonberry is known as Preiselbeere and in french airelle rouge, which is pretty clear and no confusion arises in those languages.Ĭoincidentally when we collected Lingonberries in the Austrian alps, we came across a quaint and quite restaurant, which was serving Austrian specialties such as Schnitzel. Well, the lingonberry is kind of related to the popular Cranberry and that is why I was having trouble to name the berry properly.Īpparently I am not the only one getting confused by the english berry name. Maybe you will have the picture of Thanksgiving jam in your mind? Does the berry not remind you of something?
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