Originally Posted by
Sailor
Sea buckthorns taste like ... sea buckthorns. Pure buckthorns are almost impossible to eat as they are very strong and sour. Some love them, most hate them. They are very healthy; in a single berry smaller than a half of a nail of your little finger there's more vitamin C than in big apple.
Howvers, they are such a PIA to pick as the bushes are full of thorns. Takes few days until your hands are used enough to pick berries. I've heard there's some techical innovations to help picking these but i've never tried any.
In general buckthorns grow only on a narrow coastline here, mostly on hard, rocky and windy shores. They do not success inlands. We have 'few' bushes on our property and they keep spreading more than necessary.
From one bush you get about 1/2 litres of pure juice, so we get about 20-30 litres annually. We freeze them into cubes and my wife also makes some jam, or dries some and mills into dry herbs. Howevers, i mix one ice cube of pure juice (must be 1-2 teaspoons) into 1 liter of water. Even that is pretty strong and sour but i like it.
And now as we are talking aboiut pancakes. After seeing your pics i guess i have to make some soon. As a dessert, with cream and berries.