We went foraging

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We have been travelling through the wheatbelt in Western Australia and we’ve been seeing a lot of quandong trees. I was surprised at the number we’re seeing but perhaps I’m only noticing them became they are all in fruit at the moment so it’s easier to pick them out. The fruits start off yellow then go red as they ripen. When we came across one tree with dozens of ripe fruit on the ground we stopped and picked a couple of cupfuls from the ground and off the tree. That night we stewed them with some sugar and had them with cream. It is easy to peel the flesh off, leaving the kernel behind. They tasted and looked a bit like stewed rhubarb. Later we read that they’re protected so we won’t be picking any more but it fun to ‘forage’ and make use of what we found.