BS: US Cranberry production by state

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST,Bman
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 09:00 AM

I'm so disappointed...no projected cranberry harvests for Texas or Arizona or Nevada or Utah? regards, Bman

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 11:51 PM

Yes, Sorcha, and more importantly Schrafft of Boston in 1861 gave the world the jelly bean as we know it. One of the great food products, right up there with the Oreo, Twinkies, Eskimo Pie and Nachos. Jelly Bean

The genius who invented the nacho, Ignacio Anaya. See Nachos!

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 09:26 PM

And coffee and all beans except broad beans (i.e. fava etc.)

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 09:11 PM

Mark, I assume you mean North American- otherwise you forgot chocolate, tomatoes, potatoes, Tequila, ---.

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 08:32 PM

The cranberry is in fact one of the few true native American foods that remains a part of the American diet. Others include corn, squash, and Twinkies.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 10:58 AM

The sourness of the cranberry is immortalized in this anecdote from early American times.

It seems that the colonists in the Massachusetts Bay area made payments to their sponsors in England, not in money (surprise! surprise!) but in such things as furs, timber, and agricultural products.

Having been exposed (and apparently having appreciated) the cranberry, and having large quantities available, they sent some number of barrels of cranberries as part of their remittance.

The message came back, to the effect, "We appreciate your sending the barrels of berries, but we had to throw them out. They had gone sour in the barrel."

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: mack/misophist
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 10:17 AM

On the whole, cranberries are a waste of time. But my wife has a chicken recipe, using oranges, walnuts and cranberries, that is to die for.

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Banjer
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 06:25 AM

Or maybe more correctly he said, "90 percent of our imported goods come from other countries !

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Banjer
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 06:24 AM

Maybe because some brilliant individual found a new market to send them to? To paraphrase one of our illustrious pompous-assed politricos, "90 percent of our imported goods come from overseas!" Cranberries and their various forms of juices have been a staple of our diet for years here!

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 03:10 AM

Why has the cranberry only been popular this last 4 years or so? We'd barely heard of them in the UK until the 1990s....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 01:36 AM

I am so thankful you came forward.

This has been on my mind for the last week, and I just didn't know where .... to share.

Colorado Crop Weather

Release Date, Week Ending Date
Week ending September 8, 2002

Issue

08-CW3602

Agricultural Summary Colorado experienced unseasonably warm weather last week with temperatures 7 degrees above average. Moisture was limited primarily to the Western Slope it received between .25 to .5 inches of moisture. The rest of Colorado experienced spotty thunderstorms dropping hail and heavy rains. The above average temperatures quickly evaporated the moisture received. Producers averaged 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Last week's topsoil moisture supplies moved to 35 percent very short, 29 percent short, 35 percent adequate, and 1 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies improved to 71 percent very short, 24 percent short, and 5 percent adequate.

Field Crops Report

Winter wheat planting progressed to 13 percent complete compared to last year and the five year average of 11 percent. Spring barley harvest finished last week. Spring wheat harvest moved to 93 percent complete compared to last year's 89 percent and the five year average of 66 percent.

Corn in or passed the dough stage advanced to 96 percent compared with last year and the five year average of 90 percent. Corn dent rose to 44 percent, behind both last year's pace of 62 percent and the five year average of 56 percent. Corn mature was at 10 percent by the end of the week, tied with last year's pace but behind the five year average of 12 percent. Cutting of dry beans moved to 35 percent, behind both last year's 42 percent and the five year average of 37 percent. Dry bean harvest was at 28 percent complete, ahead of both last year's pace of 25 percent and the five year average of 20 percent. Sorghum headed ended the week at 80 percent, behind both last year's 99 percent and the five year average of 95 percent. Sorghum turning color progressed to 34 percent, behind both last year's pace of 38 percent and the five year average of 42 percent. Five percent of the sorghum is mature.

BTW ... regarding wheat...the price paid to the farmer has doubled in the last year. Grab hold your shredded's they are better than real-estate for the next six months.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 01:15 AM

Thanksgiving dinner without cranberries is unthinkable!

And it's always a surprise to find the uneaten half-can of cranberry sauce left over from Thanksgiving dinner. You know, the one that got shoved way in the back of the refrigerator and didn't get found until sometime in February or March. Yummmm.

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 12:59 AM

And let's not forget (to the tune whose name I don't know but I'm sure somebody does--it's the one they always play in cartoons when somebody is up on the high wire or the trapeze):

Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple, Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple, Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple, Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple Juice Drink
Cranapple, Cranapple Juice Drink

(I think it's time for me to do something else now...)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: leprechaun
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 12:04 AM

Way to go Uncle Dave O!

Here's a cranberry juice toast to you!

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST,bog man
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 07:03 PM

Turkey stuffing can't be served without cranberry jam or sauce. My wife makes a lovely loaf cake with them. Never without the juice in the fridge.
Thanksgiving dinner without cranberries is unthinkable!

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Sonnet
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 06:48 PM

That'll help a lot of cystitis sufferers! Not being flippant here; cranberry juice is the finest stuff out for this problem.

JMcS

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 05:21 PM

I have a little cranberry song too...

CRANBERRY

FROM THE TIP OF LONG BEACH UP TO WILLAPA BAY KEEP IT GOING FOR ANOTHER YEAR IS THE CRANBERRY KINGDOM THEY CALL OCEAN SPRAY THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE THAN HERE

WHEN THE CLOUDS GO AWAY AND THE SUN STARTS TO SHINE IT WILL SHINE RIGHT DOWN ON THE CRANBERRY VINE

RAKE EM SHAKE EM TAKE EM TO THE PLANT SHOULD HAVE BAILED LONG AGO BUT YOU KNOW I JUST CANT

FOR FIVE GENERATIONS WE HAVE POPPED THEM IN A CAN YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF THIS CRANBERRY CLAN

SO I'LL TRY T MAKE A LIVING OUT OF SAND AND FOG THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE THAN A CRANBERRY BOG

RAISE YOUR GLASSES HAVE A LITTLE TOAST HERE'S TO ALL THE FARMERS OF THE CRANBERRY COAST

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:48 PM

Whoopee! My first real-world, non-test use of the blue clicky!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:47 PM

Try this, for the DT: Click this!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: MMario
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:43 PM

wow! this turns out to be a music thread after all!

Thanks Dave (in advance!)

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: MMario
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:42 PM

They make great ammunition for slingshots too!

(but I love cranberries - fresh, sauced, juiced, cooked in with a beef pot roast - in pancakes, muffins, bread,)

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:41 PM

There's a song, variously titled Did You Ever Go Down or The Cranberry Bogs which is historical, and has to do with the seasonal migration to harvest cranberries in Wisconsin. I've got it somewhere, and will try to post it.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: US Cranberry production by state
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:31 PM

And the things are almost worthless as far as I am concerned. Fit only for kindergarders to make garlands out of.

Subject: US Cranberry production by state
From: MMario
Date: 13 Sep 02 - 04:25 PM

just gotta put this out here...Projected Harvests for 2002

Wisconsin - 290 million pounds

Massachusetts - 178 million pounds

New Jersey - 41 million pounds

Oregon - 44.5 million pounds

Washington - 16.8 million pounds