Not-yet-ripe berry
Ripe berry
I found some salmonberries hiking last week in a coastal forest near Manzanita, OR. They look and taste similar to raspberries, and are traditionally a staple food of indigenous people here. They may have gotten their name from their color, although the rumor is that they were customarily eaten with salmon roe.
Berry on the bush (well, technically, a shrub)
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Both the sprouts and the berries were eaten. Too full of moisture for drying, they were often mixed with other dried foods such as salmon spawn. They were also mixed with oolichan (source for “oregon”) greaseto add moisture.