Mulberry - dried mulberries

The other week, whilst shopping in Sainsbury's supermarket I saw some packets containing cranberries, mulberries and pumkin seeds packaged in their 'Taste the difference' range. Amazingly, they had been reduced to 10 pence per pack. Of course, I bought some - now I wished I had purchased more. I confess, until now although I had heard of mulberries - mainly in the nursery rhyme "Here we go round the mulberry bush" I had never before seen one let alone tasted one. As you can see they are small off white berries, quite knobly and beautifully sweet! I am now left wondering why the shelves aren't full of them - and why they are not used in cakes and puddings because they are delicious!

Mulberries

Here is the old-fashioned nursery rhyme that is sung to young children whilst they do the actions to the words and phrases.

HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we wash the clothes,
Wash the clothes, wash the clothes,
This is the way we wash the clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we iron the clothes,
Iron the clothes, iron the clothes,
This is the way we iron the clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we sweep the floor,
sweep the floor, sweep the floor,
This is the way we sweep the floor,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we mend the clothes,
Mend the clothes, mend the clothes,
This is the way we mend the clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we pick up sticks,
Pick up sticks, pick up sticks,
This is the way we pick up sticks,
On a cold and frosty morning.

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.

:)

little note - this was a teaching rhyme and mothers, grandmothers, aunties and teachers would often add other random lines in to either show a child or to see if a child knew how to do things: wash our hands, face, dust, hoe, darn, etc.