Title: Course Presentation Demo

Cloudberries

[Image: cloudberry flower]

- The Rubus chamaemorus is a herb producing amber-colored edible fruit similar to the raspberry or blackberry.
- The cloudberry grows to 10–25 cm high.
- The leaves alternate between having 5 and 7 soft, handlike lobes on straight, branchless stalks.
- After pollination, the white flowers form raspberry-sized berries.
- Each fruit is initially pale red, ripening into an amber color in early autumn.

[Image: cloudberry]

Where to find them?

[Image: cloudberries grow in canada and the arctic]

Cloudberries are found in mountainous areas on the Northern Hemisphere

- Europe: In the Nordic countries and the Baltic states
- Asia: Across northern Russia east towards the Pacific Ocean
- North America: across most of northern Canada, Alaska, northern Minnesota, New Hampshire and Maine

Uses

[Image: finnish cheese with cloudberry jam]

- In Finland, the berries are eaten with heated, local cheese
- In Sweden, cloudberry jam is used as a topping for ice cream, pancakes, and waffles
- In Norway, they are often mixed with whipped cream and sugar
- In Atlantic Canada, cloudberries are used to make "Bakeapple Pie".
- In Alaska and Northern Canada, the berries are mixed with seal oil, reindeer or caribou fat, and sugar to make "Eskimo Ice Cream" or "Akutaq".

[Image: spoon of cloudberry jam]

[Image: oatmeal with cloudberries]

Summary

Choose the correct statement about Cloudberries.

- Cloudberries are similar in shape and size to raspberries and blackberries. (correct)
- Cloudberries are similar in shape and size to blueberries and redcurrants.
- Cloudberries are similar in shape and size to strawberries.

- Cloudberries are found in the Northern Hemisphere. (correct)
- Cloudberries are found in the Southern Hemisphere.

- In Atlantic Canada, cloudberries are often used to make "Bakeapple pie". (correct)
- In Atlantic Canada, cloudberries are mainly eaten with a heated local cheese.
- In Atlantic Canada, cloudberries are mainly eaten with a heated local cheese.