I love cranberries!! I´m from Mexico so for me there are a little expensive, so I buy them dry.

Here´s a REALLY good salad that I want to share with you guys (my favorite):

- Pineapple cubes
- Basket cheese cubes (very common in Mexico, if you don´t have put feta)
- Diced tomato
- Nuts chopped
- A little Paul Newman vinaigrette dressing
- Lettuche romaine
- Baby Spinach
- Dried Cranberries

You will love it for sure!

I love cranberry sauce made from real berries. Not that gelatinous stuff shaped like a can. (Very easy to make; simmer in water with natural sugar [please no splenda...], stirring every so often, until it starts to turn into a gel. From there, add whatever you'd like. Almonds and tangerines [include the zest!] are my favorite.)

I've looked allover the grocery store many times, and I can't find any cranberry juice. Cocktail, yes, but not juice.

I SHOP AT WALMART SUPERCENTERS AND THEY DO CARRY OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRY JUICE (JUST JUICE)  THEY ALSO HAVE THE DIET COCKTAIL BUT I ENJOY JUST THE JUICE ALONE.  YOU HAVE TO REALLY WATCH FOR IT, SEEMS LIKE IT GOES FAST.  THEY ALSO CARRY THE 6 PACK OF SMALL BOTTLES, 6 OR 8 OZ I THINK.  GOOD LUCK

This is the time of year I stock up my freezer!  I like to mix whole cranberries and chopped apples and eat with a spoon – YUM!

My “native pride” was stung with Mary’s statement that “The cranberry is one of three fruits native to North America” – with quick research I would respectfully suggest re-wording this sentence to say the cranberry is one of three that are commercially grown/known on a global scale.  With gratitude and admiration for this Earth that continues to care for us, back here on the reservation we’re harvesting and eating many of the fruits/nuts found on the list below.       

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fruits#Fruits_of_North_ American_origin

(This is only a section of the above webpage)  

Canada and the United States are home to a surprising number of edible plants, especially berries; however, only three are commercially grown/known on a global scale (grapes, cranberries, and blueberries.) Many of the fruits below are still eaten locally as they have been for centuries and others are generating renewed interest by eco-friendly gardeners (less need for bug control) and chefs of the region alike.

• American Chestnut (Castanea dentata; Fagaceae)
• American Black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis; Adoxaceae)
• American grape: North American species (e.g., Vitis labrusca; Vitaceae) and American-European hybrids are grown where grape (Vitis vinifera) is not hardy and are used as rootstocks
• American Hazelnut (Corylus americana; Betulaceae)
• American Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum; Berberidaceae)
• American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana; Ebenaceae): Traditional for desserts and as dried fruit.
• American plum (Prunus americana; Rosaceae
• American Red Elderberry (Sambucus pubens; Adoxaceae)
• American Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus; Rosaceae)
• Beach Plum (Prunus maritima; Rosaceae)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina; Rosaceae very popular flavoring for pies, jams, and sweets.
• Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis or Rubus leucodermis; Rosaceae)
• Black Walnut (Juglans nigra; Juglandaceae)
• Blueberry (Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus; Ericaceae)
• Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argenta; Elaeagnaceae), which grows wild in the prairies of Canada
• Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana; Rosaceae)
• Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco; Chrysobalanaceae)
• Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus; Ericaceae)
• Eastern May Hawthorn (Crataegus aestivalis; Rosaceae, better known as mayhaw.)
• False-mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum; Sapotaceae)
• Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea; Moraceae)
• Ground Plum (Astragalus crassicarpus; Fabaceae), also called Ground-plum milk-vetch
• Huckleberry (Gaylussacia, Vaccinium; Ericaceae)
• Maypop (Passiflora incarnata; Passifloracae, traditionally a summer treat.)
• Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia; Vitaceae)
• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba; Annonaceae, not to be confused with Papaya (Carica papaya; Caricaceae), which is called pawpaw in some English dialects)
• Pecan (Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis; Juglandaceae)
• Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.; Cactaceae) used as both a fruit and vegetable depending on part of plant.
• Pigeon plum (Coccoloba diversifolia; Polygonaceae)
• Red mulberry (Morus rubra; Moraceae)
• Salal berry (Gaultheria shallon; Ericaceae)
• Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis; Rosaceae)
• Saskatoonberry (Amelanchier alnifolia, Rosaceae
• Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens; Arecaceae)
• Southern Crabapple (Malus angustifolia; Rosaceae)
• Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana; Ebenaceae)
• Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus; Rosaceae)
• Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia; Rosaceae)

Very nice post above... although I'd like to point out that some of the items listed are nuts... not fruits.  ;P  (Yes, I'm just being cheeky)

I'd also like to point out that cranberries are also grown in Canada, and we have some pretty vast fields in British Columbia.  I think they're also grown in the East (Ontario), but I'm not aware of where they're grown out there.

Bring on the Cranberries.... and HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all us Canucks, who  are celebrating this weekend!  I know we do it early, but it gets COLD up here in November (plus we get some time to recover our stomachs between now and Christmas)!! 

Can't wait for my turkey dinner (with jiggly cranberry sauce!)!!  :D  yummmmm!!!!

Nuts are fruit :P

Are Gooseberries on your list under another name? Great research Thank you.

Wow - now you've got me thinking - what about Juneberries too?  and high-bush cranberries?  A little more googling and  . . .  cobbling together Wikipedia stuff:  Gooseberries are indigenous to this continent and are called the North American Ribes hirtellum and are missing from list above as are  high-bush cranberries we go after out here in Northwestern Minnesota,,, and they aren’t even the same scientific grouping as cranberries aka low-bush cranberries -> native high bush cranberries are Viburnum trilobum and Viburnum edule (also indigenous)..  Juneberries (again Northwestern Minnesota) are on the Wikipedia list – called Saskatoon berries in other places.

Hmmmm – what else is missing from the excellent Wiki-list? 

Viva la indigenous foods! Can you say Less Likely To Be Genetically Modified?  I knew you could!  LOL  

I'm a Canadian living in the US, so I get to celebrate Thanskgiving twice!  I'm making cranberry sauce this weekend to go with our turkey dinner.  My American husband loves that he gets to have turkey dinner twice!

Thanks!  Thanks, we're near Lake Tahoe, Nevada where Natives included wild stawberries, Salmon berries,  wildrose  hips, pinenut,  juniper, miner's lettuce, wild  asprgras, elderberries and acorns (leached) in their diets.

Two more native North American fruits, although there is debate regarding whether they are fruit or veggie:

Tomatoes and Pumpkins

We just attended a cranberry festival in northern Wisconsin. I am so glad the l cranberry is getting so much attention these days!  I love them made up in juice, sauce, or cooked into other recipes!