Juniper berries

[cameraman]

My wife got a rather unique Christmas present, about a pound of various spices. Now most were things we already use but we also got a couple we aren't used to..

We now have a big ole bag of Juniper berries, not enough to start a distillery tho', and I have heard that you can use juniper to make very good marinades for pork. No recipe on hand though.

So have any of you folks made a juniper berry pork marinade that you'd be willing to share?

[Michaelhatesfans]

Interesting gift... Whole Foods was out of frankincense and myrrh?

[KLang]

Search for Juniper in recipes over at Food Network and there are 117 hits. Haven't tried any myself. Apparently they are an ingredient in making your own Sauerkraut.

[Don Quixote]

We use them when we pan fry fresh caught brookies. Sprinkle them in the oil and on the fish along with salt and pepper. :thumbup:

[chop456]

Bathtub Gin! :thumbup:

[RaceGrrl]

SIMON: I say, those are my juniper bushes.

ARTHUR: They are a gift from God!

SIMON: They're all I've bloody got to eat. Uhm. I say, get off those bushes! Go on! Clear off, the lot of you. Go on.

[oddlycalm]

I've eaten pork and lamb cooked with juniper to good effect but haven't used it myself. Here's recipe for what appears to be a good basic juniper marinade (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBcQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseriouslygood.kdweeks.com%2F2005% 2F11%2Fjuniper-berries.html&ei=2Jw_S4OhDoKEswOF0eW5BA&usg=AFQjCNGMVt4Gk7khaq3z2MZDMOjylvCI8Q&sig2=5h0H8-G9MbBFZJwHYq0CfQ) as well as some usage comments.

I have to admit to a slightly negative bias based on a lifetime of pruning and digging out landscape junipers planted by others, but that's an entirely different conversation.

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