This Saturday we went to the annual Chokecherry Festival in Lewistown Montana. We have been wanting to go for a couple years and this year we finally made it.
Lewistown, MT is a cute town in the middle of the state. It is nestled in green little valley getting close to the mountains coming off of the flatter lands coming from Great Falls.
A chokecherry is a small burgundy-colored cherry that looks like a small round berry about the size of a pea. They are bitter if you eat them right off the bush, hence the name chokecherry. But when you cook them and add sugar, they make great tasting jams, pies and other goodies. The leaves and pits are poisonous, but fatalities are mainly limited to livestock; cooking seems to negate the dangerous properties plus most recipes I have seen have you cook the chokecherries and then strain them through cheese cloth to get all the juice out. You only use the juice in the recipe. We have made some awesome chokecherry jelly. Love the taste.
The Chokecherry Festival was great. Much larger than we expected. There were close to 200 vendors booths. Lots of incredible arts and crafts from pottery, furniture, jewelry, the cutest alpacas and so much more. There were many wonderful food venders…various meats on a stick, sausages, tri-tip sandwiches, asian noodles, and many many more. Live music and dancers. There were bounce houses for the kids and a little mini ferris wheel. Our son loved this.
They closed off 9 blocks of main street for the festival. This is the historical part of town with old unique stone buildings. Very interesting architecture and made a great backdrop for the event.
We were worried about it being too hot, but it turned out to be a cloudy day and we hit several storms on the way over…but it was just nice and cool while we were there. On the way home we hit lighting and thunder storms on the plains and got a nice show.
We had a great day at the Lewistown Chokecherry Festival. Getting out and having fun with the family is what it is all about. 🙂
Have an awesome day!
Marlo
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