I brought a couple of pints of huckleberries out last trip which made there way to my in-laws. Now everytime I bring them huckleberries my father-in-law annouces that these aren't real huckleberries in the Northwest but a false huckleberry.
My new solution to this is not bring them anymore huckleberries – the sweat equity per pint to is too large to put up with. In Northern Idaho you often share the bushes with a bear or two in remote locations. Having never been east of the big middle I've not had a real huckleberry only my piddley false ones.
What is the difference in taste, size, and availability between them? Do real huckleberries have more huckle to them?
