Gooseberry

Gooseberries were a common type of wild berry in the Realms.
==Habitats==
Places in the Realms where gooseberries were known to grow included:
* Chessenta;
* Cormanthor, including around the ruins of Myth Drannor.
* Cormyr;
* Gooseberries grew throughout much of the The Dalelands.
* Tethyr, particularly in the Purple Hills region.
==History==
In the mid–14 century DR, Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold both fruit cheeses (a type of preserve) and jams that were made from gooseberries.
==Usages==
* The bears that inhabited the forest of Cormanthor particularly favored gooseberries and blueberries over most other food.
* It was quite common for high-end establishments in the Realms to serve fruit tarts with a gooseberry filling as the first of two deserts in a full-course meal, what was known as the "First Sweet."
* The High Flagon in Waterdeep offered its patrons sweet tarts with gooseberry filling.
* The Moonstone Mask festhall in Neverwinter offered palm-sized gooseberries to their patrons. Elsewhere in Neverwinter, inns, taverns, and the kitchens of private homes often filled hand tarts with gooseberries.
* Gooseberries were often featured in the mixture of wild berries known as Brackleberry jam.
* Gooseberries were often used by inhabitants of Waterdeep in cooking a local delicacy known as melverfew.
* Gooseberries were one of the fruits used to make Purple Hills Cider.
* Gooseberries were sometimes brewed into a tea in the Dalelands, the Western Heartlands, and Waterdeep.
* Gooseberries were one of the many types of edible berries in the Realms that could be used as material components for the spell goodberry.
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Category:Food and drink from Burrowville
Category:Food and drink from Amn
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Category:Food and drink from the Sword Coast North
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