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Staghorn sumac
📍 510 Watkins Mill Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
🗓 Season: August · September
🔍 When is it ripe?
Deep red, fuzzy, cone-shaped seed clusters. Ripe in August–September. Soak clusters in cold water for 20–30 minutes, strain, and sweeten for pink 'sumac lemonade'. Very high in vitamin C. Do not confuse with white-berried poison sumac (wetlands, white berries = avoid).
There is Sumac all across the field that surrounds the lake. Well on Both Lakes.
Sumac Has Big Red Berry Cluster which are available in Mid to Late July. These are used to make a Lemonade like drink called Sumacaid. Too make it gather a bunch of cluster that still have flavor. To test if they do, lick them, if nice and sour harvest if not find another one. Remember don't come here past the prime or you will be disappointed.
Then bring them home, then put them in cold drinking water and mash with a strick or metal masher. Let it sit for 1-2 hours and you will have an epic drink. Absolutely worth it.
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