“Huckle picking was an outing,” recalls an Amish grandfather. “We’d get up early, pack our lunches, and go down to the Welsh Mountain. There had been a forest fire years before and huckleberry bushes grew up where the trees once stood.
“We would pick while the day was still cool. When it got hot we ate our lunches, picked some more, then took the berries home to can them. Often several of us families would go together.”
Huckleberries are a kind of wild blueberry. Blueberries may be used in this recipe; the sugar may be adjusted depending upon the tartness of the berries.