Rowanberry Cordial & Witchcraft: A Forager’s Tale From the Mountain Ash

For as long as I can remember, I believed Rowanberries were poisonous — completely inedible. I grew up with that assumption, and no one around me contradicted it. Bright red berries almost always come with warnings, after all.

But when I posted a photo of a tree heavy with fruit, one of my dad’s old high school friends messaged me and said:

“You should make cordial out of those!”