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.
 * Cormyr.
 * 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 to most other food.
 * 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.
 * 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 one of the many types of edible berries in the Realms that could be used as material components for the spell goodberry.