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; and
 * 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.
 * 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.