Knott's "Berries" Pack a Punch

Yep, they still serve the Berry Punch at Knott's! They even sell the bottled concentrate now, so you can make it at home. The photo below was taken in the Berry Market on Grand Avenue, just a couple weeks ago. I don't know how long this product has been available to the public, but they weren't selling it when I was working at the Farm back in the eighties. I was very happy to find that the punch tastes exactly how I remember it tasting, twenty years ago!

Take a look at this vintage menu posted yesterday on "Stuff From The Park" and note how it was actually listed as "Boysenberry" Punch, back then. For the past twenty-plus years now, it has been listed on park menus simply as "Berry" Punch. Just as blogger "Lets Talk Knott's" speculated yesterday, I do believe at one time it might have been a better product. Perhaps it was once made with real boysenberries (Boysenberries are not one of the listed ingredients today.) I do know that back in the day, most of the older customers would tell us how it used to taste much better. Funny how at the time, we would always just smile at them and say, "Really?" We didn't know if that was true, or if maybe their memories were just fooling them. Now I believe each and every one of them!


Maybe they'll be serving Berry Punch at the "Knott's Preserved" buffet dinner tomorrow!!!

Oh, and for those of you wondering what the ingredients of the Berry Punch Concentrate are, here you go: Corn Sweetener, Water, Orange Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Red & Blue Dye, & Sodium Benzoate (a preservative.) It doesn't even list ANY type of berry as an ingredient! Unless that's what the "Natural Flavor" is. And remember, the most prevelent ingredient in any food product, is always listed first. Mmmmmmm, cooooooorn sweetener!