Juniperus communis to the chased girls. Its astringent blue-black seed cones, commonly known as "juniper berries", are too bitter to eat raw and are usually sold dried and used to flavour meats, sauces, and stuffings. They are generally crushed before use to release their flavour. Since juniper berries have a strong taste, they should be used sparingly. They are generally used to enhance meat with a strong flavour, such as game, including game birds, or tongue. The cones are used to flavour certain beers and gin (the word "gin" derives from an Old French word meaning "juniper"). In Finland, juniper is used
Gin Gin, Queensland and their stockmen as punitive measures to these deaths. The Gin Gin district is nicknamed "Wild Scotsman Country" due to the capture of one of Queensland's few bushrangers, James Alpin McPherson, in the area on 30 March 1866. McPherson, who went by the same nickname, was captured at Monduran Station, north of town. Gin Gin Post Office opened on 15 March 1875. Gin Gin Provisional School opened on 26 June 1882. It closed on 31 October 1890 to be replaced by Gin Gin State School which opened on 3 November 1890 with 8 students under teacher Arthur William Moore. In