"Ice cube trays first appeared in the 'Domestic Electric Refrigerator' invented in America by Fred W. Wolf Jr. in 1914," reports the Web site, Practically Edible. According to another Web site, Almost a Chef, an American, Guy L. Tinkham The shoots are edible, too, if youre in a pinch; Native Americans in what is now British Columbia would peel and eat them. The plants dont produce a lot of fruit, however, and thimbleberries rarely are considered for the home Plants of Coastal BC. Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC. Tilford, G.L., 1997. Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. Turner, N.J., 1995. Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples.