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mandi
Farmgirl in Training
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Amanda
Nashville
Tennessee
USA
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 Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 08:28:35 AM
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I was lucky enough to stumble upon a HUGE bush of wild blackberries growing in a field next to our apartment complex. The bushes are absolutely loaded with berries! Most of them aren't ripe yet, but I picked about 1.5 cups yesterday and I'm sure I'll be able to pick lots more.
I'm hoping to make blackberry freezer-jam with them.
I also thought about doing a mixed berry jam. Has anyone tried this?
Any other good blackberry recipes ya'll could share with me?
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 08:33:10 AM
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Amanda, we make jam constantly from wild brambles, and this year we're making blackberry cordial. The only thing I would be concerned about--and you might be able to ask around the maintenance guys, is about chemical spraying.
We know ours are safe because they're in our lower yard, but you never know being so close by...if they're in the "clear" I'd be glad to give you the cordial recipe--the jam is one right off the box of purejel or whatever. Simple and good.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 09:49:00 AM
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You can also make juice out of them, and can. Then come winter drink it when you feel a bit under the weather.
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Rivergirl_2007
True Blue Farmgirl
332 Posts
Shirley
Karnak
IL
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 8:53:27 PM
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| Jonni - please share your cordial recipe. I would love to try something new with the berries on our farm. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 06:00:28 AM
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I'd be glad to, Shirley...I'll post it this evening when I get home from the office. It makes a generous quart, and calls for 4 cups of berries, so if you have a large crop, you can make a nice bottled product for gifts or sale.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 08:13:59 AM
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We are covered up in blackberries. I've already put a gallon in the freezer, made cobblers, and prepared 4 batches of jelly and the season is juat getting started.
Yes, you can do mixed berry jellies. I have mixed blackberries with grapes, elderberries, and blueberries. All turned out good.
I can't wait for the cordial recipe. Next we will try it!:-)
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 4:30:02 PM
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As soon as I read about the cordial, it made me think of Anne in Anne of Green
Gables, when she and her friend got drunk on Marilla's cordial.
I have never thought of making cordial, but that's a good idea, if ever I come across some brambles, I'm watering my raspberries every day...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 5:24:44 PM
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I know!!! When I mentioned it the first time, Aunt Jenny said, "just don't be like Anne with Marilla's cordial, Jonni!" And I laughed and laughed...cause, I probably would be 
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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cindi
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
cindi
sedalia
mo
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 05:22:39 AM
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blackberry cobbler...
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 stick melted butter
mix together pour into a
grease a 2 qt cassarol dish
2 cups blackberry on top of mixture
sprickel 1/4 cup sugar on top of blackberrys
bake at 350 for 1 hour |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:40:00 AM
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Blackberry cobbler...yuuuummmmy! When I was a kid we'd go to my grandparents cabin in S. Illinois and there were tons of wild blackberry bushes. We'd all go blackberry picking and then my mom would make cobbler and blackberry jam. What I remember most about blackberry picking as a kid were all the chigger bites that grandma would put campho phenic(sp?) on to stop them from itching.
Diana
St. Peters MO
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mandi
Farmgirl in Training
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Amanda
Nashville
Tennessee
USA
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