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Farm Kitchen:  It's berry pickin' time!  |
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countryteacher
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Deanna
Jameson
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 12:47:21 PM
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I have been picking blackberries. They grow wild around here. Is anyone else picking blackberries? What all do you do with them?
I make pies and jam. I freeze all the extras for later pie making. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 2:15:24 PM
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Hey Deanna. I had some blackberries given to me. I hate picking them and actually don't like them much except for jelly. So that's what I have been doing today. I just made 14 1/2 pints of jelly. I have enough juice to amke another batch but ran out of pectin. So I will just put it in the fridge til I can get more. I also bought a bunch of peaches and made 5 half pints of peach-blueberry freezer jam. Yum! Can't wait ti try it. So I think we might have enough jelly to last awhile.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4313 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 2:59:24 PM
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Make juice out of them if you have enough. It is almost as good for you as elderberry
Michele |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 3:16:28 PM
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I love blackberries. They are quite expensive to buy though so I have never made a pie with them. You are so lucky to be able to have such a bountiful crop of them! Enjoy everything you make or bake with them.
Dawn in IL |
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tammyknit
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Tammy
Reedsburg
WI
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 6:39:24 PM
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No blackberries yet, not until August for me. I am just getting raspberries and blackcaps...the brambles are a pain, but the berries are so worth it!
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 7:52:06 PM
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We are heading back to our farm this weekend. Blackberries grow wild along the levies, ditches, and driveways. I can't wait to see if they are ready! With the extra rain we had here, they should be even better than years past!!
I make pies, cobblers, and jellies with them, freeze them, and fell in love with putting them on a serving of sugar free frozen yogart when I was pregnant with my last DS. I got gestational diabetes, but if I only ate a few, I could get away with it. Now I love to eat them on ice cream sundies, or make a blackberry compote!
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
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countryteacher
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Deanna
Jameson
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 10:23:14 PM
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| Wow, Kristin, you have really been busy making all that jam:) So far I have only had pie. Peach-blueberry sounds like an interesting combination I would like to try. |
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It's berry pickin' time!
