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Blackberries

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  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,655 Forumite
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    Is there any better dessert, than Blackberry and Apple crumble, using a bit of oatmeal to make the crumble topping really crunchy?
    Then loads of piping hot vanilla custard over the top.
    I think we are going to have a great crop down here in the garden of England!:)
  • I cant believe it! I went out to get some more blackberries today and someone has cut half of the really good blackberry bushes back!:eek:

    There was some really good fruit on there ripe and some waiting to ripen! :mad: very naughty!

    I still managed to come home with three tubs full of blackberries though! :j

    Also I have found three good apple trees! They are on council land close by to the park and are dropping a lot of apples at the mo. :T So Tomorrow if the weather is nice again I shall make another trip with a bag and collect as many as I think I will use. Or as many as I can carry!

    Thanks for all of the ideas so far, I am planning a 'bakeathon' tomorrow afternoon and my freezer is going to be nice and full. :T
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  • Agapanthus wrote: »
    There are lots of recipes for this on the internet. Here's one:
    http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/recipes/blackberry-recipe-1.php
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    Oh I just had a proper look and this also looks nice!

    http://www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/recipes/blackberry-recipe-2.php
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  • I took my mum to the Dr's yesterday & as I waited outside spotted a Blackberry bush so started pickling some which were ripe.
    I then took her shopping to Booth's & was amazed to see them for sale in the tiniest punnet (about 12 blackberry's) for £1.99 :eek:

    The Dr's car park was about 6 steps away :rotfl:
    Now thanks to Tommix & Queen Bear, now Lady Westy of Woodpecker :)
  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,339 Forumite
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    Hi LTTF :)

    I've merged this with the main blackberries thread so you can find all the ideas in one place

    thanks
    Zip :)
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  • We (well pretty much I) picked 4.2 kilos of lovely wild blackberries Sunday lunchtime; at Tesco prices that's over £42! So far We have eaten quite a few, given some away to family and 3.5 kilos are in the freezer for making wine etc. OK, the cost was quite a few scratches, including a couple of nasty ones that got through my trousers, but worth it for good clean, fresh & truly organic fruit.
  • yardy wrote: »
    We (well pretty much I) picked 4.2 kilos of lovely wild blackberries Sunday lunchtime; at Tesco prices that's over £42!

    Hehehe I LOVE counting how much I've picked and putting it into tesco prices. I picked £15 worth of bilberries one day in July this year - I felt rich! :D

    Blackberries getting nice and ripe round here, I've had a few from the fields by my house but the big picking date is this Thursday when me and a friend are raiding the fields. Woohooo :j
  • Ugh can I just say though I've picked quite a few with maggots in this year so I haven't been eating them straight, they've been having a good soaking

    Nothing worse than about to tuck into a nice juicy blackberry and see a little wriggling maggot emerging :eek:
  • janetmw
    janetmw Posts: 171 Forumite
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    Nothing worse than about to tuck into a nice juicy blackberry and see a little wriggling maggot emerging :eek:

    How about taking a bite of a big juicy blackberry and finding half a maggot! :rotfl:

    Janet
  • CandyB101_2
    CandyB101_2 Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    Got a day off from work on Thursday and I cannot wait to go blackberry picking after all these scrummy recipies posted on here.

    Last year I picked a load, soaked them, and actually threw them away after seeing all the beasties floating around :eek: so I'm hoping that this year I can be brave and actually eat them. Are you sure after a good soak in salt ... all the maggots will come out ??

    I did treat myself last year to a 'thornless' blackberry bush, its brilliant, there's bunches of blackberries everywhere ..... but still red at the mo (and I'm very impatient, I need a pie now :rotfl:)
    A creative mess is better than tidy idleness :D
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