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  • BramleyHouse
    BramleyHouse Posts: 28 Forumite
    Great ideas!!!

    Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!
  • Beckymarshall07
    Beckymarshall07 Posts: 147 Forumite
    edited 31 August 2009 at 9:00PM
    I've just made blackberry and apple crumble with the fruit out of our garden - lovely! You could also grab a receipe for blackberry jam? :D
  • BramleyHouse
    BramleyHouse Posts: 28 Forumite
    We have a bramley apple tree (hense the username!!!) sounds fab!!!
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    just made apple and blackberry jam this weekend.
    yummmmm
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  • katie1270
    katie1270 Posts: 43 Forumite
    Maggots? If I want to freeze blackberries, what do I do? Dont want to eat the little wriggly things
  • BramleyHouse
    BramleyHouse Posts: 28 Forumite
    Thank you everyone!!!
  • BramleyHouse
    BramleyHouse Posts: 28 Forumite
    I had loads of blackberries picked some and then that night washed them for maggots!! Yuck! And then made a apple and blackberry crumble!! It was very yummy!!

    Thanks
  • notenoughcash
    notenoughcash Posts: 337 Forumite
    katie1270 wrote: »
    Maggots? If I want to freeze blackberries, what do I do? Dont want to eat the little wriggly things


    We always leave our blackberries to soak in cold water overnight with a teaspoon of salt in, then the maggots are floating by morning and the berries are ready fro freezing
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  • novice-saver
    novice-saver Posts: 184 Forumite
    katie1270 wrote: »
    Maggots? If I want to freeze blackberries, what do I do? Dont want to eat the little wriggly things
    You can freeze the berries anyway.
    The maggots won't survive the freezer, so they won't wriggle anymore..:eek:

    Having said that, it's probably worth taking a bit more care picking - just go for pristine looking fruit, and check the base of the berry where it was attached to the bush.

    You'll soon recognise damaged/infested fruit.
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