blackberry picking

Gingham_Ribbon

MIRRY wrote:

my husbands a lorry driver and today hes come home with a big bag of blackberries he stopped to pick for me,they were down a country lane that no cars go down .......bless him but now I ve got to make a apple and blackberry crumble for tonight.

That's really lovely!

ocemeer

You could always make blackberry vinegar (like raspberry vinegar but uses balckberrys) delicious with pancakes, sweet yorkshire puddings, salad dressings or lovely when you have a sore throat to have a teaspoon of.

think it is just vinegar blackberries and sugar but will ask my great aunt who usually makes me some.

chinny

Thanks Pink, sorry hadn't seen your thread.
Just making blackberry jam using Nigella's recipe:
1kg berries, 1kg sugar, juice of 1 lemon.

I don't have any "jam sugar" - I wonder how disastrous this is going to be.

Wizwoo

How far north are people picking? I'm in Cheshire and went out the other evening to a favourite spot and they weren't ready?

Plus was really disappointed since it looks like the farmer / council have trimmed the bramble right back pretty recently . They've been so good from there the last couple of years!

Plus I have a small damson tree in the garden but the fruit is still rock hard - but they're splitting. Do they ripen after picking? Have I left it too late?

Ww

Kantankrus_Mare

Im in Lincolnshire and reckon we have only a couple of weeks of blackberries left:eek:

I musn't grumble though as I have approx 13 gallons of wine bubbling in the cupboard

MIRRY_2

I havent had time to go picking the past 2 weeks,

I hope there are plenty of blackberries left

I think People usually start in september (i hope).

I made 2 lovely apple and blackberry crumbles with my last lot,
and some jam ( which is a little runny).

Every time we go blackberry picking my skin gets stained which has got me thinking,
would it work as a hair dye ? :rotfl:

Wizwoo

We had a nother look about last night - tried a different spot, but no joy

Just can't wait.......

MoJo

Mine have been ripening over the past 3 weeks (Yorkshire) and I've been picking as they ripen. They're still going strong.

You need to get them picked before Michaelmas Day because that's when the Devil spits on them and they go sour

That pretty much stands up, they do sour at the end of September. Michaelmas Dya is 29 Sept, or Oct 10/11, depending on your viewpoint

Oh! And the Devil spits on them becuase he landed on brambles when he was thrown out of Heaven. Another bit of useless info for you :rotfl:

malamala

ocemeer wrote:

You could always make blackberry vinegar (like raspberry vinegar but uses balckberrys) delicious with pancakes, sweet yorkshire puddings, salad dressings or lovely when you have a sore throat to have a teaspoon of.

think it is just vinegar blackberries and sugar but will ask my great aunt who usually makes me some.

Yes please share with us the recipe. It sounds really interesting!

Karb

Plenty out in the fields when I took the dog for a walk today. Looks like I'm going blackberrying tomorrow