Wimberry Pie

welshflipper

this has just brought back some awfull memories as a child picking winberrys i ate as much as i picked,one day though i sat on a ant hill and you guessed it i was covered in ants and was running around stripping off my clothes,my mother still picks them by the bucket full i just eat them

floyd

Wow that brings back some memories, we used to go out with my Gran tp pick them on Twmbarlwm near newport and we would have purple fingers for weeks!
From what I remember, they were also incredibly sharp but made a fab pie. Must look out for them

moneyowen

We always picked these when we were little my mother always made two pies one for tea and one to freeze which we kept for around christmas time. Haven't seen them for years though but I am sure it was around this time of year we picked them

meanmarie

Thanks for everybody who helped with this thread...must take the grandsons and OH for a picnic and make them work by finding me some frauchans, bilberries, whortleberries or wild blueberries!

Marie

recovering_spendaholic

I may be a bit dense, but where do you find them? In hedgerows?

Gingernutmeg

From what I remember (it's been a few years lol) you find them amongst the gorse, on low growing bushes. I used to live in the Peak District, and we used to find them on the hillsides - there was a great wimberry spot just across from my house.

welshflipper

usualy on mountains and wild areas, in s wales they are found any where there is wild growth,we also get wild strawberries,blackberries,mushrooms,nuts

JSAshworth

Hi,

I don't know where you can buy the fruit but I bought some delicious Wimberry pies on Bury market last week!

John

THIRZAH

Our local butcher in Glossop sells the pies too.

mazroy

I'd not seen wimberry pies for years and years till I spotted some also on Bury Market the other day. They weren't as juicy as they were years ago but the taste took me right back to being a kid and the juice running down yer arm and also down the front of the shirt....lovely.