Beautiful Blackberries

Old 06-24-2011, 11:33 AM
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Growing up here in Ala, we had a Neighbor Lady who made Blackberry Wine to soak her Fruit Cakes in, come Holiday Season. My Dad would know about when she'd have the cakes ready every year, so he'd go over & be gone awhile & come back tanked on all the sugar & B. Wine in the cake. Back then, people visited much more often and most folks I knew had sweet deserts sitting on the table, usually covered, & when you'd go in they'd offer you a plate, fork and cup of coffee. Those were the good ole' days. When I watch The Waltons on TV it reminds me of back then.
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Old 06-24-2011, 12:22 PM
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I just made blackberry jelly this morning, dug some of last years berries and some apple cores I saved (for pectin) out of the freezer. Our berries won't be ready for another month although the black raspberries are pinking up. They make the best ice cream.
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Old 06-24-2011, 12:42 PM
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My mouth is watering. They are my favorites!
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Old 06-24-2011, 01:33 PM
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Those don't look like blackberries. Can't think what my parents called theirs. We had both blackberries and some which looked like what you have. They were so good, better than blackberries.
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Old 06-24-2011, 04:03 PM
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Wow. Brings back memories of picking blackberries along the stone fence row on my aunt and uncles farm as a kid. They were so sweet and worth risking an occasional runin with a black snake.

We picked huge canning kettles full of them.

We've just moved to a new house and I've planted rhubarb, raspberries, current and blackberries. Not the first place that we have lived where we have planted berries. LOL. We usually end up moving just when the plants are starting to bear fruit. I've wondered whether the those who moved in appreciated our gift or saw the bushes as something to pull out as quick as possible.
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Old 06-24-2011, 05:06 PM
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At our country place we had some big ones like that growing wild, right before the blackberries were ready, Grandkids and I would pick them and eat them without washing. They still remember, we always picked enough to eat later and maybe make a cobbler with.
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Old 06-24-2011, 05:24 PM
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DH planted blackberries again this year. We've had berries that big and so sweet.
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Old 06-24-2011, 05:27 PM
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You're reminding me to get out and check our wild blackberry bushes this weekend! Hoping to get to them before all of the animals do. I'm sure I'll miss enough that they'll eat too.
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Old 06-25-2011, 05:54 PM
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Those aren't wild blackberries, they are the thornless variety. We have them and they get as big as your thumb. I think they are sour, maybe there are newer varieties that are sweet. We will have bunches of them in a few weeks. I prefer the black raspberries, they are just ripening. Nothing can beat black raspberry jelly. too bad I am diabetic. I haven't had any luck with the sugar-free pectin so far but will keep on trying.
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Old 06-25-2011, 05:55 PM
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YUM! I bet they are delicious!!!
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