Subj : Pick Your Own
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Feb 18 2023 12:23:58
Hi Dave,
RH> We had blackberry and raspberry patches on some of the land adjoining
RH> ours. Neighbors owned it but we had permission to pick all the berries
RH> we wanted. Same with the apple trees they had. The property had a
DD> Three houses ago I had raspberries along the fence at the back of the
DD> lot just past the asparagus bed. But no strawberries
We had more blackberry bushes than raspberry. The latter usually
produced only enough for a cereal topping (I'd now put them on ice cream
too.); the former were prolific enough that my mom usually made a
couple of blackberry pies each summer.
DD> berries were no bigger than the first joint of my thumb (1 1/2"
RH> hull DD> to tip). DD> Unlike the huuuuuge hybrid berries I see in some
RH> Stupormarkup DD> displays.
RH> Berries we found were maybe a third of that size. Took a good number of
RH> them just to have a few for all of us in the family (7) some on our
RH> cereal.
DD> Not all the berries are that big. I found that the smaller the berry
DD> the more tart it was.
RH> We found ours to be quite sweet.
DD> The small berries were sort-of sweet. But not as sweet as the bigger
DD> guys. And I've noticed the the huge stupormarkup berries tend to be
DD> bland WRT taste and sweetness.
Occaisionally you might get lucky and find a really sweet supermarket
berry. We try to get them from a pick it yourself place that also sells
pre picked boxes.
DD> 2 lb Fresh picked strawberries
DD> 3 1/2 ts Lemon juice
DD> 1 c Sugar
DD> 1/2 oz Butter
RH> I go the faster route, using sure jel, the lower sugar recipe.
DD> I'm making preserves here - not jam or jelly. Bv)= Pectin is for
DD> use in jelly making ... grape, apple, etc. And peach or apricot jam.
RH> I make sort of a hybrid jam/preserves--a lot of fruit and sugar, the
RH> pectin to set it up faster.
DD> Faie enuff. I still remember the line from the song "Must be jelly,
DD> because jam don't shake like that" by Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon.
Not one I'm familiar with. I do need to check my jam/preserve supply; I
know I've got a good amount of fig preserves (made a bunch last summer)
but don't know about strawberry, blueberry and peach. I know I was
running low on them but need to know how low. I may be making some this
year, as well as peach butter.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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