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Post by sesley on Sept 17, 2008 19:17:14 GMT
 i picked some today,collecting sprogg from school,they are black and juicey and perfect with a bramley apple as a crumble ,i had and a 4 0z butter to 8oz flour with a handful of demerra sugar,because the coarse grains make it loverly and crunchy, bake the usual way and serve while warm/hot. not straight out of the oven,cos you'll burn your mouth and with some cream from the fridge it makes a perfect autumn treat after your posh cottage pie Patrick ;D
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 19:45:15 GMT
I was looking for Blackberries t'other day without any luck. Best place here is a footpath up by the river - unfortunately they'd cut them back really harshly last year and there wasn't that many there either!  |
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Post by sesley on Sept 17, 2008 20:04:44 GMT
shame don't they know its free food the supermarkets charge a fortune for their blackberries and they are imported and we have home grown native ones that are free,just make sure you don't pick any low down and it must be before the first frost, cos they belong to the devil i am told
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 17, 2008 20:21:33 GMT
Too right - I must remember to take a bag tomorrow
Why none low down though Selsey? Peed on by dogs perhaps?
Some people aren't keen on picking berries from the roadside because of the fear of pollution from cars.
Most of the berries I've picked have been visited by flies. Either way, bake em and no-one will die.
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Post by trubble on Sept 17, 2008 22:09:33 GMT
I think it's to do with rats and that disease in their urine that kills you.
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Post by trubble on Sept 17, 2008 22:13:58 GMT
i picked some today,collecting sprogg from school,they are black and juicey and perfect with a bramley apple as a crumble ,i had and a 4 0z butter to 8oz flour with a handful of demerra sugar,because the coarse grains make it loverly and crunchy, bake the usual way and serve while warm/hot. not straight out of the oven,cos you'll burn your mouth and with some cream from the fridge it makes a perfect autumn treat after your posh cottage pie Patrick ;D Sesley, you always make me feel hungry and blackberries are my favourite. Yum.  |
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Post by everso on Sept 19, 2008 13:24:57 GMT
I was looking for Blackberries t'other day without any luck. Best place here is a footpath up by the river - unfortunately they'd cut them back really harshly last year and there wasn't that many there either! Be patient, wait a year. Next year you'll get pounds. Years ago there were a few brambles near our house. Mr. E. cut them right back and the following year I picked 15 pounds of blackberries (we ate them in crumbles for months and months). Fab. |
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Post by everso on Sept 19, 2008 13:26:10 GMT
shame don't they know its free food the supermarkets charge a fortune for their blackberries and they are imported and we have home grown native ones that are free,just make sure you don't pick any low down and it must be before the first frost, cos they belong to the devil i am told Sesley, last year Mr. E. and I picked a load of blackberries at the edge of the car park at our Sainsbury's. Inside they were selling them by the punnet load. Crazy. |
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Post by everso on Sept 19, 2008 13:28:43 GMT
I think it's to do with rats and that disease in their urine that kills you. You need to take a walking stick with a crooked handle for reaching up and pulling down those really tall branches, you know the ones, with the great big juicy blackberries on. A couple of weeks back Mr. stood in a load of stinging nettles (he had long trousers on) and managed to reach up to pick the best blackberries. Mmmmmm |
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 21, 2008 15:59:15 GMT
I thought of you all when I read this piece in the Independent on saturday Black Magic |
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Post by riotgrrl on Sept 21, 2008 17:41:49 GMT
Are blackberries and brambles the same thing? I'm never very sure, and I don't normally like to ask in case I show my ignorance, but here I'm among friends. |
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Post by motorist on Sept 21, 2008 17:57:48 GMT
I think the bramble is the twig the blackberries dangle from
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Post by Patrick on Sept 21, 2008 21:22:58 GMT
When I lived Dahn Sarf - we were nestled just below the North Downs - where you could find acres of Blackberry bushes hidden away from anyone - and without that added roadside pollution as well. There was another lane where Dad and I would collect sloes for gin - sadly the last time I was over there the hedges that we went to are covered in housing estate now.  |
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 22, 2008 10:53:46 GMT
I've never been able to make my mind up whether sloes are put on this earth to disguise the ghastliness of inferior gin, or whether poor gin is only made to give people a reason to pick sloes.
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Post by motorist on Sept 22, 2008 11:21:59 GMT
I've never been able to make my mind up whether sloes are put on this earth to disguise the ghastliness of inferior gin, or whether poor gin is only made to give people a reason to pick sloes. The chicken and egg question. 'tis a vicious circle! |
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Post by trubble on Sept 22, 2008 14:47:48 GMT
Are blackberries and brambles the same thing? I'm never very sure, and I don't normally like to ask in case I show my ignorance, but here I'm among friends. It confuses me too, now that you have been brave enough to admit it I feel brave enough too. This is what I've decided: Yes. And no. It depends where you live and how the terms are used colloquially. Brambles and Bramble Hedges etc are the plants themselves and Blackberries are the fruit but you can go Bramble picking to pick the fruit and you can eat Bramble Jelly. It's wild. |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 22, 2008 15:10:33 GMT
Apple season too! That heady time of year when Food columns countrywide wonder how in supermarkets based in traditional apple country where the choice, type and flavour of apple is plenty (South West, South East) they still only manage to stock four types of apple!
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Sept 22, 2008 17:37:22 GMT
Are blackberries and brambles the same thing? I'm never very sure, and I don't normally like to ask in case I show my ignorance, but here I'm among friends. Bit of a city grrl arntcha RG. AH |
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Post by everso on Oct 15, 2008 18:02:51 GMT
Mr. E. and I go blackberry picking every year and even keep some old plastic ice cream tubs in the boot of the car just in case... Locally, we have some good ones on the walk to the cemetery (where my parents now reside). We get quite miffed if some other bugger's been there before us and got the glut of them. This year we didn't do quite so well - probably two or three pounds over the course of a few weeks.
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Post by Patrick on Oct 16, 2008 10:50:52 GMT
Took a walk along the river the other weekend, naturally the BB bushes had gone, but they still aren't at the nice vigorous bulging size they were four years ago! I fear that the council are being just a little too enthusiastic in their pruning these days! |
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i picked some today,collecting sprogg from school,they are black and juicey and perfect with a bramley apple as a crumble ,i had and a 4 0z butter to 8oz flour with a handful of demerra sugar,because the coarse grains make it loverly and crunchy, bake the usual way and serve while warm/hot. not straight out of the oven,cos you'll burn your mouth and with some cream from the fridge it makes a perfect autumn treat after your posh cottage pie Patrick ;D
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