Subj : Re: Pick Your Own
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Feb 18 2023 05:29:00

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> we had raspberries and blackberries in the dtiches along the road and
 DD> among the trees in the orchard. Gooseberries amd May apples were in
 DD> the woods only.

 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
 RH> really good hill for sledding too--if conditions were right, we could
 RH> go down the hill, across our back yard and just about to the swamp on
 RH> the other side of their land. It was a good ride but a long trudge back
 RH> to the top of the hill. (G)

Three houses ago I had raspberries along the fence at the back of the lot
just past the asparagus bed. But no strawberries

 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.

The small berries were sort-of sweet. But not as sweet as the bigger
guys. And I've noticed the the huge stupormarkup berries tend to be
bland WRT taste and sweetness.

 DD>       Title: Strawberry Preserves DD>  Categories: Five, Fruits DD>
 RH>  Yield: 5 half-pints

 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.

Faie enuff. I still remember the line from the song "Must be jelly,
because jam don't shake like that" by Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Blueberry Sorbet - 1 pint
 Categories: Five, Fruits, Desserts
      Yield: 1 Pint
 
     15 oz Can blueberries in heavy
           - syrup
    1/2 c  Water
    1/4 c  Sugar
 
  Drain the blueberries and reserve the syrup.
  
  In a food processor or blender puree about
  1/3 of the can of blueberries, (5 ozs.)
  
  Cook water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
  Add the reserved syrup and the pureed
  blueberries.  Stir until really mixed and then
  chill about 30 minutes.
  
  Freeze in an ice-cream maker or spread out in a
  baking pan in the deep freezer.
  
  Serve with the remainder of the blueberries.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM




.... "Under every stone lurks a politician" - Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC)
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

.