Subj : Re: Pick Your Own
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Mon Feb 20 2023 06:33:00

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

 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

 RH> We had more blackberry bushes than raspberry. The latter usually
 RH> produced only enough for a cereal topping (I'd now put them on ice
 RH> cream too.); the former were prolific enough that my mom usually made a
 RH> couple of blackberry pies each summer.

When I was on the farm and the berry bushes (Goose, Black and Raspberry)
were more-or-less "in the wild" the blackberries and raspberries were
equally productive. The gooseberries, not so much. And, unlike the others
the gooseberries were very tart.

 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.

     8<----- EDIT ----->B

 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.

 RH> Not one I'm familiar with. I do need to check my jam/preserve supply; I
 RH> know I've got a good amount of fig preserves (made a bunch last summer)
 RH> but don't know about strawberry, blueberry and peach. I know I was
 RH> running low on them but need to know how low. I may be making some this
 RH> year, as well as peach butter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnbn5_RzZRw for a listen to the Glenn 
Miller Version

And a different song on the same "shaking like jelly" theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFMqphXZ5I

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Apple Butter
 Categories: Five, Fruits, Condiments
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2 lb Cooking apples, peeled,
           - cored, sliced
           Water
  1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/2 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 ts Ground allspice
 
  Combine all ingredients. Place in saucepan. Cook
  uncovered over low heat at least 1 hour to thicken
  and blend flavors.
  
  Pour into a food mill to ensure that apples are pureed.
  Put into a covered container and refrigerate.
  
  Use as a spread on toast, muffins, crackers.
  
  HELPFUL HINTS: Also makes a delicious fruit syrup for
  waffles and pancakes. Just thin to desired consistency
  with a small amount of water.
  
  From the collection of Sue Smith
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM


.... Another holiday based on gluttony and candy.
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