Subj : Pick Your Own
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Feb 20 2023 16:06:40

Hi Dave,

 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.

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

We never had the gooseberries, don't know if they would grow in the area
I grew up in or not. I've read about them, may have had them a time or
two but haven't had the opportunity to do anything much with them--yet.
(G)


 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.

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

OK, I'll have to check it out.

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

And, the one I sew for--whose belly "shakes when he laughs, like a bowl
full of jelly".


 DD>       Title: Apple Butter
 DD>  Categories: Five, Fruits, Condiments
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

Catch what I wrote to Dale about sweet potato butter. I've made it
once--but know Steve wouldn't mind if I did it again. (G)


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Ruth
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