2021-08-16 - Blackberries 
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Yesterday i've took some time to find and pick some blackberries 
around the area where i live. The blackberries are currently big 
and ripe and ready to be picked up. Apperently it has been a good 
year for the berries due to the high amount of rain in spring.

Judging by the tracks around the blackberry bushes, there have been 
more people gathering the berries in my neighbourhood. However, 
there were still plenty berries left for me to get a couple of 
handfulls, and it took only a short while to gather around 200 
grams or so.

As the berries typically have tiny bugs crawling on/in them, i've 
put them under water for about an hour, and then washed them a 
couple of times. I think that should remove most of them. If not, 
the extra proteins will probably not do any harm.

So today, i've been eating berries on my salad and as a desert 
after dinner. And they were lovely. Though next time (probably 
later in the week) i should pick a bit less, as i have the feeling 
i ate loads today.

It's really nice to be able to gather such a nice treat around the 
area so easily.