12-09-2004, 16:42
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Blackberries !
Yes!
September is the month for blackberry pickers and I thought I'd post about this little juicy fruit as I have always liked them and this is the month to go picking them.
I guess some of you wouldnt even think of going, but I find it very pleasing.
Like today for example I was in the fields and could hear the birds, saw loads of rabbits running around, and was enjoying the fresh air.
Blackberries can be put in with apples in a nice Crumble desert, mixed with apples and blended to form a mousse, etc. You can also freeze them for later use.
So yeah, I thought I'd just see if anyone else eats blackberries or even goes and picks them as they are very nice, and many just perrish if not picked so enjoy this fruit whilst its the season.
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12-09-2004, 16:50
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Re: Blackberries !
My wife and I picked 2lbs of brambles yesterday and she made 2 pies one for me, just blackberries, and one with apple (shortcrust pastry)
I had half of it yesterday straight out of the oven with clotted cream
and I am going to eat the other half in about half an hour mmmmmmmmmm yummy
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12-09-2004, 16:52
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Re: Blackberries !
For a moment I thought Peachey was back. 
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12-09-2004, 17:32
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Re: Blackberries !
Mmmmm - I pick sloes at this time of year - just in time to make sloe gin for Christmas!! 
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12-09-2004, 17:57
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Re: Blackberries !
Just 'et me pie......now having scones and strawberrys
berry berry nice
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12-09-2004, 18:18
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Re: Blackberries !
Always pick from the top of the bush - rodents nibble the lower berries and dogs might have watered them (the berries, not the rodents).
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12-09-2004, 18:57
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Re: Blackberries !
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Originally Posted by Scrubbs
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Oh dear oh dear 
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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Always pick from the top of the bush - rodents nibble the lower berries and dogs might have watered them (the berries, not the rodents).
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That is very true. Good advice.
Always pick high up.
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13-09-2004, 23:57
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Re: Blackberries !
Always know when it's blackberry season, the birds are pooping purple!
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14-09-2004, 00:19
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Re: Blackberries !
Come down to where I work - the place is crawling with them....
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14-09-2004, 00:21
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Re: Blackberries !
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Come down to where I work - the place is crawling with them....
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Crawling blackberries huh  You don't happened to work at Sellafield by an chance?
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14-09-2004, 00:22
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Re: Blackberries !
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Crawling blackberries huh You don't happened to work at Sellafield by an chance? |
It's funny you should say that..... they grow you know  - I keep a triffid gun in my hut at work - you never know.....
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14-09-2004, 01:09
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Re: Blackberries !
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Always know when it's blackberry season, the birds are pooping purple!
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Don't I know that. My house roof is higher than any of the surrounding ones and birds are always perching on the TV aerial which is just over the side door onto the drive. Plenty of white splatterings and you have to be carefull not to have one hit you on the way out. The garden to the side of the house is a wooded bank with blackberry bushes in abundance so we know when the blackberries are ready for picking when the white splats start to turn purple. The blackberry and apple pies make up for having to pressure wash the drive nearly every day.
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14-09-2004, 01:35
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Re: Blackberries !
So I'm the only one who thought this thread was about handheld portable GPRS emailing devices then?
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14-09-2004, 01:37
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Originally Posted by SMHarman
So I'm the only one who thought this thread was about handheld portable GPRS emailing devices then?
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Yep
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14-09-2004, 09:28
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Re: Blackberries !
Got some yesterday a few bags full while I was out with the dogs. I can feel a backberry and apple pie coming on with plenty of thick custard 
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