blackberries!

[danny la rouge]

always with the binaries - it should be and not or

but which first?

Crumble pie! Open pie crust case with crumble topping. Just saying.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Also need to be aware of those damm grubs.

Got vivid memories from childhood of floating the brambles in the avocado bathroom sink to get the worms out.

 

[maomao]

Got vivid memories from childhood of floating the brambles in the avocado bathroom sink to get the worms out.

The worms are the best bit.

 

[WouldBe]

The worms are the best bit.

Added protein.

 

[gentlegreen]

I nipped out at lunchtime and found some bland, low sugar ones and some slightly sour ones ... I may have to stop on the way to work tomorrow where I keep seeing ripe-looking ones.

Perhaps as a reward for avoiding all the thorns and nettles, on the way home I managed to socially-distance on my bike into a sneaky bramble growing in a hedge...

Spoiler: ouch

 

[Badgers]

Crumble is going in...

 

[maomao]

Why are there raisins and red things in your crumble mix Badgers ? It looks like Special K.

 

[Badgers]

Why are there raisins and red things in your crumble mix Badgers ? It looks like Special K.

It is a 'Granola' crumble

 

[maomao]

It is a 'Granola' crumble

I would like to formally register my disapproval of this disappointing development.

 

[Badgers]

I would like to formally register my disapproval of this disappointing development.

I wanted to try it

 

[trabuquera]

Don't eat it all at once, because reheated leftover blackberry crumble is the breakfast of the gods.

 

[maomao]

Don't eat it all at once, because reheated leftover blackberry crumble is the breakfast of the gods.

It's not crumble though, he's put cereal on top.

 

[danny la rouge]

I wanted to try it

Have you considered adding muesli to crumble mix?

 

[weltweit]

There aren't enough blackberries near me for a crumble, it is just early outliers that are ripe and I notice a location that used to be prime for blackberries has been cut back and now just offers nettles which is a shame.

I expect peak ripeness a few weeks hence ..

How easy is it to make blackberry crumble?

 

[seeformiles]

Lots of fat rascals everywhere - prime picking right now - but don’t forget that, after September 12th, they all belong to the witches. Picked these beauties this morning:

 

[danny la rouge]

Lots of fat rascals everywhere

All right, all right. Lockdown was tough. But I’m trying. I had salad for tea.

 

[Ms Ordinary]

Walking through the Common yesterday morning, amazing blackberry smell... but just loads of bushes covered in dried up blackberries.

Maybe they ripened just as the heatwave hit?

 

[gentlegreen]

The weather is conspiring against me.
I thought I might pick some on the way to work, but the weather is somewhat unfavourable ..

 

[existentialist]

I'm appalled at my lack of productivity on the blackberry picking front. I went out for an hour yesterday, and came back with 0.7kg, which doesn't seem much. A MUCH longer session the previous day yielded 1.1kg...but I'm sure, when I was a kid, that we were coming back with buckets full after a comparatively short time...

I had visions of dozens of jars of jam, crumbles, pies, and enough left over to make blackberry whisky, etc...

 

[Schmetterling]

I was at Arlington reservoir yesterday and did a lot of picking and eating while walking. Love a blackberry.
I didn’t know they are so plentiful there or I would have brought a container.
One had the taste of honey.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I only just learned the other day that they've been and gone in England. I had them classed as an Autumn thing and so thought they were later down south than in Scotland.

 

[maomao]

I only just learned the other day that they've been and gone in England. I had them classed as an Autumn thing and so thought they were later down south than in Scotland.

They've not gone yet! The ones in my garden are still green.

 

[existentialist]

They've not gone yet! The ones in my garden are still green.

I was picking lush, ripe blackberries off bushes which had tresses of completely unripe ones on adjacent vines.

I've also noticed that the amount of light available makes a LOT of difference - vines under heavy tree cover have fewer, smaller, less ripe berries compared to those which are in a position to get more sun.

 

[sojourner]

I've also noticed that the amount of light available makes a LOT of difference - vines under heavy tree cover have fewer, smaller, less ripe berries compared to those which are in a position to get more sun.

This. Also, if you can find bushes that are by water, you generally get great big thumb-sized berries from them.

 

[ska invita]

I only just learned the other day that they've been and gone in England. I had them classed as an Autumn thing and so thought they were later down south than in Scotland.

Yeah around my way (south london) theyve turned - even last week whats left are already rotting a bit. the window is pretty short IME, 2 weeks for perfection really

 

[Numbers]

We spent the weekend in the Broads, I've never seen as many juicy BBs since I was a young boy.

 

[iona]

Had just hit a really good patch when the rain started pelting down and a gang of wasps got very protective of their berries

 

[existentialist]

Got out today, went leaping over fences and looking for blackberries in less-populous places. Result - 1.5kg of good, ripe, solid berries. Added to the 700g I froze, I'm now making jam - 2ish kg of berries and a bit over a kilo of sugar. The only problem is that I have a feeling it won't have reached a set by bedtime. I'll have to turn it off, and heat it all up again upon the morrow...

But the flat smells gorgeous - fruity, sweet, and with just a hint of hedgerow. And the place I found will be worth going back to, but perhaps to make pies with, rather than jam.