marknfran

Oh, and when they are made in a cobbler, who cares about the seeds. YUMMMMMM :thumbup:

velinda

We never get enough to do much with. I eat them right off the bush.

QuiltingNinaSue

Freeze them by washing them off and putting them into freezer bags and freezing them. Later when its cooler, take them out, cooking them until tender, run them through a squeezer with the berry screen, and make jelly.

I keep mine through the winter, and make my jell in the spring-pre-summer heat. Then my freezer is ready for more berries!!

Just Me...

You can send them all to ME! I love making blackberry pie! My kids love blackberry pie! My mother-in-law and I used to freeze them to make....blackberry pie! There's always blackberry jam, too, but personally, I prefer....blackberry pie!!!!! MMMMMMMMM......now I am craving....blackberry pie!

QultingaddictUK

The best use of blackberries ever IMO, make your own Blackberry Vodka for a special Christmas liqueur

1 litre supermarket own label vodka
600g freshly picked blackberries
300g sugar

Add the blackberries and sugar to a storage jar, a Wine making glass jar is idea, close the jar and give the jar a good shake to make sure the contents are thoroughly stirred up. Repeat this every day for a month. It takes a few days for the sugar to fully dissolve.

Then shake it up once a month for the following two months. (Try not to test it each time, hard but .....)

Serve neat, chilled in a special glass.

Drain off the fruit and serve on top of Ice cream, ADULTS only :twisted:

Favorite Fabrics

My blackberries are always so extremely sour! I'm growing a variety called Illini, which I chose because it was the most hardy. But... I would have to add as much sugar as there are berries.

Anybody else growing other varieties that are sweeter?

TonnieLoree

Cheese cloth. Use gloves when squeezing. I don't like the seeds either. They are killer with dentures. :-)

virtualbernie

I make smoothies with them. My Ninja chops up the seeds pretty good.

Ramona Byrd

For long term use, I always put them in an upside down ice cream cone thingey with holes in it. It was on a stand and had a similar shaped wooden pusher that smashed the juice out of the berries.
No one in my family liked jam with seeds, but loved jelly without.

I also froze a lot of the juice with a touch of lemon juice. Don't know now if it was really necessary, but since I had a lemon tree out back....

Like my sister, I would make the jellies, and let them set to see if the lids "popped" when pushing them down. After a week or so, I would label them "Blackberry Jelly" and if they were still liquid even though sealed, then I labeled them "Blackberry Pancake Syrup" and all were happy.

Jim's Gem

Cobbler, pie, jam, preserves, blackberry ice cream, syrup for your pancakes. Freeze them and use in fruit smoothies.

Personally I love having the seeds in there. When I shop for preserves, I always look for the kind that still has the seeds.