Blackberry Preserve Ideas?
#13
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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Be sure to wash them (gently) first, to let the Japanese Beetles float to the surface. The little boogers are hard to see on blackberries. I grow a 50 foot row of these wonderful fruits and they can take up a lot of freezer/container space. I like the smoothe idea to condense them. My grandkids have been making smoothe popcycles with the sour cherries and now the black raspberries and soon the blackberries. Its magic at Meme's house where snacks grow on trees!
I've been watching some red raspberry patches along Hwy 122 for the day they are ripe enough for me to stop and pick. Of course, it'll probably be the day I have to move!!
I've not forgotten our "date", by the way; soon!
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My DH and daughters love frozen blackberries and raspberries just to eat as a snack. We have to buy them here - but I place them in a quart size ziplock bag - they are one layer only so they don't freeze together. I have no idea how long they will last because they never say in the freezer longer than 2 weeks. When they are in season and a good price I will freeze them by the amount I want in a pie or cobbler.
My friend told me she used to do it to their peaches when her girls were little - so last summer my DH went away for a week leaving me with several boxes of berries - way more than I could ever eat before they would rot, so I did the freezer thing. Little did I know I was creating a new treat for them.
My friend told me she used to do it to their peaches when her girls were little - so last summer my DH went away for a week leaving me with several boxes of berries - way more than I could ever eat before they would rot, so I did the freezer thing. Little did I know I was creating a new treat for them.
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Be sure to wash them (gently) first, to let the Japanese Beetles float to the surface. The little boogers are hard to see on blackberries. I grow a 50 foot row of these wonderful fruits and they can take up a lot of freezer/container space. I like the smoothe idea to condense them. My grandkids have been making smoothe popcycles with the sour cherries and now the black raspberries and soon the blackberries. Its magic at Meme's house where snacks grow on trees!
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Location: Mendocino Coast, CA
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We grow blackberries at our place. Wow...yours are further along that ours. Our patch won't be ready for another 2-3 weeks. When they are ready, we'll be looking at bushels and bushels of them all at once. I try to make jam, juice and syrup with them, but freezing usually works well for all of the left overs. Wash, drain, when dry, put into freezer bags and pop them into the freezer. The frozen berries are great for smoothies.
Also, when we make jam, we use Pomona's Universal Pectin. It's a little more expensive, but it comes with a packet of
monocalcium phosphate, which really helps make the jam, or jelly set nicely....no more failures. (We obviously don't have enough calcium in our water and soil. I have to add calcium to my tomato plants as well.)
~ C
Also, when we make jam, we use Pomona's Universal Pectin. It's a little more expensive, but it comes with a packet of
monocalcium phosphate, which really helps make the jam, or jelly set nicely....no more failures. (We obviously don't have enough calcium in our water and soil. I have to add calcium to my tomato plants as well.)
~ C
#19
This is what I do.My husband needs to eat a lot of fiber.I pretty much keep frozen berries....all kinds & other stone fruits,plums,peaches & cherries.A cup to 0ne & 1/2C in his shakes.The frozen fruit including banana chunks keeps the shake thick & no sweetener needed.
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