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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Freshly picked… Feb 6^th, 2024 at 1:41pm (Ouch)…… blackberries today! Going to make jam
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #1 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 1:42pm *
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #2 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 2:52pm Taste sensation! I used only a little raw sugar, the rest was xylitol and 20ml of lemon juice, and wild organic blackberries of course. Cooked it in the Thermomix.
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Reply #3 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 3:00pm

Hope the council hadn’t sprayed those!

Reading about the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi in the US Civil War—once the Union besiegers’ trenches were getting close to the rebel fortifications there would be impromptu local ceasefires so the soldiers of both sides could pick blackberries!

The rebel soldiers used them to settle certain stomach disorders consequent on starvation portions of food. Some actual brother to brother meetings happened during these ceasefires—Missouri, a slave state but in the Union, saw volunteers for both sides.

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Reply #4 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 3:32pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 6^th, 2024 at 3:00pm:

Hope the council hadn’t sprayed those!

Reading about the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi in the US Civil War—once the Union besiegers’ trenches were getting close to the rebel fortifications there would be impromptu local ceasefires so the soldiers of both sides could pick blackberries!

The rebel soldiers used them to settle certain stomach disorders consequent on starvation portions of food. Some actual brother to brother meetings happened during these ceasefires—Missouri, a slave state but in the Union, saw volunteers for both sides.

Wow what an amazing story! Love that.
And no council hadn’t sprayed as it’s between private properties… ours and neighbour.
Plus we have some growing around base of old orchard of apple trees.
I’ve put jam in jars now… setting really well.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45884 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #5 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 4:29pm Nice. I am about to spray Tree and Blackberry killer next windless day. Already spent half an hour hoeing blackberry plants out of one part of the orchard—can’t use herbicides around newly planted trees of course.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45884 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #6 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 4:33pm Tell you what, I like preserving better than cooking! I guess there is something satisfying in seeing rows of jars of canned goodness accumulating!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #7 - Feb 24^th, 2024 at 4:18pm Guess what I did today …..
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47293 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #8 - Feb 24^th, 2024 at 7:28pm I bet you have berry stain all around your mouth too Sophia
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45884 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #9 - Feb 24^th, 2024 at 7:53pm Blackberry jam?
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #10 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 9:21am One of the most joyful things in life… home made jam on toasted buttered crumpets! There’s more berries to be picked in coming weeks as many are still unripe. Months for blackberries are from late Dec to April.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45884 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #11 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 2:22pm The wild ones here are very small berries. I do pick a few as I walk the dog but wouldn’t pick a basket full. I have been given permission to pick apples from this 100 year old apple tree. Apple sauce, apple butter here I come! Yum!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #12 - Jun 30^th, 2024 at 11:42am I was given persimmons so I’m making jam today … on this nice wintry day…messy things
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8239	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #13 - Jun 30^th, 2024 at 11:44am I’ve never liked persimmons on their own… but in jam is delectable!
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Reply #14 - Jun 30^th, 2024 at 12:40pm

Don’t like them enough to even see if they grow here. Am adding three plum trees this spring, suitable for eating fresh (greengage, Angelina Burdett) and cooking (especially the third plum, Robe de Sargent, a prune.)

Seems damsons are the plum equivalent of persimmons
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Damsons aren’t really suitable for eating raw – cooking brings out the full depth of flavour and allows for some sugar to be added. Damson jam is without compare, they are heavenly simply stewed and served with custard or cream.

https://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/article/damsons-tree-rootstocks-pollination

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