How do you like your blackberries?

[Queen bee]

*to be sung to the tune of that song in the orange juice advert*
"How do your like your blackb'ries in the mornin'?"
"Ah like mine with a kick"

Sorry :P
Anyway, the blackberries are ripening in the hedgerows, and people are walking around with bright purple faces from the juice. So which blackberries do you find satisfying, and which do you spit out as soon as possible?
I love sour ones... I eat them bobble at a time. Sour with a little sweet is good too. Yet I cannot stand over-ripe, sweet watery ones... they are just disgusting! XP
So how about all you WAB-ers out there?

[leifus]

anything that involves cream and sugar

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

I like to make mine in to wine, however with 8 gallons of elder flower fermenting at the moment there isn't much room for blackberries. Maybe next year.

How's your pond doing queen bee?

[naturegirl]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

I like to make mine in to wine, however with 8 gallons of elder flower fermenting at the moment there isn't much room for blackberries. Maybe next year.

8 gallons of Elderflower!!!!

Did you know that you can dry the flowers and use at your leisure?

That way you can make other types of wine as well!

Blackberry is very good and can be mixed with other dark fruits to make a lovely rich 'Port'! I call mine 'Hedgerow Port' and it's yummy!!!

Naturegirl

[Queen bee]

I like to make mine in to wine, however with 8 gallons of elder flower fermenting at the moment there isn't much room for blackberries. Maybe next year.

My younger cousions came round and we picked some blackberries to make into jelly-type stuff. Unfortunatley, without sugar, it started fermenting... XD

How's your pond doing queen bee?

Ah yes, I'll have to update my little thread.. we've seen some good stuff!

[LynM]

My OH made blackberry whisky last year....he'll not be making it again.....

Like Liefus, I like mine cooked, preferably sieved to get rid of those annoying pips and then made in to a crumble with apple.....and plenty of sugar and cream (or ice-cream).

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by naturegirl

8 gallons of Elderflower!!!!

Did you know that you can dry the flowers and use at your leisure?

That way you can make other types of wine as well!

Blackberry is very good and can be mixed with other dark fruits to make a lovely rich 'Port'! I call mine 'Hedgerow Port' and it's yummy!!!

Naturegirl

Ummmm Hedgerow Port sounds lovely any chance I could have the recipe?

An old BTCv friend of mine used to make Elderberry port which was scrummy and nothing like the shop ones.

[tufftie]

Blackberry liqueur or wine...or by the sounds of it hedgerow wine Also I'm another fan of blackberry and apple crumble (though my ex used to make a lovely pie ) but with homemade custard (to an old Hungarian recipe) rather than cream

[Kev-B]

Combined with Apples, covered in delicious golden-brown pastry .. and slathered in custard ...

Bye for now ..

Kev ..

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

Originally Posted by naturegirl

8 gallons of Elderflower!!!!

Did you know that you can dry the flowers and use at your leisure?

That way you can make other types of wine as well!

Blackberry is very good and can be mixed with other dark fruits to make a lovely rich 'Port'! I call mine 'Hedgerow Port' and it's yummy!!!

Naturegirl

Yes 8 gallons, we went a bit mad, hadn't thought of drying them, might do that next year. The port sounds yummy though, might try that next year as well.

BWD