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@ 27 Aug. 2006 – 17:37:15
mr trolly and i went brambling today
and came back with 8lbs, which is a lot of kilos
[and if i knew quite what that was
i'd let you know.
but i don't]
it's going to be a bumper year for brambles
all that sun. i guess.
so, go out and get them while you can -
the best ones, when cooked, have this
subtle violet taste...just delicious,
and free.
dasrah
trolly
but my hands are stingin now from the scratches and the nettles...
trolly x
menhir
The yellow ones are delicious. they beat the red and black varieties for flavour.
trolly
i had an uncle once who grew yellow tomatoes
and this in Haworth.
as a child i thought they were magic tomatoes, and was kinda scared of eating them when they appeared in a salad.
i had cloud-berries in norway once (which i think were yellow - but tasted nothing like blackberries at all)
trolly x
menhir
I have a vague memory of yellow ones being otherwise known as cloud berries but the ones I found today were definitely clustered like raspberries and blackberries.
trolly
were they wild? hmmm, interesting...[off to do a Web search to find out more]; mr trolly tells me that cloudberries are made into some fierce spirit....
i had an excellent book once....Food for Free - which listed all kinds of goodies from wild mushrooms to wild fruit....
trolly x
menhir
Yes they were wild, there are a couple of places to travel to from where I live that do have wild growth. Most berries were already picked or eaten by birds so my harvest was limited to a few in the palm of my hand. Hubby found more raspberries on our little walk. The hazel trees were sprouting their unripe hazel nuts. I must try and get back for another visit when the nuts are ready.
trolly
oh, that just sounds lovely.
we've a hazel tree growing at the bottom of the garden, but the squirrels make off with them sharpish, and would no doubt fight us for them! also spied a walnut tree, but don't know when they're ripe (they've started to fall, but the walnuts don't look mature inside the green, fleshy husk); i love this time of year.
trolly x
pollygarter
I don't like them, but have such memories of blackberrying! I was thinking about it today, having made my lover his mini pies - lol - Opposite end of the scale to your 8lbs!
trolly
i've eaten too much blackberry crumble and can't move.
[]
full-up.
trolly x
whose idea was it to go blackberrying?
pollygarter
Must look up crumble proportions...
trolly
8 oz flour
4 oz butter
4 oz suger (i used granulated cos it gioves a crunchier texture)
that's it.
trolly x
Cocktailer
Blackberry picking, now that takes me back. Kent brambles and surly cows in fields.
trolly
don't get cows round here [thankfully], just lots of very narrow lanes that form the edges of vast fields. and where the hedgerows still exist (here and there) these fantastic brambles....
i've seen, in places, new hedges being laid: but hawthorn takes years and years to mature into a hedge.
trolly x
angelkirstin
Dissused railway lines and blackberry picking take me back to my childhood. We also used to pick the elderberries too which you can tell Mr Trolly makes very wicked wine indeed.
trolly
oh, and we've got elderberries too; and i notice rosehips coming out...now then, homemade rosehip syrup that sounds good....
on ice cream.
:-)
trolly x
angelkirstin
I don't know if you can do this with gluten free flour, but if you can, try adding a handful to drop scones it is fab and the ones that explode make them look so pretty. They also work well in muffins or fairy cakes for a change, but kids sometimes find them a bit sharp.
trolly
i've not made gluten-free drop scones, but did make pancakes, which came out a treat. the gluten-free flour i use has a high proportion of rice flour in it, which is good for making light, crispy pancakes....
oh, i love this time of year! i do!
trolly x
Dear Trolly,
just back from Scotland so thought I would say Hi.
I also love blackberrying and my Mum makes the most gorgeous crumbles to go with. I have a clear memory, as a child, of the most enormous blackberries being just tantalisingly out of reach. Lesson for life there somewhere!
timsuzi in kilt xx
trolly
hey, welcome back!
[i missed you]
a kilt is a fine item of clothing indeed, but you need the long woollen socks too....
i nearly went through a hedge trying to reach blackberries out of reach...
trolly x
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they taste better when you pick them yourself somehow dont you think!