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Blackberry Jam
Lady Rae
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Dear old Dad went berry picking again... I put up 6 jars this evening...
4 Cups Blackberries
5 Cups Sugar
4 1/2 Tablespoons pectin
1/2 teaspoon butter
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
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For some reason I can't post the Ball link for the full recipe?
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blackberry-or-raspberry-jam-auto-canner.html
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
Girl, you wasted some on the stove top. I have not seen a blackberry not in a grocery store since I left Missouri. My favorite fruit. If they have seeds they are preserves, if not Jam. Gimme them seeds!
Had blackberries on my Cheerios two weeks ago. Three mornings in a row, before they went bad. Still picking "feeds fum mah teef".
I will take all the jars you can make, thank you in advance.
The blackberries we get here are mostly from Mexico. Huge, little flavor, so not worth buying. Their blueberries are the same way.
Blackberry jam is my favorite topping for my PB&J sandwiches.
Joe
We are surrounded by commercial blueberry and cranberry farms. After a while, you get tired of eating them. Customers and neighbors are always giving them to Donna, to make stuff with. WE are actually the largest producers of Cranberries. Ocean spray is right up the street from us. You can't drive a mile here, without seeing a blueberry farm or cranberry bog. We use to go to the bogs out of season, and catch huge snapper turtles, to sell to restaurants. The bogs are full of them. The blueberry farms, produce some huge whitetail deer too.
Now Blackberries, which are my favorite, are nowhere to be found in our area. I wonder why they don't grow them commercially around here???
Wrong climate and wrong soil would be my guesses, Oakie. The same reasons they don't grow palm trees in Fairbanks.
Blackberries are too liberal to grow there.
Some of the, if not the finest blackberries I’ve ever eaten, we picked near a village in Oregon called Imnaha, it’s dropping into Hell’s canyon below Joseph and an old wintering grounds for the Nez Perce.
Down side was you needed 3 people.
1 to pick and two to scour the area for rattlesnakes, they were thick in and around the brambles. I guess they knew the ripe berries attracted birds, who in turn knocked berries to the ground to be feasted on by all types of local rodents and maybe they preyed on the birds also.
We went to the four day Chief Joseph Days rodeo for years and braved the snakes to pick one day each year we went.
Mule
Love blackberry, in fact love all the edible berries. Huckleberry is the specialty around these parts.
And the Hucks are on here now, Granddaughter was out picking this evening.
We will probably go make a run on Wednesday.
Mule
Elderberries are almost ripe here in the high country. J. has made 24 jars of plum so far. A lost art. Grapes are next.
We had no plums this year or crab apples... Had snow in late February and freezes till who knows when 😭 last year I put up over 30 jars... Still have a couple hidden ❤️
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
Huckleberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
in that order.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
YUM!!!
I used to can things....I even had the little paddle spinning thing that would sift all of the seeds out.
We have a ton of blackberries around us. Before Larry bought the zero turn mower that he LOVES and refuses to let anyone else drive....I would ride the mower around and pick the blackberries at the edge of the property, eating them as I went along.
I was out picking them with Karen when she was 3....a HUGE chicken snake slithered between us and she took her passifier out to say "Ooooooo...a snake" (with a cute little toddler girl voice.) I told her "yep, that is a snake" and we watched it move on by......asap I grabbed her up and we went inside. I never went back out there like that again. We were several feet deep into the thicket of bushes....she was eating everything she could reach and I had about a gallon picked at that time.
Well dear old Dad went berry picking again... Brought me enough for a couple batches of jam. I washed up jars and cleaned up my canner. I didn't use it last time because I forgot it was at home and not the ranch where the berries were lol so I just winged it last time with a big soup pot 🍲
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
Looks good
<As a kid we would pick them but the small city grew and took over the area we use to pick them in
About 6 or 8 yrs ago we planted about a dozen black berry pants made a fence row just for them sadly they have never really did a lot as far as growing or spreading .
What does manage to grow the wild life gets to them before we do
We manage to get maybe a hand full each year just to remind us what they are
I was Mowing the back lot yesterday I got my qutoa for the year lol
I managed to eat five I pulled off the vines while driving by on the mower
So much for being a blackberry grower
Their is some wild ones growing out back in my wife's " nature zone " about 2 acres give or take
she has me willnot let me mow it so we let it grow wild for the butterflys and birds but same story rhe birds get them as soon as they turn ripe .
The other night I did a berry jam marathon... Dad came home with 15 cups... So I got 3 batches done
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
That looks like the makings of a great giveaway.
I'm in ..........................
I don't think dear old Dad would go for that lol
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
Well ............. OK then. 😥
What is a Huckleberry. ??? I have heard of them, but never seen or eaten one. What does the taste resemble???
Oh, and I'm in for the giveaway Lady Rae!!!!!!!!!!🤣
Al
A small tart berry. Looks like a bity blueberry. Haven't seen any in a long time
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
There are a few types. I grew up eating the wild red variety that look like these:
They're pretty good, but they pale in comparison to the blue variety found in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado:
These could be mistaken for blueberries, but they have much more flavor. They make blueberries just taste bland in comparison. They are very difficult to cultivate and really only grow wild.
There are also bearberries (which I enjoyed on a recent backpacking trip in the Seven Devils in Idaho). They look similar to the red huckleberries above but are smaller and more flavorful and the plants are very short and mostly grow low to the ground. You will spend all day picking them to fill a mug.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Wisconsin produces more cranberries than any place in the world! Harvest starts in a few weeks, juice berries first.