Capt Kirk
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: One good thing about all this rain...... |
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the wild raspberries are going crazy! I got a little over 2 qt. in an hour.
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Yummy! I like them hot, served on top of some ice cream. But I thought those were blackberries? Our blueberries are ripening now, and they are so big and juicy because of all the rain too. 
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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These are wild black raspberrys. They are smaller than the cultivated berrys but a bit of a stronger taste.
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good looking bunch you have there. Looks like what we have here, ours are also wild but won't be ready for a little while yet.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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ohhh man, i'm am drooling so bad,,,I love wild raspberries!! Someone pass the creme please.
Nice haul Capt!! Lucky you.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I feel a pie in the makings after supper. What could say summer more than warm berry pie with vanilla ice cream on it? Yummy!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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The "fruit" of my labors!
And I have enough berries for another one too. They are in the freezer.
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I call those blackberries too Droopy. They are just starting to ripen here and I got the first handful yesterday. 
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What an impressive harvest  That's a darn good lookin' pie too!
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Whatever kind of berries they are, that pie looks delicious. And I suppose you had the ice cream handy!
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Mmmmm.... my dad always called those blackcaps and we spent hours along country roads picking those. I wish I knew where to find a nice grove of them these days. They do make the tastiest pies. Yours looks delicious.
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Out of my 3 acres of land, I only mow about an acre. I just let the rest grow up. There are a couple of areas where the berries grow right up to the yard. I can't do a lot of walking so I rode the lawn tractor around the edge of the yard and drive and then would get off and pick. There were a couple of places where I didn't even have to get off the the tractor. The pie is delicious, I had a piece with ice cream last night for a snack. But it raised havoc with my blood sugar this morning. The next one I will use Splenda in it! But man it was worth it. That's the first fresh berry pie I have had in 20 years. And you can't get much fresher than that!
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