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Post by tinkerbell on Aug 21, 2014 0:10:55 GMT 1
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fruity
Aug 21, 2014 9:34:03 GMT 1
Post by Ali on Aug 21, 2014 9:34:03 GMT 1
Mmmmmm blackberry and apple Perfect seasonal fruit. Looks lovely Tinks
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fruity
Aug 21, 2014 14:17:57 GMT 1
Post by Elkay on Aug 21, 2014 14:17:57 GMT 1
I've just cooked some windfalls and the blackberries I found round the garden for pud this evening. I got togged up to go out blackberrying up the road and the rain has just started. I don't mind getting wet but last time I found I couldn't see cos I needed wipers on my specs! So, I'm having another cuppa and waiting for the big black cloud to move over a bit before going back out That looks great, Tinkerbell - isn't it satisfying! If I don't have time to make my jam when I get the fruit (sometimes neighbours give me their glut or I find a bargain on the market) - I just freeze it til I'm ready to use it. I haven't had a failure on that front as yet
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fruity
Aug 21, 2014 22:47:26 GMT 1
Post by tinkerbell on Aug 21, 2014 22:47:26 GMT 1
Making crab apple jelly tomorrow.Good to freeze fruits till in the mood for making the jam.We pick the blkberries whlle out walking the dog by the river and at St.Barbes.Used to be lots of people doing the same but not this year? I think it's very rewarding too,LK.
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fruity
Aug 24, 2014 16:52:39 GMT 1
Post by bisdu on Aug 24, 2014 16:52:39 GMT 1
bummer.........just picked 4lbs of rasberries and made jam...tasted lovely. Warmed the jars and ladeled the jam into first jar - all good....started ladeling the second jar and it poured back into the pan..... discovered the jar has a crack/small hole in the bottom and I assume the missing glass is now somewhere in the pan..... So another 6 jars or so, are going in the bin
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fruity
Aug 24, 2014 22:05:05 GMT 1
Post by tinkerbell on Aug 24, 2014 22:05:05 GMT 1
How awful,Bisdu.really feel for you.All that work of picking and cooking.I would have cried!
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fruity
Aug 25, 2014 19:20:54 GMT 1
Post by Elkay on Aug 25, 2014 19:20:54 GMT 1
How awful,Bisdu.really feel for you.All that work of picking and cooking.I would have cried! I would have cried too
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fruity
Aug 25, 2014 19:54:11 GMT 1
Post by bisdu on Aug 25, 2014 19:54:11 GMT 1
Thanks....The only consolation is that there's loads more raspberries to come - c'est la vie
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fruity
Aug 25, 2014 21:46:31 GMT 1
Post by tinkerbell on Aug 25, 2014 21:46:31 GMT 1
I always stand the jars on a teatowel on the worktop to fill them.Glad you have more raspberries.
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