All around our home in undeveloped fields, along hiking trails, and nearly everywhere there are green spaces you can find blackberry bushes. Each year as these wild blackberries ripen I always say that I will get out, pick some, and make a treat. We've been here 4 years and I finally did it!
Last week while I was with some friends we stood around and picked berries from the bushes surrounding the park near my house while our boys were playing. While enjoying how sweet and ripe they were, we decided to get together the next day, do some real berry picking, and make a few pies. The next day after being stained by berries, scratched, pricked, and rained on we finally had a few bowls full of juicy berries. Too bad we didn't have pictures of the berry picking because it was quite comical!
Thanks to Anjee, we were all successful in making some delicious golden flaky pie crusts and delicious berry fillings. I have a few berries left that I plan to use for a peach berry cobbler. Man ... I sure don't have to wait for the holidays to put on 10 lbs! Oh well. :) I'm happy to have another project off my perpetual "someday" list.
5 comments:
YUMMY! My mouth is watering just looking at those pics!
Oooooooh, Mel!!!! You just made me miss Washington soooo much!
looks ridiculously yummy. so wish i was there as the idea of berries just sprouting up everywhere is more than a bit foreign to your desert friend. about all that "sprouts" up here is dirt and more dirt. we must try to get together soon. miss ya!
Oh my delicious-pie-goodness. Now I want to make something fruity and yummy. Hope things are going well for you!
Mel,
Your pie turned out great! It look so tasty and beautiful too. You are one pie baking diva.
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