Off to the farmer's market! Look what I found:
Not cheap by any means, but the way I see it, it's a once-a-year treat! For perspective:
These may have been the largest blackberries I've ever seen. Incroyable!
After finishing up my errands, I came home, unpacked the groceries, and set the jams a-bubbling:
A couple hours later:
4 cups of blackberry and 5 cups of peach . . . hooray! If you tally up all of my jam making this season, (strawberry, one jar of raspberry with a couple of ill-fated cartons that dumped over on the way home from the FM, blueberry, blackberry, and peach,) I may have more than enough to last us the winter! (Dan and I really like jam toast for breakfast in cooler weather. Plus I think Dan sneaks spoonfulls sometimes.) :)
And if you're curious, yes, I did save one pint of blackberries for fresh eating. We had them for dessert tonight, tossed with a little sugar. (They were quite tart on their own!)
Dessert? Wait! What about dinner?
"Black Bean Burgers" from VCON, oven-roasted sweet corn, quick pickles, and sweet potato fries. Yum summer!
So tell me . . . what would you do with all of those blueberries, peaches, and blackberries?
4 comments:
Yum! I'd do exactly what you did! Except I just froze my blackberries this weekend because we went camping. But now I'm back and have jam on the mind.
That blackberry is huge! :) I remember my mother made jam on occasion. I miss homemade jams.
Well I don't have the patience for jam, so I would probably make a pie or a crumble. I love peaches, I had 3 beautiful organic ones ripening on my counter but had to throw them out due to mold :(.
We've been super-craving burgers lately, maybe it's a summer time thing. They do go so nicely with corn on the cob.
Smoothies! And lots of desserts, that's what I'd do. Of course, I'd eat a lot of it fresh too. I love love love blackberries.
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