Off the summer bucket list: Berry-picking!
I love this place (Rowell Bros, if you live around the Portland area) and have been there several times before. The price is amazing, the people are friendly and not snooty, and there's even a whole blueberry grove area that you can park and pay near. And, the sign when you drive up to the place says something to the effect of "All you can eat free!!"--which is good, because I am a snacker while picking. ;)
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I went with my old friend Alyssa, and we had a great time catching up and filling containers with berries. I may have to go back some weekend soon while there are still things to pick!, but I also gotta hit up the U-pick peach place soon. They weren't quite ripe last weekend.
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Although now I have a few too many, and I still had some frozen from last year. What would you do with an overflowing berry haul??
Make jam! That's what I've been doing all this summer :)
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Blueberry jam?? Oooh, how?
DeleteJust mash about 4 cups of blueberries (potato mashers and pastry cutters work well), throw in the juice of a whole lemon, put a saucepan over low heat and stir in 4 cups of sugar until it's dissolved. then turn up the heat, get it to a rolling boil, and cook for 10 minutes (stir stir stir!), then start testing for gel! put a couple plates in the freezer before you start everything, then at 10 minutes drop a spoonful of the jam on the plate and put it back in the freezer for a minute. take the plate out and if you can run your finger through it and it stays apart from itself for 3 seconds, it's ready to be canned! :) i made strawberry-blueberry-raspberry jam and it turned out divine :)
Deletelooks like you had a great time there =)
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Make blue berry smoothies! Yum.
ReplyDeleteYep, I've done lots of those before! Mmm...
DeleteMake pie! Or jam or smoothies. Yum yum. Or purée and save as a sauce for desserts.
ReplyDeleteOooh, sauce, like a compote? Yum! And pie.
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