[micky]

when i was a kid my sister and me used to pick buckets,my mam used to make wine ,jam ,and a very sharp sauce.We had the sauce with home made brawn,pickled pigs feet ,or pressed sheeps head,my dad used to have it with boiled cows udder ,i could never tackle udder ,the smell used to turn me when it was being boiled, in the bucket ,my mam and nan were TT,but they often got pissed on blackberry or elderberry wine, or, tonic, as they used to call it .
People dont seem to bother with them nowdays,theres acres of them near me ,this morning i picked a gallon in a few minutes.

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[ssssh1forthepot]

Yeh mate im out picking them at the moment, there just starting to ripen now, Im washing and freezing them untill ive got a decent amount to do something with. I fancy making some ''Tonic'' if you can suply the recipe

[bobndog]

People dont seem to bother with them nowdays,theres acres of them near me ,this morning i picked a gallon in a few minutes.

Another sign of the times I guess, the whole village would be out when I was a boy. Mushrooms, blackberries, sloes, crab apples, chestnuts, hazel nuts, water cress, wheat heads that the binder missed (for the chickens) and one that I never could get my head around; Medlars, you had to leave them until they were rotten before eating them, yuck!

[confused]

bobndog, on Aug 10 2009, 06:30 PM, said:

People dont seem to bother with them nowdays,theres acres of them near me ,this morning i picked a gallon in a few minutes.

Another sign of the times I guess, the whole village would be out when I was a boy. Mushrooms, blackberries, sloes, crab apples, chestnuts, hazel nuts, water cress, wheat heads that the binder missed (for the chickens) and one that I never could get my head around; Medlars, you had to leave them until they were rotten before eating them, yuck!

I still feed my 3 chickens for nought, with the scraps and wheat+ barley heads ,i gather all the fruits of the hedge ,and love a wee bunny ,pheasant ,or whatever if it happens to "come my way"nothing beats a free meal !!!.
What is /are medlars ? never heard of them before .

[trappa]

i made some cracking bramble jelly yesterday, real nice! Any chance of the "tonic" recipe?

[micky]

trappa, on Aug 10 2009, 06:58 PM, said:

i made some cracking bramble jelly yesterday, real nice! Any chance of the "tonic" recipe?

It was just simple blackberry wine mate,rough and ready it could be taken with with any meat or fish ,however the flavour did improve if you drank itwith a gob full of polos ;)

[why jelly]

we pick them and the Mrs makes a crumble or three with them :drink:

[lurcher lass]

love elderflower wine!! and with regards to blackberries meself and me daughter got our bellies full while out walking dogs, i have a lurcher who will choose blackberries over sausages!!!

[bobndog]

confused, on Aug 10 2009, 06:43 PM, said:

bobndog, on Aug 10 2009, 06:30 PM, said:

People dont seem to bother with them nowdays,theres acres of them near me ,this morning i picked a gallon in a few minutes.

Another sign of the times I guess, the whole village would be out when I was a boy. Mushrooms, blackberries, sloes, crab apples, chestnuts, hazel nuts, water cress, wheat heads that the binder missed (for the chickens) and one that I never could get my head around; Medlars, you had to leave them until they were rotten before eating them, yuck!

I still feed my 3 chickens for nought, with the scraps and wheat+ barley heads ,i gather all the fruits of the hedge ,and love a wee bunny ,pheasant ,or whatever if it happens to "come my way"nothing beats a free meal !!!.
What is /are medlars ? never heard of them before .

There you go, they even look disgusting when green, never mind when rotten!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus

[maltenby]

It's true that people don't pick things like they used to, and it's a shame. These days the price of food has dropped, (relative to income) and people buy from the supermarkets instead of getting off their arses and going out to collect something.

[MR TEA POT]

The house at the back of me as a little orchard,some of the branches hang over my fence.There is apple,cherry,plum and damson trees,which the missus puts to good use.She makes crumbles pies and jam,so when the blackberries come into season she will make bramble and apple pies,blackberry jam.
The only problem is there is normally too much fruit for us to make use off,so it just rots on the floor,the owner of the orchard does not bother picking them,so there is a glutton.
One thing i will not eat is the damson jam,the worst tasting thing know to man :sick: :sick: :laugh:

[awen]

bramble berries are are the muts nuts just wish mulberries were as prolific

[undisputed]

the only tonic wine i know off comes from buckfast abbey ;)

[bobndog]

MR TEA POT, on Aug 10 2009, 09:05 PM, said:

The house at the back of me as a little orchard,some of the branches hang over my fence.There is apple,cherry,plum and damson trees,which the missus puts to good use.She makes crumbles pies and jam,so when the blackberries come into season she will make bramble and apple pies,blackberry jam.
The only problem is there is normally too much fruit for us to make use off,so it just rots on the floor,the owner of the orchard does not bother picking them,so there is a glutton.
One thing i will not eat is the damson jam,the worst tasting thing know to man :sick: :sick: :laugh:

Have to agree about damson jam, however, it does make good damson gin, just use in place of sloes!