Anyone from the UK?

[Oniafox]

Could have been being kind..... *ahem*

Yeah. Right.

 

[stickygirl]

Hi all!
Freezing washed blackberries... this requires a baking tray and timing!
Lovely day huh?

 

[Anastasia1999]

Moi drunk? As if.

There shouldn't be too much clearing up as she's ordered a Chinese.

Happy birthday MrsFishFryer.

I hope he doesn’t outstay his invitation.

 

[Anastasia1999]

Hi all!
Freezing washed blackberries... this requires a baking tray and timing!
Lovely day huh?

I love blackberries. Do you grow them??

 

[stickygirl]

I love blackberries. Do you grow them??

No I steal them from a farmer's hedge

 

[Oniafox]

but touching someone's bin without permission ...........

Absolutely! An Englishman’s bin is his castle! And laws of sanctuary still apply from ancient times

 

[Anastasia1999]

No I steal them from a farmer's hedge

Lucky you! They are so expensive to buy. Does the farmer know??

 

[stickygirl]

Lucky you! They are so expensive to buy. Does the farmer know??

The hedges are pretty overgrown, about 5m deep and haven't been cut in years. So... since no one else is interested, I do a bit of foraging! Brambles festoon every neglected corner of the UK.
Oh - tip for picking without pain is to use fingerless gloves ( I use sailing gloves ) but I've got scratches up my legs despite thick trousers. Theft is tough work.

 

[Darkweather]

Hi all!
Freezing washed blackberries... this requires a baking tray and timing!
Lovely day huh?

does the freezing work? I've wondered about that and never tried as I expect that on defrosting I would be left with black puddles.

 

[stickygirl]

does the freezing work? I've wondered about that and never tried as I expect that on defrosting I would be left with black puddles.

It works fine - in fact I've just put them into a tub as individual berries. When you make a pie there's always plenty juice but they keep their shape as much as fresh ones.

Ana - I assume this isn't a language thing?
Here's a blackberry, that grows in hedges. Sometimes also called a bramble
https://img.crocdn.co.uk/images/products2/pl/20/00/01/72/pl2000017233.jpg?width=940&height=940

and here's a black currant... sometimes called Ribena
https://img.crocdn.co.uk/images/products2/pl/20/00/03/62/pl2000036214.jpg?width=940&height=940

 

[Kraken_96]

Hi all!
Freezing washed blackberries... this requires a baking tray and timing!
Lovely day huh?

Pleeeeeease show us when done, we all need to see that pie

 

[stickygirl]

Pleeeeeease show us when done, we all need to see that pie

You’ll need to remind me- now they’re red frozen it could be month or two

 

[Anastasia1999]

It works fine - in fact I've just put them into a tub as individual berries. When you make a pie there's always plenty juice but they keep their shape as much as fresh ones.

Ana - I assume this isn't a language thing?
Here's a blackberry, that grows in hedges. Sometimes also called a bramble
https://img.crocdn.co.uk/images/products2/pl/20/00/01/72/pl2000017233.jpg?width=940&height=940

and here's a black currant... sometimes called Ribena
https://img.crocdn.co.uk/images/products2/pl/20/00/03/62/pl2000036214.jpg?width=940&height=940

I love both. They are called Brombeeren and Schwarze Johannesbeeren respectively.

Black currants remind me of my grandmother who had them in her back garden. Her jam was legendary.

 

[Henry_Hoover_Bags]

Hello good people.
Foraging and hoovering are my bestests things!

 

[stickygirl]

Does anyone else find Lou Sanders oddly sexy?
I gather she's a very good person and a faithful friend. I think she'd be great to wake up next to.

 

[Henry_Hoover_Bags]

I like orbital sanders. Lost of dust and hoovering for me.

 

[Tallulah82]

Happy birthday MrsFishFryer.

I hope he doesn’t outstay his invitation.

Damn it, why didn't I think of that? I clearly don't spend enough time on Lit anymore. I must try harder.

 

[stickygirl]

I like orbital sanders. Lost of dust and hoovering for me.

I heard you were a bit of a blowhard too

 

[Secretintoelderly]

Evening, you beautiful people from the other side of the canal

 

[Secretintoelderly]

Got me some red wine, from Espagna. Organic stuff, pretty nice!

 

[Secretintoelderly]

Fancy a glass, Wand3r? (I know you do …)

 

[orangecurious]

evening all

 

[Henry_Hoover_Bags]

I heard you were a bit of a blowhard too

You would have to fiddle with my hose and stick it on the other side of the motor.

 

[Hodes101]

Evening.

 

[Minou_kat]

Good evening all. I'm new. Virgin new apparently! I must work on that.....