Blackberries (freezer, breakfast, cream, meal)

[granpa]

I ordered some more blackberries and this time they were finally ripe. Maybe Blackberry season is finally here

[greatblueheron]

Eating out of hand or going to make a cobbler or pie?

[granpa]

Eating raw with sugar and milk

[KathrynAragon]

Blackberries always remind me of my oldest son. We live in Texas, so the first blackberries of the season are nearly always ripe in May. Every Mother's Day for years he would go outside and pick me a bowl of blackberries to eat with sugar and milk for breakfast on Mother's Day!

[TabulaRasa]

Where are you? They hit peak ripeness for picking here two weeks ago (Kansas)

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by granpa

Eating raw with sugar and milk

The best way: we have them growing wild around here and yes, late to ripening this year.. Our problem is, as well as us wanting to enjoy them, so do the deer and they seem to get first choice.

[NYC refugee]

I put a fence around a bunch of wild ones and call it a berry patch, so the ducks and geese got very few this year and I have a lot in the freezer. They ripened and spent themselves a couple of weeks ago.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by granpa

Eating raw with sugar and milk

I buy heavy cream for those occasions.

[ccm123]

I place them in my breakfast cereals (cornflakes, Cheerios, or Rice Krispies) or oatmeal in the morning. I also place them in fruit bowls.

[rrah]

We have some wild bushes. I've picked them in the past, but they are very, very seedy. I let the birds and animals have them. If anyone has a suggestion on using them in a way that is less seedy, I'd love to know.