Well, Jen and I picked the blackberry to feature for this month on The Garden Palette so I prepared a brunch menu featuring this little black sheep of the berry family....
The blackberry fruit is particularly abundant in eastern North America and on the Pacific coast; in the British Isles and Western Europe. The bush is characterized by its usually prickly, erect, or trailing stems. The leaves usually have three or five oval coarsely toothed, stalked leaflets, many of which persist through the winter.
The blackberry fruit is an aggregate fruit that is composed of many smaller fruits called drupes. A drupe is a... [read more on The Garden Palette and see the full menu] And be sure to follow The Garden Palette every 3rd Wednesday of the month for a new plant/ herb that we'll feature!
2 comments:
Blackberries are my very favorite berry, and the smell reminds me of my childhood...lots of hours spent picking berries on the roadside and out in the bush!
The cheese blintzes sound TOO GOOD and I am going to make them next time the hub is home for breaky! And your blackberry jam...love that you used brown sugar, I've never heard of that! :-)
Photos are brilliant by the way!
Thanks girlie, berries are my absolute favorite fruit! I just love em!!! And making my own jams saves so much money too!! Plus you can make as much as you want. I hope you make some for your hubby!
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