Friday, July 3, 2009

MULBERRIES.....

When I started this blog I didn't really know what it would turn into or how I would set it up....just that it would be about me, my family, what I like, and experiences in life.
It seems to have become alot about food, fitness, faith, and family. That's cool....that's who I am and what I'm about.
Anyway, today I ventured out back to the mulberry tree and assessed it's fruit-strained branches. How would I gather all these little blackberry/blueberry type bulbs of nature? I initally laid down a towel and shook the branches. I found out quickly that this woke up hundreds of blood-starved mosquitoes. Not good.
Well, it's too late to avoid them now, so I resumed shaking and plucking the stubborn ones off their stems by hand.

Many minutes and mosquito bites later I hauled my booty with my berry-stained hands into the house

I decided to do another cobbler/crisp dessert for Bruce and my dad. So, I thoroughly washed them off in a strainer and had Trinity help me make the crust and topping of the cobbler.
It's not even baked yet and the brown sugar smell is emanating through the berries!
After the topping goes on it goes into the oven. The house smells incredible.
If you want the recipe, you can use the template of the rhubarb crisp recipe-click here But, you'll need to SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the amount of sugar, because of the natural amount found in the mulberries. :)

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