Thursday, July 1, 2010

Raspberries!


I went to pick some raspberries from a bush in my garden (showed above! it's my favorite plant in our yard lol) while the weather was nice. It's so sunny today but with such a cool wind! It's very refreshing. I plan to get enough berries to make some jam soon. They are also very good if you freeze them and drop them into some pancake batter for a quick berry pancake breakfast. Also good for baking too! I guess they don't have to be from your garden, I freeze fresh fruit to use in cooking all the time. This method works great with blueberries. :)

今日は天気がとてもよかったので庭のラズベリーを少し収穫しに。。。
我が家自慢のラズベリーの木は私が小さい頃からたくさん実をつけてます!
でも今年はちょっと実の数が少ないかな。昔は実の重さで枝が折れたくらいなのに。。。
取れば取るほどたくさん実がなる木なので一生懸命実がなってないかチェックしてます。笑
たくさん集まったらジャムを作るつもりです。
冷凍すればかなり便利!ホットケーキを作るとき凍ったまま生地に入れるとジューシーなベリーホットケーキになります!後マフィンなどの焼き菓子を作るときにもいいです。
家ではこのために大体ラズベリーとブルーベリーが冷凍庫にはいってます。

一人暮らしを始めるときには絶対この木を持って行きたい!なんとか株を増やせないかな〜。

I've heard before that if you don't pick the berries often, you get a smaller harvest. I did notice that the last few years I rarely picked the raspberries except for quick snacks, and the number of berries this year is saddening. I remember in my childhood how every summer the branches of the huge bush would sag from the weight of the fruit and my dad had to put wire supports under them. I'm trying to pick more and take better care of the plant to ensure bigger harvests! When I move out of the house I'm definitely taking a sapling of this bush with me. I don't know if this will produce good fruit but it's the memories that count.

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