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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/22/20 05:01 PM
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reeltexan
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My wife and me used to pick them all the time back when we were young. The girl can make a dewberry cobbler that is sublime.
and yes snakes and chiggers can be present as well......
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: bill oxner]
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04/22/20 05:28 PM
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Nice. My plants in N.Texas have just blossomed; I'm expecting a bumper crop - plants are 6ft high and as big round as thumb! The dewberries in my area seldom grow above knee high. They're actually 2 slightly different species. True dewberries stay pretty close to the ground and the berries aren't quite as big as a blackberry. Blackberry vines can get pretty big and the berries very large. You would be hard-pressed to tell the difference in taste between the two though. I've picked wild blackberries in GA,VA,TX and OK. Chiggers? Stickers on the vines. No chiggers.
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/22/20 10:41 PM
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RGLass
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My grandma made us dewberry pies from the berries we picked. I miss her and those pies! Both were the best!
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: RGLass]
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04/22/20 10:54 PM
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bill oxner
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My grandma made us dewberry pies from the berries we picked. I miss her and those pies! Both were the best!
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/22/20 11:14 PM
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Dad and Mom would find a place along the railroad track and then turn us 4 kids loose! They would sit in the car and watch while we harvested those dewberries and fed the resident chiggers and mosquitoes! We'd be itchin' and scratchin' for a few days afterwards. but got very little sympathy from the folks!! Loved us some dewberry pie and dewberry cobbles, especially when there was a scoop of home-made ice cream on top. (BTW, we kids were responsible for cranking the handle on the ice cream maker, and feeding it the ice and salt it required!)
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/23/20 12:37 AM
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RGLass
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I cranked the ice cream maker till I had noodle arms! Not a kid today would understand!
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: RGLass]
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04/23/20 01:44 AM
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I cranked the ice cream maker till I had noodle arms! Not a kid today would understand! I'm not a kid but I definitely understand.
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/23/20 01:53 AM
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plan on picking a bunch this weekend.
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: mikei]
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04/23/20 03:11 AM
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Dad and Mom would find a place along the railroad track and then turn us 4 kids loose! They would sit in the car and watch while we harvested those dewberries and fed the resident chiggers and mosquitoes! We'd be itchin' and scratchin' for a few days afterwards. but got very little sympathy from the folks!! Loved us some dewberry pie and dewberry cobbles, especially when there was a scoop of home-made ice cream on top. (BTW, we kids were responsible for cranking the handle on the ice cream maker, and feeding it the ice and salt it required!) I remember them days too well Anyone know how if dewberries make good jelly?
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Re: Dewberries
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04/23/20 03:22 AM
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Dad and Mom would find a place along the railroad track and then turn us 4 kids loose! They would sit in the car and watch while we harvested those dewberries and fed the resident chiggers and mosquitoes! We'd be itchin' and scratchin' for a few days afterwards. but got very little sympathy from the folks!! Loved us some dewberry pie and dewberry cobbles, especially when there was a scoop of home-made ice cream on top. (BTW, we kids were responsible for cranking the handle on the ice cream maker, and feeding it the ice and salt it required!) I remember them days too well Anyone know how if dewberries make good jelly? Yes
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Re: Dewberries
[Re: NewGulf]
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04/23/20 03:49 AM
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Son of a Blitch
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Just made a dewberry cobbler last night. Plan to get a ton more and do some jellies, preserves, pies, etc. Did run a cross a good sized copperhead while getting them! Snakes boots are always on, as extra insurance.
Last edited by Son of a Blitch; 04/23/20 03:50 AM.
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