Transformed four kilograms of blackberries into a bit over three kilograms of blackberry jelly. https://lyse.isobeef.org/brombeergelee-2024-08-19/ The leftover jelly did not fit in prepared canning jars, so I dumped it in a regular drinking glass (which was a mustard glass in its former life):
The rest is cooling off on the bench outside.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Nice. There’s a park here in town with giant blackberry bushes everywhere. They’re my favorite invasive species.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Ahh, good old Senfglastradition. Looks delicious. 👍
@mckinley@twtxt.net Oh, I didn’t know they’re not native to the US. These bushes grow very rapidly like weeds. I know a few places where they have been heavily cut back, almost cleared completely, but a year later, they’ve already exceeded two meters of height again. Pretty cool. :-)
@movq@www.uninformativ.de It’s very yummy. :-) Unfortunately, the mustard manifacturer changed the traditional slip-on caps to screw caps. Haven’t seen the old jars anymore.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org We have some native blackberry species but around here (Northern California) we have Himalayan blackberry bushes which are very invasive. They match your description but I don’t know much about the different species. If left unchecked in an area with plenty of sun, they’ll smother all the lower plants and expand until they can’t anymore.
@mckinley@twtxt.net Wow, I was not aware, that there are different kinds of blackberries. But of course there are. Everything has all sorts of different species, why would it be different with these tasty guys? :-)
I just read up on them and – surprise, surprise – it turns out, the Himalayans are not native to most of Europe either. Doh! It gets even more interesting, their origin is unclear. Maybe Armenia and the Caucasus region. Fascinating!