This year the blackberries at the parental homestead have been going apeshit. I've never seen such fat sweet blackberries -- the really ripe ones don't need even a grain of sugar.
I stuffed most of those straight down the pie hole either whilst picking or during a blackberry-appreciation moment with B to whom I was giving a bunch of the loot.
As for the rest of them, the lovely but not quite as oozingly sweet ones, they were absolutely gorgeous with vanilla ice cream. Normally I dislike dairy and berries, finding that the creaminess mutes the berry flavors, but this particular combo rocks the house, bringing out the best qualities of both.
Posted by foodnerd at August 18, 2009 12:50 PM