I picked while the kids played nearby. Its hard to pick from the trees, but my determination did not go unseen. A 10 minute spurt of hard afternoon rain- A gift from the Rain Gods/Goddess in my opinion- helped knock the ripe ones down. As you see above, I used 1 gallon(?) pails- which belong to the kids for the purpose of THEM picking berries. There are so many, I may just pick and freeze a big amount for later uses.The ones above have become yummy snacks and tonight a batch of Mulberry mead will be started.MULBERRY MEAD
2# (pounds)wildflower honey*
12 ozs. frozen mulberries
water up to 1 gallon
Red Star Montrachet yeast (makes a semi dry so I will try this batch with Lalvin EC-1118 yeast which is a champagne yeast)
Pasturize and skim honey at 170F for 1/2 hour.
Add frozen mulberries at end of heating. Pitch with rehydrated Red Star Montrachet yeast.(** lalvin EC-1118) Use NO nutriment.
Rack to secondary after 9 days, as berries begin to bleach. Bottle when 2 months old.
*Author said if you want it sweeter to use 3# of honey instead of 2.
2# (pounds)wildflower honey*
12 ozs. frozen mulberries
water up to 1 gallon
Red Star Montrachet yeast (makes a semi dry so I will try this batch with Lalvin EC-1118 yeast which is a champagne yeast)
Pasturize and skim honey at 170F for 1/2 hour.
Add frozen mulberries at end of heating. Pitch with rehydrated Red Star Montrachet yeast.(** lalvin EC-1118) Use NO nutriment.
Rack to secondary after 9 days, as berries begin to bleach. Bottle when 2 months old.
*Author said if you want it sweeter to use 3# of honey instead of 2.
One of Panda's found summer treasures- heart shaped mulberriesI may just try my hand at some
Mulberry Lemonade!
( Quoted from its original poster- click the above title for link)
"one-third cup of juice to fix yourself a refreshing glass of mulberry lemonade! Fresh lemons are best with this! Just squeeze the juice from half of a lemon and add two teaspoons of sugar to it. Add that mixture to the mulberry juice, and fill the glass with ice cubes. Splash in cold club soda to top it off, and enjoy!"
2 cups of mulberries equal 1 cup of juice.
Its that time of year!
(Notice: no fireflys were smooshed, smashed, or smeared in any of the children's " collections")
These wonderful early summer like nights, have brought out the fireflies in masses. The children have begged to stay out "just a little more" as the night falls upon them. I love sitting out on the porch as they run around with Mason Jars in hand, yelling out to each other "over here! theres another over here!". To see the flashes twinkle in the yard, hear laughter echoing into the night and children running barefoot through the grass fills my heart with such happiness.
Ahhh....The call of summer nights....
Sweetest dreams,
~Tammie
Mulberry Lemonade!
( Quoted from its original poster- click the above title for link)
"one-third cup of juice to fix yourself a refreshing glass of mulberry lemonade! Fresh lemons are best with this! Just squeeze the juice from half of a lemon and add two teaspoons of sugar to it. Add that mixture to the mulberry juice, and fill the glass with ice cubes. Splash in cold club soda to top it off, and enjoy!"
2 cups of mulberries equal 1 cup of juice.
Its that time of year!
(Notice: no fireflys were smooshed, smashed, or smeared in any of the children's " collections")
These wonderful early summer like nights, have brought out the fireflies in masses. The children have begged to stay out "just a little more" as the night falls upon them. I love sitting out on the porch as they run around with Mason Jars in hand, yelling out to each other "over here! theres another over here!". To see the flashes twinkle in the yard, hear laughter echoing into the night and children running barefoot through the grass fills my heart with such happiness. Ahhh....The call of summer nights....
Sweetest dreams,
~Tammie
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