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Got the try the PNW native blackberries this year for the first time. I've picked the invasive Himalayan ones all my life-- and thought they were pretty good-- but damn have I been missing out.
The native ones are a lot smaller and harder to find in a useful quantity, but holy shit are they good. Sweeter, more flavorful, fewer thorns on the plant. I can't wait to find some more.
Got to make my own thimbleberry jam this year for the first time too. Less enthusiastic about thimbleberries, but they're all right. Kinda like hyper-delicate, mediocre raspberries. A little lemon zest and sugar help the flavor. At least they scratch my foraging itch while I wait for better things to show up.
Anyone got some suggestions for a better way to use thimbleberries? I've got access to a huge patch, but I'm not to keen to pick a shitload without something better to do with them.
What's ripe in your neck of the woods?
