I ran out of berries for my breakfasts, so FarmBoy agreed to pick some with me on our walk this afternoon. I picked enough blackberries, the first of the summer, for my yogurt in the morning. We also found some black raspberries, which he called Black Caps, the first I had ever encountered. They looked just like raspberries on a raspberry bush, but the red ones are still "green" and the ripe ones are just the color of ripe blackberries. They were too tart to be good off the bush, but I added sugar to them at home, and made them into syrup for our dinner of whole wheat pancakes. Yum!Best of all, though, on our walk today, were the thimble berries, which we ate right off the bush. They produce lots and lots of foliage, with few berries, as seen above. But they are worth scrounging around for. They are very sweet and have a nice texture, like fresh strawberry jam right off of a bush. Highly recommended!
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