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The Online Magazine FOR and ABOUT Southside Virginia |
1/18/2021 |
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Berry PickingFun Outdoor Activity or Ethical Dilemma?
By Maria Scinto
It’s that time of year again when berries are ripe, fresh, and best of all local,
Okay, sounds like a fun family outing, and my son can’t get enough of any and all types of berries. Needless to say, he was definitely up for a trip to our local pick-your-own blackberry farm (whose name I will not disclose, for reasons to be revealed shortly). The problem with my plan to spend the perfect early-summer Saturday lay in the fact that my son
My son, however, must have been putting away about five berries for each one that went in his basket.
I tried to justify it at first
by saying that at least we were providing free farm labor, but after he’d eaten what
At the end of the day, he got a free (and very healthy) lunch, and I got a sunburned nose. And we did actually purchase three pints of
blackberries. As I assumed my son wouldn’t want any more berries for a while, I decided to make the following recipe for a blackberry-based barbecue sauce.
I adapted it from one of Emeril Lagasse’s recipes, but he used raspberries in place of blackberries.
Blackberry Chipotle Sauce Recipe • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
Preparation: In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic to the pan and sauté for one minute.
Add the chipotles and cook, stirring continuously, for one minute. Add the blackberries and cook until these are soft, two to three minutes.
Add the cider vinegar and stir it around to deglaze the pan. Add the brown sugar and the salt and bring the sauce to a boil.
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