Tag Archives: blackberry

More about edible gifts

I traded edibles with Elisa. My Christmas cookies for her preserves: one jar each of beets, blackberry jam (with the seeds, huzzah!) and pickles.

ZOMG, homemade pickles. I’m not sharing.

A seedy post

Sometimes I confuse myself. For instance, when it comes to strawberry or raspberry jam, I insist that the seeds be in it. Seedless raspberry jam is no fun whatsoever. But then today, I made myself a banana-blackberry smoothie. Given what I just said about raspberry jam, you’d expect me to be all over the seeds, right?

Wrong.

One sip into the smoothie, I got distracted by the seeds and had to get the strainer. That’s right kids, I actually strained my smoothie. I’m high-maintenance like that.