Memories for My Cookbook

I could write this as a recipe but for time I will just write it out in bullet point.
  • start with simple stories and weave them around other memories where you have a family recipe.
My sister and I used to pick berries from a tree on the corner of the street. The tree had an odd shape but it produced the sweetest berries. We would pass by that tree and eat the berries. We never picked them and brought them home. Just stood under that tree and ate the berries. Years later we found out the name of the tree was a mulberry tree. Upon moving to Minnesota many years later I saw this berry tree on my property. I recognized the berries as mulberries but the trees were a totally different shape. The berries were as sweet as in my youth but now I go and pick them into a plastic bag that I put in my freezer which I add to my protein breakfast shakes. I have used them when I run out of blueberries that I pick at the lake. The last two years the blueberries season has been non productive since the dry spring and late frost. I hope that this year might be better. I will be going out in the woods this weekend and start picking if they are ripe.

If you purchased my CD you know that blueberries are every where and why but I thought for those who don't own a copy yet I would give you my Aunt Lisa's blueberry pie recipe. The key here is to add the cooked berries to uncooked berries. The crunch of the uncooked blueberries just gives it a great eating experience.

Aunt Lisa’s Amish Blueberry Pie

       INGREDIENTS
4 cups blueberries (preferably picked with a great story but store bought will do)
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 heaping teaspoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 baked pie shell cooled
Whip cream optional (great with vanilla ice cream that you made or store bought too)

        INSTRUCTIONS:
Mash 1 cup of blueberries. Cook on medium heat, add water, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and the mashed blueberries.  Stir constantly until it thickens and turns into a glossy color.
Mix the remaining blueberries and mix lightly then put mixture in cooled baked pie shell.
Let pie cool & serve with whip cream.


Posted by Hella at 7/9/2008 8:43 AM
Categories: Create a Family Recipe Cookbook
 

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  • 8/5/2008 5:43 PM Paulette wrote:
    The tree was a weeping mulberry. I don't know how common the tree is. Because of this tree I have a special fondness for any weeping tree. I love the way the branches swing in the wind.
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