tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6837856868030355747..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Get Thee To A FlummeryMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4741216338511874402011-04-05T15:26:59.234-07:002011-04-05T15:26:59.234-07:00If Barbara Kingsolver lived in the NW, she would h...If Barbara Kingsolver lived in the NW, she would have changed a bit of her dialogue in Prodigal Suumer to "Shit Aunt Lusa! The damn booger honeysuckles done et your garage!"<br>Instead, being from the south, she wrote honeysuckle. <br>It's one of my favorite lines from any book ever written.Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83795905340799515622011-04-05T15:26:58.801-07:002011-04-05T15:26:58.801-07:00I remember when I was a kid, my folks used to take...I remember when I was a kid, my folks used to take me to where blackberry bushes ran pampant, and we'd pick "in public" to our hearts content, and nobody cared. Now that place is known as "Gresham".<br><br>And here on the coast, there are still places that blackberry bushes grow wild, right across the street from our apt... and the deer also love to pick and eat, and Jack Sparrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34833695369199510722011-04-05T15:26:58.452-07:002011-04-05T15:26:58.452-07:00This is a delightful piece, Murr. I was elated whe...This is a delightful piece, Murr. I was elated when I first started coming to Patagonia as a backpacker back in the '70s to find that there were blackberries growing like crazy in the mountain wilds. <br>Blackberry pie, on my! When I was a little boy we often vacationed in northern Michigan along with my paternal grandparents. My job was to go with Grandma Alice and pick blackberries in the Dan Newlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09572041150601642050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60168560480438151262011-04-05T15:26:58.023-07:002011-04-05T15:26:58.023-07:00Thanks! To those not in the know, Marionberries we...Thanks! To those not in the know, Marionberries were developed here in Oregon (in Marion county) and are delicious and chiefly used to put in jars and send to people in Washington, D.C., where they become hilarious.Murrhttp://murrbrewster.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76238024769287488432010-09-10T05:53:14.765-07:002010-09-10T05:53:14.765-07:00I can't help you stomp. I'm a big enough g...I can't help you stomp. I'm a big enough guy, but I have somewhat smallish feet.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50139597737926991092010-09-03T16:48:16.324-07:002010-09-03T16:48:16.324-07:00Yes, we have some wild ones growing here on the fa...Yes, we have some wild ones growing here on the farm, and they are nasty bastards, but so worth a little pain. Never attempted a pie though, but I imagine a big, hot piece with some ice cream on it might be worth a whole lotta pain.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47219321611929557752010-09-02T20:03:42.223-07:002010-09-02T20:03:42.223-07:00That is very cool. I'm pretty sure my mom woul...That is very cool. I'm pretty sure my mom would have had something to say.Murrhttp://murrbrewster.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6993175411099476462010-09-02T18:42:41.716-07:002010-09-02T18:42:41.716-07:00One day when I was about seven, I came home from p...One day when I was about seven, I came home from picking blackberries near our farm at the edge of the Everglades, and told my mom that there had been a couple of black bears picking at the other end. <br /><br />I thought it was cool, but in retrospect it was nowhere near as cool as mom. She smiled, said to be careful, and never mentioned it again. A few days later the neighbor brought us a digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28837524353146860952010-09-02T07:42:10.957-07:002010-09-02T07:42:10.957-07:00I continue to sample blackberries, but none have c...I continue to sample blackberries, but none have come close to the wild ones around Scappoose. We'd just wander along the back roads (actually in those days all the roads out there were back roads) and pick off the easy ones, scratch-free.SylvanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955404777125012811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38103778175494118962010-09-02T06:45:28.194-07:002010-09-02T06:45:28.194-07:00Thanks! To those not in the know, Marionberries we...Thanks! To those not in the know, Marionberries were developed here in Oregon (in Marion county) and are delicious and chiefly used to put in jars and send to people in Washington, D.C., where they become hilarious.Murrhttp://murrbrewster.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32576216976041116792010-09-02T06:37:41.534-07:002010-09-02T06:37:41.534-07:00We found blackberries growing beside old steps goi...We found blackberries growing beside old steps going up into the medieval town of Rye in England. Of course Himself made every excuse to use that as our route to anywhere else so he could have a little feast. Funny to think that it was the Canadians picking them in public! <br /><br />Sweet post, Murr!Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13013470640671457592010-09-02T05:38:10.187-07:002010-09-02T05:38:10.187-07:00This is a delightful piece, Murr. I was elated whe...This is a delightful piece, Murr. I was elated when I first started coming to Patagonia as a backpacker back in the '70s to find that there were blackberries growing like crazy in the mountain wilds. <br />Blackberry pie, on my! When I was a little boy we often vacationed in northern Michigan along with my paternal grandparents. My job was to go with Grandma Alice and pick blackberries in theDan Newlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572041150601642050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16384819705080218332010-09-01T23:50:58.175-07:002010-09-01T23:50:58.175-07:00Oh, Willow, my tortoise Willow loves to look at he...Oh, Willow, my tortoise Willow loves to look at her Blue Willow plates, too. <br /><br />Kat, that's one of my favorite lines, as well. It even gets quoted in a poem of mine--but it's not about blackberries.<br /><br />Ekdowns, beware the aerial sludge that falls from an onramp atmosphere. Berries are really good at picking up pollutants, so your grocery store option is a good one (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74676573998038189112010-09-01T19:35:05.704-07:002010-09-01T19:35:05.704-07:00I remember when I was a kid, my folks used to take...I remember when I was a kid, my folks used to take me to where blackberry bushes ran pampant, and we'd pick "in public" to our hearts content, and nobody cared. Now that place is known as "Gresham".<br /><br />And here on the coast, there are still places that blackberry bushes grow wild, right across the street from our apt... and the deer also love to pick and eat, and Jack Sparrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12070891384562146722010-09-01T18:15:21.176-07:002010-09-01T18:15:21.176-07:00Oh, no, no! The slits in the top pie crust are for...Oh, no, no! The slits in the top pie crust are for when you forget to put even a teaspoon of sugar in a cherry pie, and discover that about 15 minutes after you put it in the oven. Spoon the sugar in any way you can. If you get the right piece, not bad. If you get the wrong piece NOT good. :o)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21835656014985642402010-09-01T16:13:01.409-07:002010-09-01T16:13:01.409-07:00You have blackberries, my dad in NC has kudzu. But...You have blackberries, my dad in NC has kudzu. But kudzu does NOT a good cobbler make LOL!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23955464389229124552010-09-01T16:07:20.920-07:002010-09-01T16:07:20.920-07:00If Barbara Kingsolver lived in the NW, she would h...If Barbara Kingsolver lived in the NW, she would have changed a bit of her dialogue in Prodigal Suumer to "Shit Aunt Lusa! The damn booger honeysuckles done et your garage!"<br />Instead, being from the south, she wrote honeysuckle. <br />It's one of my favorite lines from any book ever written.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88077004761642078562010-09-01T15:29:27.820-07:002010-09-01T15:29:27.820-07:00What is worse is when a negligent neighbor blithel...What is worse is when a negligent neighbor blithely allows blackberries to sprout in their back yard; which then poke through, under and around the fence into MY yard!.<br /><br />Not that I would ever do this, mine you, but I have HEARD that some people (ahem) have been known to poke their little sprayer loaded with high octane "Roundup" between the fence boards and waft a bit of Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27966401331822872072010-09-01T15:25:52.701-07:002010-09-01T15:25:52.701-07:00A blackberry cobbler or crisp: Yum-E!
(You should...A blackberry cobbler or crisp: Yum-E!<br /><br />(You should drop by my blog because there is something eerie going on.)Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63647892740361615452010-09-01T15:20:12.101-07:002010-09-01T15:20:12.101-07:00I suspect you'd have a higher success rate (or...I suspect you'd have a higher success rate (or at least less trepidation) if you did things beer first, berry-picking second.<br /><br />And speaking of goats, here's a neat little story from my part of MD: about five years ago, a cadre of goats was recruited to mitigate the spread of invasives overtaking Sligo Creek. Of course it worked like a charm, until the overzealous ungulates CNemeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647835899067367137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88027528046371329312010-09-01T10:36:57.305-07:002010-09-01T10:36:57.305-07:00I miss blackberries! My favorite was cobbler. I ...I miss blackberries! My favorite was cobbler. I have volunteer raspberries trying to take over my lawn. They are just as pernicious as blackberry canes but don't grow quite as fast as they would in Oregon. Drier climate and all that.Debbie Barneshttp://djbsphotoadventures.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76199468763132480682010-09-01T09:51:51.989-07:002010-09-01T09:51:51.989-07:00I raise blackberries and thistles on my farm, they...I raise blackberries and thistles on my farm, they're my main crop ... at least, that's what I tell city folk that see the mess that has invaded every fence-line and threatens to run you over if you stand still too long. It may not grow as fast as kudzu, but it does sneak up on you...Kimberly Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393537529349019301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19417627547882335252010-09-01T09:18:55.578-07:002010-09-01T09:18:55.578-07:00Here in Canada we get blackberries in these tiny l...Here in Canada we get blackberries in these tiny little 1/4lb containers at the grocery store for about $6. I guess the money is worth it, eh? (added stereotype for all y'all's benefit, teehee)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567171584953107044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84463025564592987042010-09-01T08:58:17.839-07:002010-09-01T08:58:17.839-07:00A pandowdie? flummery? grunt? you talk funny but t...A pandowdie? flummery? grunt? you talk funny but that pie shure looks tasty!Susan Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155106135649887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-708099868134886792010-09-01T08:25:18.179-07:002010-09-01T08:25:18.179-07:00Wonderful piece. I'll check out Sasquatch'...Wonderful piece. I'll check out Sasquatch's crop the next time I drop in for a visit.Frank Lee MeiDerehttp://probablydontlikeyou.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com