Carolyn, "company"? So what are we? Chopped liver??
Prem, I'm wicha on the blackberries. They are, without a doubt, the best. We used to pick them on my Grandfather's farm in Kentucky. I was just laughing about it with my sister tonight on the phone. We'd go out with out little metal buckets for what seemed like days (in reality it was probably more like an hour) and we'd come back with about 1/4 of the bucket filled. Most of the berries we picked were safely stashed in our bellies. My Grandmother made THE BEST Blackberry jams and cobblers you'd ever eat. I saw a good way to freeze berries on Martha Stuart. You place them on a cookie tray and freeze them. Then, once they're frozen, you can take them off the tray and put them in freezer bags. That method keeps them from mushing together. Pretty cool, huh? SH