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Default In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

zxcvbob > wrote in
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> Wayne wrote:
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>> zxcvbob > wrote in
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>>>Can you grow blackberries there if you use drip irrigation? There's
>>>a variety called "Youngberry" that is especially good and kind of
>>>sour.

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>> That might be a consideration for the future. We're currently in a
>> rental for at least the next year. I'd hate to just get a start and
>> never see the fruit. :-)
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>>>One of these days I'm gonna try making a pie with diced dried
>>>apricots reconstituted in roselle juice (an inky-red sour hibiscus).
>>>I know you can buy dried roselle in the Latin markets there. Look at
>>>the black-and-white picture halfway down this page:
>>>http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html

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>> That's interesting, and I really like dried apricots. As far as the
>> hibiscus, I used to drink a hibiscus tea at a vegetarian restaurant
>> years ago. It was delicious. I could imagine combining these for a
>> pie. I'll look for the roselle juice when I next go to a Latin
>> market. They're certainly not difficult to find here. I'm sure I
>> could dilute it for a tea as well.

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> Look for dried roselle; the label will say something like "Flor de
> Jamaica". Or if you're really lucky you might find it fresh but I
> doubt it. Boil the dried roselle in water to extract the juice.


I'm sure they'll have it. I printed the picture. Have you made the
extract before?


>> How did you pie turn out?
>>

>
> It looks a lot better than I expected. I was kind of sloppy putting
> on the top crust but it turned out OK anyway. I'll cut it tomorrow
> for breakfast. If I cut it hot it will be too runny. It won't be
> cooled down to "just warm enough" for at least an hour.


It's sure to be good. I'm always over-anxious with warm pies. It's all
I can do to wait until it's "just right". :-) I always did like pie for
breakfast!

I made a sour cream raisin pie for the holiday. Not a baked filling, but
a stovetop cooked cream pie filling with sour cream in it, then adding
plumped raisins. Pie topped with meringue. I had a piece of it the next
morning for breakfast.

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Wayne in Phoenix

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