The Metropolis

Now is a good time to pick and eat London's blackberries

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 4 August, 2011 10:34

In late August and through September they are ripe, and they are juicy.

Good places to find blackberries in London include:

• Hackney Marshes
• Hampstead Heath
• Wormwood Scrubs
• Wimbledon Common
• Hyde Park

And anywhere else that seems likely, you’ll work it out.

Try to avoid fruit on a main road – exhaust fumes affect the taste. Also if it’s clinging to the bush, it’s not ready. A ripe blackberry requires the gentlest pluck.

Things to do with them include:

• Blackberry vodka
• Blackberry crumble
• Blackberry smoothie
• Blackberry jam
• Blackberry loads of other recipes

Also remember that blackberries freeze tremendously well. So pluck the hell out of em.

Image by fazen on Flickr

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