Tuesday, July 7, 2009

tayberries are here!


Perhaps you were like me and asking what the heck is a tayberry? We went raspberry picking on the weekend, and whilst picking noticed a sign for Tayberrries... turns out that they aren't mutant long raspberries (as I was calling them), but a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry... and they are soooo good! Noticing that no one else in the field seemed very interested, we went to town... realizing pretty quickly why not a lot of people like to pick them... argh.. can the bushes be any thornier? At times I had to make sure my red stained fingers were from the fruit and not from the constant slivers I was getting. Anyhoo, after an hour of stealthy ninja-like picking maneuvers we managed to get a big bucket of them... and it was sooo worth it! 
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31 comments:

  1. Kate8085July 7, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Whatcha gonna make?
    Those look delicious!!

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  2. Home DeconomicsJuly 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    i love all the crazy berry hybrids you can find in the northwest. Oregon is the King when it comes to berry varieties. Can't wait to make pies and jams out of them all!

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  3. ViviJuly 7, 2009 at 8:41 AM

    I've never heard of tayberries, but I so want to try them now. Sounds like the thorns make them even better in the end!

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  4. Felix and JayneJuly 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM

    those look delicious! i'll have to keep an eye out for tayberries from now on!

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  5. StaceyJuly 7, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    ooooh, I was wondering what those were when I saw the title to your post. They look delicious and so so fresh.

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  6. GraceJuly 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    Those look so yummy! Lovely colors, too!

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  7. AudreyJuly 7, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    I've never heard of a tayberry. They are thornier than raspberries? We always had a big raspberry patch in our garden. Hated picking them, not my favorite berry either.

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  8. UnknownJuly 7, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    tayberry jam! tayberry jam!

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  9. Melissa LisbonJuly 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    These are beautiful! I have never heard of these either. Do you guys have ollalieberries up there? We do here, and they are fantastic in ANYTHING backed - here's my post on these scrumptious berries:

    http://californiablue.tumblr.com/post/128803551/the-crumble-competition-so-i-have-been-in-search

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  10. Kristy's Custom CreationsJuly 7, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    Mmmmm, my mouth is watering! I bet they'll make a fantastic cobbler.

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  11. mirandaJuly 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    tayberries, eh? i'd never heard of them but thought they were just some weirdo raspberries! oh now i must go find some too - they look yummy!

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  12. Christy JJuly 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Cool!

    Love your work by the way:-) I really want one of those wood burned panels.

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  13. Robert W. LeonardJuly 7, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    Oh man, NOW I'm hungry! :)

    Those look delicious!

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  14. Southern BelleJuly 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    those look yummy

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  15. UnknownJuly 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    Woah! Those look WONDERFUL!! I wonder if any farms around here grow them.

    I kind like your name for them, though. "Mutant long raspberries."

    One time on Gilmore Girls (good show) Jackson (the produce guy) created "rasquats." A cross between a kumquat and a raspberry. I have wanted to find someone who did that ever since I saw that episode. I LOVE hybrid fruit!

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  16. Art by TrinaJuly 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    I had never heard of a tayberry. Those look delicious!

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  17. Almost PreciousJuly 7, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    Your photos are pretty enough to eat, can imagine that the berries are divine...hmm divine...de berries on de vine are divine ! Sorry about that, couldn't resist...as Flip Wilson used to say; "Da Deble made be do it!" hee,hee. ;D Anna

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  18. Almost PreciousJuly 7, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Oops...insert "me" for the "be" in "made be do it". =O

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  19. LindseyJuly 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    wow learned something new today, I had never heard of tayberries!

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  20. belinda marshallJuly 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    ooh, they look amazing + yum!

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  21. Mary-LaureJuly 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    Oh I wish I could taste these. Berries are the best part of the summer; or one of the best parts.

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  22. Almay AldayJuly 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    I've never met a berry I didn't like, except one guy named Barry! Someone would have to drag me out of that patch, because I would have sat there and ate me way out!

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  23. MalloryJuly 8, 2009 at 2:00 AM

    as a berry fanatic... i am so disappointed with myself for not knowing these existed!

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  24. HypnotransformationsJuly 8, 2009 at 5:36 AM

    mmm! I have a big bush of blackberries right outside my office window. I have to get very stealthy to get them, lol.

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  25. BeesAndTreesJuly 8, 2009 at 6:28 AM

    We might have some in our "yard" (overgrown woods by our driveway). We have these crazy bushes with traffic cone orange, gigantic thorns and raspberry looking berries.

    I'm kind of afraid to pick them though because bright orange rarely appears in nature...

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  26. Nicomi Nix TurnerJuly 8, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    What the heck!? They look like raspberries on steroids!

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  27. amandaJuly 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    so funny, because before i read the first words in the post, i thought what the heck is a tayberry. good info to know. although i think i might be scared to eat a tayberry, it does look mutantish. but since you say its delicious, i might sneak a bite if i ever find one.

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  28. LaAliciaJuly 8, 2009 at 2:38 PM

    they're gorgeous and I'm sure just as yummy! are you making jam? pie? or eating 'em the way they are?

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  29. ARTISANNE DESIGNJuly 8, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    We get those over here!! Now I know what they are, ha! Very yummy :0)

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  30. AikJuly 10, 2009 at 4:46 AM

    I've never heard of tayberries, but they sure look delicious! Can it survive in Malaysia --- where the temperature is about 27 degree celsius? If yes, I'd like to plant them in my garden. Mmmm...

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  31. missknitsJuly 10, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    oh wow! i never heard of tayberries before either but they look so sweet! great pictures too!

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