The first couple of weeks of fall in DC have been incredibly beautiful this year. To celebrate the great weather, my friends, Leshone, Tagiri, Adam and I went to Butler's Orchard in Germantown, MD to pick apples. Sadly, when we arrived, we were informed that the apple picking ended the day before. BUT, we were in time for raspberry and pumpkin picking.
I was less than enthused about picking berries at first. I only imagined scratching my arms and hands on the prickly bushes. However, once I began lifting branches to find ruby red treasures, my spirits were lifted. After about an hour, we had collected several pounds of sweet berries that tasted more like candy than fruit.
The next day, I searched my two favorite food websites, allrecipes.com and foodnetwork.com for raspberry pie recipes. I finally ended up on a completely different site, www.baking911.com and found tips on how to make berry pie. The finished product looked beautiful but when I cut it, I found a soupy mess. I was devasted that I had used both baskets of my beautiful berries to make what became raspberry sauce in a shell. Oh well. I'll just have to try again next time I can get away to pick fresh berries.
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