A very fun read, Geoff. Lots of humor if you digest slowly. I've been noticing the blueberries we get at Publix are all show and no taste. I'll take you up on swallowing the roughage. The last serious berry picking I did was at my motel in Seattle waiting for the senior member of our engineering team to pick us up for a visit to Boeing (it wasn't the 737). I noticed along the chain link fence a hedge of naturally growing blackberries. Some of the best I've tasted. There's one more memory you sparked. The first time I ever had homemade ice cream was at 4820 Henican, which I believe was churned out on a hand cranked machine. Vanilla was served with fresh blueberries added once it was spooned out. I raved to my family about this new dessert. So we got to work on Albert Ct. to duplicate this experience. Dad bought an electric version, which I was glad to see, remembering that that hand cranking wouldn't work unless you had a team effort. Well, we learned that you don't add the blueberries to the raw mix, but afterwards. There's a good chemistry lesson in making ice cream as well - properties of salt in solution.
Those blackberries in Seattle sound delicious. Homemade ice cream is hard to beat, especially if made in an electric mixer. Agree handcranking requires teamwork, which is hard to obtain.
A very fun read, Geoff. Lots of humor if you digest slowly. I've been noticing the blueberries we get at Publix are all show and no taste. I'll take you up on swallowing the roughage. The last serious berry picking I did was at my motel in Seattle waiting for the senior member of our engineering team to pick us up for a visit to Boeing (it wasn't the 737). I noticed along the chain link fence a hedge of naturally growing blackberries. Some of the best I've tasted. There's one more memory you sparked. The first time I ever had homemade ice cream was at 4820 Henican, which I believe was churned out on a hand cranked machine. Vanilla was served with fresh blueberries added once it was spooned out. I raved to my family about this new dessert. So we got to work on Albert Ct. to duplicate this experience. Dad bought an electric version, which I was glad to see, remembering that that hand cranking wouldn't work unless you had a team effort. Well, we learned that you don't add the blueberries to the raw mix, but afterwards. There's a good chemistry lesson in making ice cream as well - properties of salt in solution.
Those blackberries in Seattle sound delicious. Homemade ice cream is hard to beat, especially if made in an electric mixer. Agree handcranking requires teamwork, which is hard to obtain.