Comments on: Berry sweet memories

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:54:43 +0000

This is great. I am glad that you love berries as much as I do. I like to can them, eat them and I like to give them away for Christmas. They are always a treat for everyone.

By: kathy

kathy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:58:32 +0000

My mother has been pawning these off on me for years — she has a bumper crop EVERY yea. They seem to be an easy thing to grow. I usually make juice out of a mixture of tayberries and raspberries and sometimes blueberries. Just get the biggest pot you have fill with water, dump in a small freezer bag of both tay and raspberries and sugar, boil the crap out of it, and let cool down (usually outside overnight) then pour through cheesecloth into pitchers (or 4-quart plastic milk containers or litre pop containers, after pouring first into a container with a spout of course).

My mother also makes this killer dessert that everyone always expects her to schlep to all family functions all year long. Graham crust, tayberry filling (probably with knox gelatine) and then either whipped cream or meringue on top. (The meringue is the best.) Tayberry on graham crust is the best flavor, especially if it sits for a few days in the fridge as leftovers. It’s usually the first thing to be divided up after the meal to take home.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:56:15 +0000

I just had Tayberry jam for the first time this week and fell head over heels. But where did you get the berries!?

By: A

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:24:38 +0000

Where did you get the tayberries? They sound amazing!

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:27:52 +0000

Come up to Eugene and visit in July, and we’ll hook you up with boysenberries! But I have to admit that tayberries are by far my favorite. I make tayberry jam every year. It’s great with cassis, but I like your Peychaud’s idea.

By: My Own CanJam Berry Roundup | Grow & Resist

My Own CanJam Berry Roundup | Grow & Resist — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:09:15 +0000

[...] Married with Dinner tried some different and added bitters to her jam! Never would have thought of that…but brilliant! Tayberry-Peychaud Preserves is what they came up with. [...]

By: meg

meg — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:38:28 +0000

It never occurred to me to use bitters in jam either! Fantastic idea…and I’m dying to try tayberries!

By: Helene

Helene — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:38:09 +0000

Wow! That color is amazing! I have never had a tayberry but from your description I know I’d like them

By: philandlauren

philandlauren — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:37:37 +0000

I too recall boysenberries, primarily in the form of sherbet (or was it ice cream?). Anyhow, it is a distinct berry, which is sadly forgotten in bland berrydom. Hail the tayberry.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:54:24 +0000

It never occurred to me to put bitters in my jam but now I’m wondering why the hell it didn’t. That is brilliant.