Blackberry cobbler is our family's favorite. Here's my grandma's recipe. It's super easy, and soooo yummy!
1/2 -1 cube butter (whole cube makes it crispier)
1/2 cup sugar (I use half of that, at most)
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Mix the flour, sugar, flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in the butter. Add the milk. Pour the batter into a greased 9"x9" baking pan. Sprinkle 2 cups (I usually use about 3 cups, and even Grandma's changed to that) blackberries, then sprinkle 1 cup sugar (again, I use half of that, at most) evenly over the berries. Pour 1 cup cold water over everything. Bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes. I know it sounds strange, but the batter rises to the top and makes a wonderfully crisp topping, and water makes the berries nice and juicy. I hope you try it.
And in terms of hybrid berries, they're perfectly safe (so long as you're not allergic to one of the berries they've hybridized). It's not like GE at all. Hybridizing is what they've been doing for centuries to come up with all the varieties of fruits and veggies we eat today. I can't remember the science of it exactly, and it varies. I think that it can involve cross-pollinating or grafting. There are probably other methods, too. Genetic Engineering is done in a laboratory with test tubes, and it's doing something that's not at all natural. Often they use genes from an animal in a plant.
So, go buy those delicious berries, and enjoy them!
Christie
1/2 -1 cube butter (whole cube makes it crispier)
1/2 cup sugar (I use half of that, at most)
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Mix the flour, sugar, flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in the butter. Add the milk. Pour the batter into a greased 9"x9" baking pan. Sprinkle 2 cups (I usually use about 3 cups, and even Grandma's changed to that) blackberries, then sprinkle 1 cup sugar (again, I use half of that, at most) evenly over the berries. Pour 1 cup cold water over everything. Bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes. I know it sounds strange, but the batter rises to the top and makes a wonderfully crisp topping, and water makes the berries nice and juicy. I hope you try it.
And in terms of hybrid berries, they're perfectly safe (so long as you're not allergic to one of the berries they've hybridized). It's not like GE at all. Hybridizing is what they've been doing for centuries to come up with all the varieties of fruits and veggies we eat today. I can't remember the science of it exactly, and it varies. I think that it can involve cross-pollinating or grafting. There are probably other methods, too. Genetic Engineering is done in a laboratory with test tubes, and it's doing something that's not at all natural. Often they use genes from an animal in a plant.
So, go buy those delicious berries, and enjoy them!
Christie
