Thread: Okay all you botany experts.. I need help on some berries

Originally Posted by Sprint

i presume you're raising goats for future culinary delights?

Hence the Lilly Pilly marinade .

Panda, If the goats are for the table I would'nt mind buying a couple of them. Yummo.

Cheers Rob

Definitely not for culinary purposes. My son rescued them from the bush & after many vet visits they are now very healthy gorgeous pets.

Originally Posted by Sprint

i presume you're raising goats for future culinary delights?

Sorry Boxhead no can do! Though if you're serious about buying a goat to eat, there are heaps around our area for sale.

Originally Posted by Boxhead63

Panda, If the goats are for the table I would'nt mind buying a couple of them. Yummo.

Cheers Rob

It is a type of Syzygium or commonly called the Sydney lilypilly.
Itis a very good type as it is one of the best tasting.
Fairly common and when picked at the right time can be sweet and crisp.
Around the farm at Kangaroo Valley if I see them on a tree ,I usually give them a go.
Birds and animals love them.

yummy lilly pilly jam

recipe is smiple you need:
1 x billy
handfull of berrys
20 lb of brown sugar
3 rocks
5 litres of water

Boil water put rest of ingredients in billy. cook slowly stir every 5 minutes. after about 2-4 hrs strain contents.
Aloow to cool yummo

Well i think thats how mum use to make it or was that for cockatoo soup

anyway it should work

This is in our back yard - just love them but we have some welcome competition. I would say the taste is a bit tart. In Sydney these ripen early to mid April.



Erich

My mums recipe that I use is even more simple.

Berries in pot
Heat until pips leave the flesh easily, by this time it will be getting fairly fluid
Measure volume for volume, flesh for sugar.
Bring the flesh to near boiling and THEN add the sugar. Ensure there are no pips left.
Now for the chancy bit. When the flesh gets syrupy and shinny on the surface. Take a teaspoonful and put it on a plate in the freezer. Leave for a couple of minutes and then pull out and tip the the plate. If the syrup doesn't run you have just made jam. If you do it right it will cool and set as good as the shop bought stuff but much better. No Preservatives!

Boil jars before adding jam. Let air cool and then try and keep the kids away from it.

So far this works with Apricots Plums and Blackberries with supreme success. The kids wipe it out as quick as I can make it.

Not bad for a dumb fella