TWD: Coming into Season

How can anything be bad that starts out like this....


Five cups of fresh or frozen mixed berries. Seriously, how bad can that be?

I guess I am one of the more fortunate Doranistas this week in that I had plenty of fresh berries available to me. So when Beth of Our Sweet Life chose the Mixed Berry Cobbler for her choice, I didn't worry about the price of berries. I simply looked in my fridge (which is currently devoid of berries right now.)

Its a good thing this was supposed to be a rustic dessert and not something with a fancy finish. Rustic is what I ended up with, with a craggly, crumbly top, and thick berry juice bubbling out the sides.

I've heard some other Doranistas had concerns about the cobbler. After the fact, of course, not before, but then that's about normal for me, isn't it? I had no problems with either making, or tasting the cobbler. Sure it is very different from the cobbler I usually make, which I like alot, but it was still good. A sprinkling of raw sugar on top would have been a great addition, though.

So no cobbler problems. I, personally, had berry problems. I think it was the blackberries. I really am not a huge fan of blackberries as a fresh fruit. My children love them, but I don't. It could not possibly have been the raspberries, strawberries or mountain of blueberries in the fruit mix, the three best berries there are. Never those, especially the blueberries. It had to be the blackberries. They overwhelmed the other berries with their strong flavor and big seeds. Which is why I was not fond of the berry part of this dessert.

However I seemed to be in the minority on this one. No one else in the house had any complaints at all about the cobbler, until it was gone. And all the boys had more than one serving. One even had it for breakfast, minus the ice cream.

I think I want to try this again, with peaches and strawberries maybe. And a good sprinkling of sugar on top.

For now I need to go look up the apple cheddar scones and go buy some cheese.