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Healthy Blackberries - Season for Superfood
The blackberries are ripe, and so vitamins and minerals grow on our doorstep. Blackberries are packed with vitamin C, calcium, potassium and magnesium.
Berries and tea
We eat the berries raw or as jam, with yogurt or as juice. The leaves provide a valuable tea, which lowers blood sugar, inhibits inflammation and dissolves mucus.
Wild blackberries on the bush provide us with vitamins, minerals and delicious flavor in late summer (dietwalther / fotolia.com) Insider tip of naturopathy
In the natural medicine teas from blackberry leaves are used against diarrhea, bladder infections and heartburn. The high content of vitamin C makes it an excellent companion for colds, and the calcium helps pregnant women.
A treasure behind thorns
The blackish energy bolts are an important food source for animals. The evolution made logical that they do not bother the stomach too easily with the treasures. The berry bushes are covered with thorns.
Blessings of the natural garden
Wild blackberries are the bane and blessing of the gardener at the same time. They provide him with healthy and tasty fruits, healing leaves and provide food such as nesting site and hideout for robins such as wren, singing and junipers, as well as a blossom for bees and bumblebees.
Curse of the natural garden
The curse thereby lies in the dominance of the wild blackberry. Without the Sisyphus work of cutting back the tendrils, they soon overgrow garden ponds such as flowering meadows, prevent the carefully created herb bed from growing and scratching the skin.
collecting fruits
Blackberries are called collectible fruits in botany. Here many stone fruits gather on a tendril.
taste
Ripe blackberries taste sweet and sour, with the sweetness increasing with ripeness. Wild blackberries also taste easy on forest soil. However, this pleasant taste changes when overripe in muff, reminiscent of foul foliage.
ancestry
Wild blackberries come from the forests of Eurasia, as well as from America. Today, however, they are spread all over the world, as breeding forms, as well as the wild blackberries that have become an invasive newcomer in many places, stifling native species.
breeding culturesn
Most breeding cultures for blackberries in Germany are in the warm regions such as Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The wild blackberry is not dependent on heat. It thrives in the north, in Sweden or Scotland as well as in the mixed forests of northern Germany.
season
Now in August is high season for the wild blackberry. The first mature in early July, the last in mid-October.
Healthy color
The blackish violet of blackberries is hell for white shirts, but extremely healthy. The plant dyes inhibit bacteria, viruses and fungi and thus act against inflammation.
Berries for the blood
Blackberries are valuable for the heart and blood vessels. Their fiber pectin balances the cholesterol level, and the berries strengthen the blood flow.
Little calories
Blackberries contain few calories, but more vitamin C than apples.
Vitamin E
Blackberries also contain Vitamin E, Vitamin E, which helps to regenerate the cells. For hair loss and skin wrinkles, you can eat regular blackberries.
Mold
Do you collect blackberries? Then you should handle them carefully, so do not stuff them in plastic containers or otherwise crush them. The thin skin of the berries injures quickly, and then form molds that can cause chronic diseases in hardship.
Where to collect?
The safest place to collect wild blackberries is your own garden, where you do without pesticides. Forests, riverside or fallow land are also suitable. However, you should not collect near busy roads. The uneven surface of the berries absorbs pollutants like a sponge.
Varied enjoyment
Blackberry fans like to eat the berries raw. Raw blackberries taste as good on cereals as they do on ice. They can be processed into fruit wine, pressed into juice or processed into puddings such as jellies. Jam, jelly and syrup: Blackberries always go.
A good addition
Blackberries have an intense taste. That is why they are excellently suited as the "icing on the cake". With your own juicer, you refine, for example, freshly squeezed apple juice through a handful of black little things. Or you highlight a cocktail with a few splashes of blackberry juice.
fruit salad
Blackberries are the eye-catcher and spice of a fruit salad. They are particularly good with peaches and nectarines, raspberries, blueberries and redcurrants. Since blackberries in combination with redcurrants are acidic, the combination with sweet fruit is recommended.
In sauces
Blackberries and blackberry juice can be processed in many sauces. The tart and acidic taste is ideal for wild sauces, but also desserts such as ice cream or dessert creams win by a blackberry sauce.
Vinegar and marinades
When you use fruit vinegar, blackberries have a special taste. Also, if you marinate meat or fish, blackberries add a special touch.
Wild or cultivated berries?
Cultivated blackberries have the advantage of being without thorns. Unfortunately they taste less aromatic than their wild ancestors.
shopping
Watch out for mold. Blackberries are problematic in the supermarket, and mold quickly turns into plastic packaging.
To store
Blackberries belong in the fridge so they do not mold. Meanwhile, you better process fresh blackberries immediately.
To prepare
Remove all berries that have rotted. Then wash the berries with plenty of water and move them carefully back and forth until the dirt dissolves. You let the blackberries drain well and pat dry with kitchen paper. Do not squeeze or rub the berries. (Dr. Utz Anhalt)