Tayberries

[manicscousers]

last year we got 3 fruits, this year we have a glut  ;D
so, do I use them just like raspberries, they seem to have a longer core in the middle, Ray relly likes the taste, he's not fond of raspberries and there are not as many pips..any special recipes, please  ;D

[manicscousers]

[grannyjanny]

A lovely man on daughters site gave us a taste yesterday. We loved them so were told we can strip the fruit as he & his family don't like them. Thanks a lot Alan ;).

[manicscousers]

wow, lucky you...look for offshoots, Janet..the flamin' things take over..be warned, though, they have nasty spikes on them  ;D

[Trevor_D]

Tayberry ice cream. And tayberry jam. Both beautiful. They also go spendidly with duck.

But basically, any raspberry or loganberry recipe works.

We have several loganberry plants, all thornless. But our tayberries have thorns to kill! Every time we prune them and tie in the new shoots I threaten to grub them up, they're so vicious! But the taste is to die for. Far better than either raspberries or loganberries. (What's wrong with Alan's tastebuds, Janny?)

[grannyjanny]

Alan has the biggest allotment I have ever seen & it is immaculate. He grows so much & is very generous but get this, he doesn't eat veg. Where he gets his motivation I don't know.

[Digeroo]

I really liked the taste of tayberries but they are vicious and everytime I got scratched it took ages to heal.  In the end I got rid of it.  I have several thornless loganberries (LY654)  and though the fruit are not quite as good feel they are a good compromise.  My nother in law had a vicious loganberry also with a better taste

For the first time ever i am having to water them.  I mssed watering one and the leaves have simply shrivelled up and gone brown so no fruit.

If you pin down the ends of the new shoot of both of them in the autumn by the spring you will have a new plant. 

[manicscousers]

oooh, fresh scones and tayberry jam, I like the sound of that  ;D

[shirlton]

My favourite fruit. Have picked two lots so far. I think we will definitely get another

[Vinlander]

I really liked the taste of tayberries but they are vicious and everytime I got scratched it took ages to heal.  In the end I got rid of it.  I have several thornless loganberries (LY654)  and though the fruit are not quite as good feel they are a good compromise. 

They are a bit thornier than raspberries, but I don't understand how anyone can regard them as vicious - unless they've never seen a blackberry! (or a gooseberry for that matter).

There is a thornless tayberry too - it's not quite as delicious as the thorny one but much better than LY654 (unless you don't ever want to eat them raw).

The real killer in this debate is the question of whether you will catch them ripe - look at this comparison:

                                               Both tayberry types       LY654

tart-but-good-for-cooking (red/dark red):  2-3 days         2-3 days
very good raw stage (maroon):                1-2 days         6 hours max
good raw-but-a-bit-soft (almost black)      1 day              6 hours max
still sweet but too soft   (very black)          1 day              1 day

No contest!

Incidentally if you put either of the black stages through a blender and strain it the liquid will last days in the fridge (whereas berries at this stage will go mouldy in the fridge overnight).

The other stages last longer blended too - and you don't really need to strain them.

A small amount of sugar helps stop the spoiling even better/longer.

This works on all berries.

Cheers.

PS. Tayberry jam is MUCH better than loganberry jam.