# I just picked 5 lbs of raspberries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253 "2006-07-05T20:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/1 "2006-07-05T20:34:15Z")
Any suggestions as to what I should do with them? I normally would make cobblers and such with them, but the sibling is in town and she’s good at making cakes. Have any of you made or eaten a cake the used a large amount of raspberries? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/2 "2006-07-05T21:05:19Z")
MEAD! Well, technically Melomel. [Recipe](http://www.brewery.org/brewery/library/beeslees.html#Chap3), [another](http://www.stoutbillys.com/stout/recipens/(Flat)/25370667.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/3 "2006-07-05T21:31:14Z")
Give them to me. Marvel as I eat handfuls of them and finish them all in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![abbeytxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/4 "2006-07-05T22:17:27Z")
Give me half your berries and I will hand over my recipe!! I am shocked you ever have enough berries left over to make them into anything. I woud have them all eaten in the car on the way home from the farm. I do have a great cake recipe that uses raspberries, although not in that large a quantity. They are mostly used as a garnish. It takes about a dozen or so. The cake is a very dense chocolate cake with a raspberry glaze on top. If you would like the recipe I will be happy to email it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/5 "2006-07-06T01:09:25Z")
Eat them as are. I bet you can use crappier raspberries for the processed desserts with little change in final taste. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/6 "2006-07-06T01:23:07Z")
Marinate some of them in balsamic vinegar overnight, and then put them on a salad, or better yet, on top of good vanilla ice cream. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/7 "2006-07-06T02:00:12Z")
Just did the same thing–all wild (black) raspberries, here, from our property and a nearby country road. Yum. I made a bunch of jam, some turnovers, and still have a few quarts sitting in the fridge… ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/8 "2006-07-06T02:17:24Z")
Hah! I would have eaten most, if not all, of them too. I think **Toadspittle** probably made the best suggestions, though - either can them or freeze them or make them into jam. Raspberry jam would make an excellent layer for a chocolate cake, btw. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kevegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kevegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevegan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/9 "2006-07-06T02:23:13Z")
Raspberries freeze well, so you can always keep your options open. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-picked-5-lbs-of-raspberries/363253/10 "2006-07-06T02:38:23Z")
Raspberry ice cream is good. We just finished off the raspberry-strawberry ice cream I made for the 4th. (I didn’t have enough of either, so they got combined. Made for a tasty ice cream). GES