When life gives you Mulberries.......make Mulberry jelly???

I travel a lot for work, and there is one specific state that I spend a lot of time in.....Nebraska. At this point in my life after 2 years of being a Bridge Inspector I'm pretty sure that I have been to every single county in the state of Nebraska, and I would venture to bet I have been to 75% of the towns in the state. If you haven't spent much time in Nebraska I apologize for ruining the surprise, but there is NOTHING very exciting about this state, unless you're a corn farmer or live out by Scotts Bluff. However, I found last June that there is 1 itsy bitsy super exciting thing in Nebraska that happens only in June. That is Mulberries, yes that's right mulberries, and I'm here to tell you they are EVERYWHERE in Nebraska. We spend a lot of our Nebraska time on gravel back country roads inspecting these little bridges to make sure they are safe for the farmers and their equipment, and these mulberry trees grow all over the sides of the roads we are on! SO....what do you do when you're sitting at a bridge getting ready to inspect it, and you look over and see a mulberry tree loaded with plump, juicy, sweet berries?

That's right!!! You take a 30 min. (maybe an hour) break and you climb the tree and start picking!!! I filled a gallon sack took it back to my hotel, washed them, and threw them in the refrigerator until I could get home to make delicious mulberry jelly! This was our first run at making any kind of jelly, and it turned out really good! Thanks for that jelly recipe Mom....oh and by the way I've lost it, so I'm gonna need another copy!!!

 

 

Now this will be the only time I say this....But I'm looking forward to June getting here so I can get back up to Nebraska and pick me some more mulberries!!!! I doubt Nicolle shares the same enthusiasm  though..........