Went out to Schramm's Farm Market last week and picked up
2 pints of their fresh black raspberries. Took them home
and sprinkled them with sugar. Ate a big bowlful drenched
in heavy cream. Blissfulness! Black raspberries have got
to be my favorite berry! Possibly my favorite fruit.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

On 7/5/2011 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:30:26 -0400, Kate Connally wrote:
>
>> Went out to Schramm's Farm Market last week and picked up
>> 2 pints of their fresh black raspberries.
>
> Holy Crap - there's a still a Shramm's farm? Last I knew it was
> bulldozed to make way for the Ross Park Mall when I lived there. I
> lived somewhat adjacent to the back side of the farm (not Ross Park
> Mall - which wasn't even there in 1983 when I left).
>
> I didn't know they relocated when they sold the original property.
> Did you ever visit the original farm/store?
>
> -sw (formerly of 145 Byron Road)

I don't know if it's the same family, but they are now in Harrison
City (southeast of Murrysville, PA). I've been going there at least
20 years. I discovered them shortly after I moved back to Pittsburgh
in 86.

They have a large store now and a bakery attached. When I first started
going there they didn't have the bakery but they sold Grandma Schramm's
tarts at a little table in the produce store. I always buy the rhubarb
tart. It used to be about 75 cents or maybe a dollar. I bought one
last week and it is now $2.10. Worth it though.

Grandma makes awesome pie crust. I don't usually by bakery pies or pies
in restaurants if they have traditional pie crusts because
they almost always really suck! (And usually the filling also sucks.)
Anyway, Grandma's crust is as good as my own. And the rhubarb tart is
awesome. I always buy one when I go there. I just wish they weren't so
far away from me (~15 miles) or I'd go a lot more often. But I only get
15 mpg so it costs quite a bit to go there. I usually only go 2-3 times
per summer. :-(

I like to get their pitted sour cherries if I can afford it. They come
in 10 lb. buckets. It's great not to have to pit them myself. Also
I like to get a peck of concord grapes and make grape pie and grape
freezer jam. They now grow seedless concords. How great is that?

And I also like it that they still have old-fashioned watermelons with
the seeds in them, those large oval-shaped ones. You pretty much can't
get seeded watermelons anywhere anymore. I don't like the seedless
ones very much.

I love Schramm's.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?