here we go ’round the mulberry bush {a recipe}

over the weekend we walked on over to our neighbor’s house, the aunt and uncle’s, and walked around the property looking at all of uncle al’s fruit trees. i had never been on one part of the property, which was weird after knowing them for twelve years and living there for three. there is absolutely every fruit tree you could imagine: papaya, tangelos, cherry, avocado, guava, banana and almonds just to name a few. but the really cool thing is that they have three mulberry trees. the largest one sits right as you enter their driveway but it’s a fruitless mulberry, hence, why i never thought mulberries ever existed until yesterday! when we walked around the front side yard we saw the fruit filled mulberry tree, and no, i did not trot around humming the childhood song. i was in awe, the fruit looked like colorful caterpillars hanging from the branch. the fruit tastes like a cross between a plum, blackberry and a fig, it was like nothing i had ever eaten before. uncle al and aunt kathy had picked all the ripe fruit earlier and had prepared it for grandmom phyllis and i to bake a pie. so that’s what we did and then we waited and waited for it to bake. it was heaven on earth, hands down the best pie i have eaten in a long time.