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Thanks to my aunt, Marian, who was glad to pass along her recipe for my blog. This is a favorite for potlucks and parties at her house.&amp;nbsp; She calls it "Frog's Eye Salad" and once you start mixing it you'll see why. No matter how hard you try to keep them separate, the peas find their way into the olives and, well, they look like cartoon frog eyes to me!

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Blackberry Braid appears in TakeRoot Magazine. Feature photo by Debbie Duhn

Summertime means blackberries are ripe for the picking in the Willamette Valley. So, when TakeRoot Magazine offered to let me play in the kitchen, I stayed there until I remembered this idea for the Summer issue.
If you're like me, you've got plenty of recipe options for jam and pie, so try something a little different</summary><link href="http://www.akitchentakesroot.com/feeds/1357006897585783742/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.akitchentakesroot.com/2016/07/blackberry-braid.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="2 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2264250871328445092/posts/default/1357006897585783742" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2264250871328445092/posts/default/1357006897585783742" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.akitchentakesroot.com/2016/07/blackberry-braid.html" rel="alternate" title="Blackberry Braid" type="text/html"/><author><name>Ghio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261920851697012321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="32" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4MoH-hJERKs3xfiYlsl7WSdvrKfq3bAY8kEEgiRf6lImthZC3DWUnfy4Rax9l1bEr1F465Nov1fIVp6jithXOOEOmIzy_UVQoyhffzEToHJohT9YEVaovBGqcG1fDw/s220/Ghioblog+picMar2011.jpg" width="23"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ7VLQkGcblELB340PY3vbdANqV7d26CnnJd-RaOA5gnSGWu0yPvp1RceW-TKcqZHxZPr9el1D3K2mSGTeHmO2hnXk3i-GLQrkLi6UQt5QcipYz8CUtqbN9mVrApebxtkxqU8q2iKn6E/s72-c/BlackberryBraidRTM.png" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>