Came up with a pretty good way to de stem those little ederberries. After a few weekends of trial and error the process below is what I came up with. Probabally this was discovered before, so I'm not applying for a patent, just figured I'd share :)
- when picking the clusters pull off large stalks
- put all clusters into a large container or bucket
- cover with cold water by several inches
- leave for an hour. This makes the bugs float up to the top and maybe softens the stems.
- wash off the bugs
- reach in and gently grab a double handfull of stems.
- gently roll them like a pizza dough, the berries fall back into the water. Don't press too hard you'll smash to many berries.
- repeat until all/most berries are destemed
- in the bucket/container the ripe berries will sink and the unripe will float for the most part
- scoop off the floating berries with a strainer
- drain off water for the remaining berries
good luck with dem berries, hap