A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from October 10, 2010
Jumbleberry Pie (Jumble Berry Pie)

“Jumbleberry” (or “jumble berry”) is a term indicating a mixture of berries; there is a “jumbleberry pie,” but other food items have also used the word. “Jumbleberry” has been cited in print since at least 1987.
   
A similar term—“bumbleberry”—has been in use since at least the 1950s.
       
   
27 August 1987, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, “Frontier Pies: Should you order dessert first? ,” pg. G6: 
There’s also the matter of choice: 10 different cream pies, six various fruit pies including jumbleberry—which is a mixture of blueberry and gooseberry and…
 
Epicurious.com 
Jumbleberry Pie (Summer Berry Pie)
Gourmet | July 1991
Ingredients
For 2 recipes pâte brisée:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
2 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
 
3 cups blackberries, picked over and rinsed
3 cups blueberries, picked over and rinsed
2-1/2 cups raspberries or other summer berries such as red currants or boysenberries picked and rinsed
1/3 cup cornstarch
1-1/2 cups sugar plus additional for sprinkling the pie
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into bits
1/4 cup half-and-half
 
peach and brown sugar ice cream as an accompaniment if desired
   
Google Books
100 Great Pie & Pastry Recipes
By Shelli McConnell
New York, NY: Ladies’ Home Journal Books
1995
Pg. 33:
JUMBLE BERRY PIE
This is pure summertime heaven: a mix of peak season berries baked together under a lattice crust.
 
Google Groups: rec.food.cooking
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Jeane Bell)
Date: 1996/07/16
Subject: looking for menus for summer concert season
 
Fresh Jumbleberry Pie with Creme Fraiche
 
9 July 1997, Indiana (PA) Gazette, “Pies of perfection” by Janet Fletcher, pg. 15, col. 5:
Weil swoons over rhubarb-raspberry and jumbleberry pie, a filling that accommodates any berries you like.
(...)
Try peach or nectarine pie with ginger ice cream, blueberry pie with lemon ice cream, or Weil’s jumbleberry pie with homemade creme fraiche ice cream.
(Carolyn Weil, owner of The Bakeshop in Berkeley, CA—ed.)
       
Canada.com
Blissful: Bars with a fresh fruit boost
Ruth Phelan and Brenda Thompson, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2002  
(...)
JUMBLEBERRY OATMEAL CRUMB BARS:
No, a jumbleberry isn’t a new variety—rather, it’s a mixture of our favourite juicy summer berries. You can substitute blackberries for all or some of the raspberries. This filling is a good use for the end of summer harvest.
 
Filling
2 cups (500 mL) blueberries
2 cups (500 mL) raspberries
2 cups (500 mL) strawberries, sliced
1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
1/4 cup (50 mL) water
1 tablespoon (15 mL) grated orange zest
1 tablespoon (15 mL) orange juice
     
New York (NY) Times
Follow Directions And It’s Cake
By NIGELLA LAWSON
Published: October 5, 2005
(...)
Jumbleberry Grunt
Time: 1 hour
 
For the filling:
4 cups blueberries
2 cups raspberries
2 cups blackberries (or a total of 8 cups mixed berries of your choice)
3/4cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
 
For the topping:
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flour
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar.
 
(TRADEMARK)
Word Mark JUMBLEBERRY TOPPING
Goods and Services IC 029. US 046. G & S: A four berry compote consisting of raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries and blackberries. FIRST USE: 19970100. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19990309
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 77598402
Filing Date October 22, 2008
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition March 17, 2009
Registration Number 3630708
Registration Date June 2, 2009
Owner (REGISTRANT) California Waffle Bar, Inc. CORPORATION CALIFORNIA Suite 201 111 Avenida Del Mar San Clemente CALIFORNIA 92672
Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE “TOPPING” APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
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