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She called it "drowning the maggots out". By the morning, the surface of the water would be bobbing with little off-white maggots, forced from the berries by fear of drowning. Mum would separate the berries from the maggots and then make pie.

Hmm... I imagine I've eaten my share of tiny maggots then.

My grandmother (and great grandmother) used to do the same thing... soak the blackberries/raspberries overnight. I never knew why. I've eaten a lot of them straight from the bush though. Oh well. It's kind of gross to think about, but must not be harmful to humans.