On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:54:34 GMT, Benji Z-Man >
wrote:

>As in my climate there's rarely a punnet of fresh ones, I bought a
>packet of frozen blueberries for cooking with.
>
>Except that after making a platter last night, decided that I was going
>to defrost some, and use them in the serving.
>
>They were horrible. Mushy, flat, and though juicy, the juice
>unfortunately went everywhere else but the berries, leaving behind a
>relatively tasteless mush. Certainly wasn't what I was hoping for...
>
>My question: is this common for frozen berries? Or should I just
>consider it a bad brand and try another?

Depends on the degree of 'mushiness' etc, but all frozen blueberries
I've seen release a fair amount of juice once defrosted. I can't say
I've had many that I'd class as really mushy though. Obviously, frozen
berries will be somewhat mushy compared to fresh berries.

Can't wait until my Blueberries start producing a decent crop (which
with any luck will be within the next 18 months). For now I also
normally buy frozen berries for convenience, theyre locally grown and
pretty cheap at around $10/KG.