On Apr 30, 12:12*am, Roy > wrote:
> On Apr 29, 7:19*pm, brooklyn1 > wrote:
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> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:54:34 GMT, Benji Z-Man >
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> > >As in my climate there's rarely a punnet of fresh ones, I bought a
> > >packet of frozen blueberries for cooking with.
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> > >Except that after making a platter last night, decided that I was going
> > >to defrost some, and use them in the serving.
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> > >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...
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> > >My question: is this common for frozen berries? Or should I just
> > >consider it a bad brand and try another?
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> > Blueberries are easy to grow... once you've eaten fresh picked
> > perfectly ripe nothing else will satisfy.
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> I am very thankful for the wild blueberries that grow on my farm. I
> find that picking them is hard on my back but the flavor from wild
> blueberries beats the domestic ones 10 to 1. Lately I've had to watch
> for bears so won't pick alone and usually leave the car radio going
> full blast to deter them. Never used to have that problem before but
> don't want to fight them for food or territory if I can help it.
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I had a buddy who lived/lives right outside Yellowstone. We was--and
I guess still is--a musket hunter. He won't use a rifle. He does
have one gun with bullets though. He carries a high caliber pistol to
use in case of bears.

--Bryan