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On Apr 30, 4:18*am, Omelet > wrote:
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> *Roy > wrote:
> > On Apr 29, 7:19*pm, brooklyn1 > wrote:
> > > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:54:34 GMT, Benji Z-Man >
> > > wrote:

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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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> Take the dog with you.
> And a low, small stool to make it easier on your back!
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> By the way, bear is delicious. ;-)
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My brother killed a bear and thought he might eat the critter. Well he
hung the dressed out carcass for processing but the carcass resembled
a human, (as seen in illustrations), that he couldn't proceed any
further. Yuck.
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