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Denninmi

(6,581 posts) Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:57 PM Jan 2013

Blueberries from Chile. OK, I know, not local, but ...

they must have a good crop, many stores have had them on sale pretty inexpensively.

Aldi's stores have them $1.69 a pint this week, for those here in the Midwest.

Usually, I find commercially grown blueberries kind of bland, flavorless, but they have been very good.

The best thing about them, they are delightfully squish-able into shakes, smoothies, etc.

I just ate a pint for lunch/as lunch. Worked for me. Lots of anti-oxidants.

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Blueberries from Chile. OK, I know, not local, but ... (Original Post) Denninmi Jan 2013 OP

I like putting them into muffins. HappyMe Jan 2013 #1

What color is your tongue?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #2

The big, bland commercial blueberries are highbush blueberries. eShirl Jan 2013 #3

I spent part of my childhood summers on the coast in Maine. Blueberry picking was a treat. pinto Jan 2013 #6

We call the high bush berries swampers. Lugnut Feb 2013 #8

Thanks for the tip! Tanuki Jan 2013 #4

I'll be on the lookout! I was actually craving fresh blueberries yesterday! Lucinda Jan 2013 #5

berries cut the risk of heart attack in women by... NJCher Jan 2013 #7

Just bought some at our local Aldi's yesterday ($1.99) and they are delicious! livetohike Feb 2013 #9

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

1. I like putting them into muffins.

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:05 PM

Jan 2013

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. What color is your tongue??

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:06 PM

Jan 2013

eShirl

(18,480 posts)

3. The big, bland commercial blueberries are highbush blueberries.

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:06 PM

Jan 2013

The small wild Maine blueberries I grew up with are the lowbush variety and very flavorful. The Wyman's brand sells frozen wild blueberries from the very land I used to get mine from.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

6. I spent part of my childhood summers on the coast in Maine. Blueberry picking was a treat.

Reply to eShirl (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:46 PM

Jan 2013

Tedious as all get out for a kid, but we made do - ate as many right then as we eventually brought home.

Lugnut

(9,791 posts)

8. We call the high bush berries swampers.

Reply to eShirl (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 03:04 AM

Feb 2013

They aren't as tasty as the low bush berries but they're easier to pick. My parents forced my sister and me to go out to pick berries when we were kids. I ate more than I picked and ended up climbing trees rather than pick the darn things.

I love to eat blueberries - pies, muffins, whatever. The best part is they're good for you.