topic Re: Sour Blueberries in Kitchen

Sour Blueberries

CLEM — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:29:41 GMT

I got two pints of blueberries at Trader Joe's. They came from California and were large and looked tempting. Well, they turned out to be the most sour blueberries I have had in my life. So I decided to cook them and put in 2 heaping tablespoons full of sugar. Was worried they might turn out to be too sweet. Not so. Still too sour. So I had absolutely no choice other than to buy vanilla icecream and spoon the berries over that. Liked it!

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Kachina624 — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:37:01 GMT

The last ones I bought at Walmart were from Canada and they were excellent. Don't think I ever bought produce from Canada before.

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Citrine1 — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:39:36 GMT

LOL Your post made me laugh @CLEM. That sounds like something I'd do -- take something nice and healthy like blueberries, and then add sugar and ice cream!

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CLEM — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:42:32 GMT

I aim to lose weight, so I thought the blueberries might help. The rest doesn't count.

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sueinsf — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 01:10:56 GMT

You know you can return them to Trader Joe's?? I've gotten blueberries there many times and usually they are good but it sounds like that was a bad batch. They don't always come from the same source.

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sandraskates — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 01:36:56 GMT

@CLEM wrote:
I got two pints of blueberries at Trader Joe's. They came from California and were large and looked tempting. Well, they turned out to be the most sour blueberries I have had in my life. So I decided to cook them and put in 2 heaping tablespoons full of sugar. Was worried they might turn out to be too sweet. Not so. Still too sour. So I had absolutely no choice other than to buy vanilla icecream and spoon the berries over that. Liked it!

OH - THE PAIN!!! Lol!

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clangle — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 01:42:11 GMT

The best blueberries come from New Jersey. I got some really good ones earlier this year. I think their season is over though.

If anyone buys frozen blueberries and is near a Wegmans, theirs are usually very good! I recently got some marked "grown in Mexico" that, believe it or not, were HUGE and SWEET.

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Texasmouse — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 01:55:48 GMT

Canada has excellent blueberries. They grow wild and going blueberry picking is a popular activity on the east coast.

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Campion — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 02:01:40 GMT

Best berries I EVER had (and believe me this is sacrilege as I live near S. Jersey) were from Texas. The size of nickels and delicious beyond belief.

I don't mind them sour. I love sour. But if they are bitter, no good.

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violann — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 12:30:00 GMT

Even if you typically sweeten with white sugar, you might find that Truvia, a healthy non-artificial sweetener, or plain Erythrotol might help your berries be more palatable and lower in calories.

I have dark berries most days as my dessert. Never tire of them!

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ID2 — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:20:22 GMT

I only buy my blueberries from local farmers. They certainly are scrumptious!! Mmmm!