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[CLEM]

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!

[Kachina624]

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

[Citrine1]

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!  

[CLEM]

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

[sueinsf]

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.

[sandraskates]

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@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!

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OH - THE PAIN!!!  Lol!

[clangle]

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.

[Texasmouse]

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

[Campion]

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. 

[violann]

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!