NOT OT - How to stay away from ice cream

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Dessert is not off topic, even if you don't incorporate spicy peppers

into it. Gotta have a creamy nondairy dessert after that spicy Thai

noodle dish! Anyway, since we're talking about good blueberries, we

could be in part referring to the spicy blueberry sauce recipe in my

post, in which good blueberries and jalapenios go together in a main

course.

 

When I used " good " in my post, I should have explained what I meant. I

mean good flavored, not relatively bland. Oregon strawberries are some

of the best flavored in the world, but they're not as readily

available as the relatively bland California strawberries, even in

Oregon. Organic berries tend to be better flavored than nonorganic.

Blueberries can be plumped up with extra watering, but they then have

less flavor for their total volume, so wild or semi-wild blueberries,

or huckleberries, are going to be better flavored. I'm sometimes

disappointed with the results I get with these blander berries, and

I'd often rather go without them than to pay good money on something

that will be disappointing. Finding those good tasting berries can

take some exploration, even in a berry abundant place like here in

Ashland, Oregon...

 

, " Maidawg " <maidawg@c...> wrote:

> (We should keep labeling this conversation string as OT!)

>

> Anyhow, a good source of frozen blueberries is to take fresh

> blueberries, rinse and dry them, removing any stems and squished

> berries. Spread the dried off berries on a cookie sheet, preferably

one

> with edges to keep them from sliding off, and freeze them. After

they

> are frozen you can transfer them to a plastic bag and keep them in

the

> freezer until needed.

>

> from Maida

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