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...From tomorrow, 01/01/21 we will all have 2020 hindsight.

J. S. Bach wrote:...From tomorrow, 01/01/21 we will all have 2020 hindsight.

For some, an improvement.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:

J. S. Bach wrote:...From tomorrow, 01/01/21 we will all have 2020 hindsight.

For some, an improvement.

And unfortunately for many others, 2021 will just be a repeat of 2020.

Inspired by this thread's title, let me ask, I
just now, bought my first fresh Blueberries, ever, and at the highly trusted Market Basket , in our area.

After rinsing them thoroughly , can I eat them as they are , raw, or do they need some kind of cooking or preparation before popping them into my yapper? I ate one and it seemed a tiny bit crunchy. (?!)

I also bought Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries.

I'm requesting experienced advice, if I may.

You better cook them for hours. Seriously, you eat them raw. You will find the brand that you like after trying a few. Love fresh blueberries and they're filled with anti-oxidants and other good things for you.

Curious where blueberries are in season.............but they may need to ripen more if they are crunchy.

If ripe, you can eat them plain, on or in whatever you like. I'm partial to blueberry, but that's generally not available until later summer. I do like thin in pancakes and on top of ice cream. Turkey Hill used to even make blueberry ice cream......but I think it was discontinued.

Curious where Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries are in season, too.

Blueberries come from The Southern Hemisphere now. Raspberries may be hothouse. Im more interested in why it took 60+ years to try a blueberry

up148 wrote:You better cook them for hours. Seriously, you eat them raw. You will find the brand that you like after trying a few. Love fresh blueberries and they're filled with anti-oxidants and other good things for you.

Thank you, up148. I appreciate your input .

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Curious where blueberries are in season.............but they may need to ripen more if they are crunchy.

If ripe, you can eat them plain, on or in whatever you like. I'm partial to blueberry, but that's generally not available until later summer. I do like thin in pancakes and on top of ice cream. Turkey Hill used to even make blueberry ice cream......but I think it was discontinued.

Curious where Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries are in season, too.

Thank you, Rufus .
The "Market Basket" grocery store , located in Franklin Lakes, NJ, seems to have quite a positive reputation throughout the community, always having very bright and fresh produce . I don't recall a time I have not seen a variety of berries being offered on shelves immediately inside the front door as one enters.

robert. wrote:Blueberries come from The Southern Hemisphere now. Raspberries may be hothouse. Im more interested in why it took 60+ years to try a blueberry

I'm not sure, Robert. I think it was the little tuft of things sticking out at the top that kept me at a distance (can you imagine !?!) I've eaten blueberry ice cream and bottled preserves spread on toast , but outright blueberries, never got interested.

In fact, on trips northward from Nj to Upstate NY, along Rt 11, I have passed a farmhouse, for decades, that often had signs posted in front inviting visitors to "Pick Your Own Blueberries"
But I never stopped. Go figger (!)

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Curious where blueberries are in season.............but they may need to ripen more if they are crunchy.

If ripe, you can eat them plain, on or in whatever you like. I'm partial to blueberry, but that's generally not available until later summer. I do like thin in pancakes and on top of ice cream. Turkey Hill used to even make blueberry ice cream......but I think it was discontinued.

Curious where Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries are in season, too.

Thank you, Rufus .
The "Market Basket" grocery store , located in Franklin Lakes, NJ, seems to have quite a positive reputation throughout the community, always having very bright and fresh produce . I font recall a time I have not seen a variety of berries being offered on shelves immediately inside the front door as one enters.

All good, but also out of season, so fresh but imported from somewhere or grown hydroponically somewhere -- next you are there please inquire as to where these are coming from.

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:In fact, on trips northward from Nj to Upstate NY, along Rt 11, I have passed a farmhouse, for decades, that often had signs posted in front inviting visitors to "Pick Your Own Blueberries"
But I never stopped. Go figger (!)

It's work picking blueberries.

OK, Rufus, at your urging about discerning origin(s ) , I just now read the labels on each of the separate little clear-plastic containers in which each of the berries were sold, and each label said the same, for the Black, Blue, Rasp, and Strawberries I bought this morning, as follows:
Driscoll's...
Watsonville, CA 95077
.Product of Mexico
1-800-871-3333
http://www.Driscolls.com

Mexico..........and here I was thinking maybe in SA somewhere.

From the link that was posted You can read more about them and where they come from .

https://www.driscolls.com/berries/blueberries