Are these a special variety? Package says they are from Peru. Don't think I've seen them this big before.
Huge blueberries
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Just bought some of those huge blueberries at Aldis, they are quite tasty.
Those aren't berries. They're miniature purple Peruvian Andes road apples.
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Alpaca droppings are the key to the size of the blueberries. Awesome fertilizer.
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Had to look that up. Alpaca is pretty good compared to most meats in fat and protein. https://www.alpacameat.com/
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I grew up on my grandparent's farm in New England. My grandmother was a nut. Even at 86 she tended to the blueberry shrubs. She MADE my grandfather build a chicken wire type fenced structure about 120ftx20ft wide just for blueberries. Their home was at the bottom of a mountain range where deer and birds would tear em up otherwise. Every few years she was invaded by a small, curious black bear. I grew up with guns from an early age and she hated guns for the most part.
She was the toughest old lady I've ever know and I fought a few bad azz b's as a cop in the ghetto. I was around 14 and a black bear broke into her blueberries. My grandfather wasn't home and she screamed at me to get my bow and get rid of it. I unwisely chirped what's the difference between a bow and a gun? Well, I tasted the back of her hand on that one.
Hard to tell with modern tech but well-tended, natural, organically fertilized shrubs produce some large and tasty berries. Grandmother would always go on about how important it was to start with the right shrub and propagate it without altering it artificially. I think she was right. She also had the most incredible strawberries and rhubarb.
She was the toughest old lady I've ever know and I fought a few bad azz b's as a cop in the ghetto. I was around 14 and a black bear broke into her blueberries. My grandfather wasn't home and she screamed at me to get my bow and get rid of it. I unwisely chirped what's the difference between a bow and a gun? Well, I tasted the back of her hand on that one.
Hard to tell with modern tech but well-tended, natural, organically fertilized shrubs produce some large and tasty berries. Grandmother would always go on about how important it was to start with the right shrub and propagate it without altering it artificially. I think she was right. She also had the most incredible strawberries and rhubarb.
These wild blueberries are in my back yard.
They love the acidic soil from mining activities through the 70s.
Sulphuric acid fallout.
They love the acidic soil from mining activities through the 70s.
Sulphuric acid fallout.
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I’ve noticed the blueberries are really big too. Not the same as the NJ or MI berries we usually get. They taste nice though.
Is your grandmother where you got your technique for easy to peel hard boiled eggs? Yours is the best I’ve ever tried and works every time. Back to large blueberries, I’m starting to see a lot of them in Jersey stores. They’re delicious, firm with a slight crunch/pop to them.I grew up on my grandparent's farm in New England. My grandmother was a nut. Even at 86 she tended to the blueberry shrubs. She MADE my grandfather build a chicken wire type fenced structure about 120ftx20ft wide just for blueberries. Their home was at the bottom of a mountain range where deer and birds would tear em up otherwise. Every few years she was invaded by a small, curious black bear. I grew up with guns from an early age and she hated guns for the most part.
She was the toughest old lady I've ever know and I fought a few bad azz b's as a cop in the ghetto. I was around 14 and a black bear broke into her blueberries. My grandfather wasn't home and she screamed at me to get my bow and get rid of it. I unwisely chirped what's the difference between a bow and a gun? Well, I tasted the back of her hand on that one.
Hard to tell with modern tech but well-tended, natural, organically fertilized shrubs produce some large and tasty berries. Grandmother would always go on about how important it was to start with the right shrub and propagate it without altering it artificially. I think she was right. She also had the most incredible strawberries and rhubarb.
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No, Sir. The hard boil egg procedure came from a friend who is a chef and a graduate of Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY. I was complaing about how difficult some eggs were to peel and that was the answer.
I find the large blueberries don't taste great. We get them quite a bit (well, the lady buys them) and they taste less like blueberry and more like grapes. Just kind of a boring sweetness.
It's rare we actually get blueberries that taste like proper blueberries anymore.
It's rare we actually get blueberries that taste like proper blueberries anymore.
Truth.
Absolutely for store bought
That said the u=pick places around here have some fairly large berries that are **** tasty
Blueberries that large are cultivated highbush blueberries with light-colored flesh. Wild lowbush blueberries tend to taste better and they have more antioxidants. There are many different kinds of blueberries. Vaccinium myrtillus, which is a bilberry, is generally superior and recognizable by its darker red or blueish flesh, and it has a higher anthocyanin content. Bilberries are native to Europe and Asia and are a bit difficult to find in NA but they will grow here. Dried bilberries are widely available.
