Hey all,

I have a bit of a conundrum here. When I start my morning, I like making a smoothie or fruit slush, really depends on if I have oat milk available in the fridge at the end of the day.

I usually have frozen strawberries as my go to for this. However, I don’t know if they grow here or not because whenever I go to the store, the frozen ones are never a product of Canada. I want to put a stronger focus on spending my money on products that are a product of Canada so that my money stays here and has more of an impact locally, but usually the only frozen fruit I can find readily available from here are blueberries.

I have a weird hatred of blueberries. I hate them raw because to me they taste like nothing, and the texture combined with the lack of flavour feels gross, but I also tend to dislike them in my smoothies and slushes because they never seem to blend as well as strawberries do, often leaving a grainy texture I can’t ignore. I only ever seem to enjoy them when baked into things like pies or muffins.

Not to force myself to have something I dislike, but I don’t want to give up trying to make them enjoyable and give them the fair chance they deserve. Aside from baking them into things, what are some ways I can attempt to make blueberries more palatable?

Also is there a way I can get them to blend as smoothly as strawberries do for my slushes and smoothies?

  • lemonySplit@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Raspberries (and blackberries but those are thornier) grow rampant in most southern-mid parts of Canada and produce WAY more berries WAY easier than strawberries FWIW. I’ve never found strawberries to be worth the effort myself.

    If you have a balcony with room for a couple bucket sized planters you could ask around for a couple shoots this spring and have a decent supply all summer. Or if you have a small yard or more with space for a single planter bed you’d likely have unlimited summer raspberries (plus freezing) for very minimal effort. You can pick em all summer long

    • Binzy_Boi@piefed.caOPEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Thanks! I might give this a shot, especially since we have a seed library where I live.