Check those blueberries
09-03-2011, 04:15 PM
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Check those blueberries
This might seem excessive to some people but I usually check every blueberry to see if it's rotten before I put it in the container I'm going to wash them with. I discard ones that looked damaged or moldy and remove stems from those who still have stems attached. This morning I looked at one and on the top of it I saw a little green caterpillar! I set that blueberry aside with the rotten ones on the table and kept checking other blueberries. In a few minutes, the caterpillar woke up and started moving around. lol So I took that blueberry with the caterpillar on it and threw it into my backyard. I don't know if it had any chance of survival away from its host plant like that but even if not that was a tough little caterpillar, it survived being refrigerated twice (once at the store once at home) lol.
Moral of the story though is I'm glad I check every blueberry.
Moral of the story though is I'm glad I check every blueberry.
09-03-2011, 04:39 PM
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This might seem excessive to some people but I usually check every blueberry to see if it's rotten before I put it in the container I'm going to wash them with. I discard ones that looked damaged or moldy and remove stems from those who still have stems attached. This morning I looked at one and on the top of it I saw a little green caterpillar! I set that blueberry aside with the rotten ones on the table and kept checking other blueberries. In a few minutes, the caterpillar woke up and started moving around. lol So I took that blueberry with the caterpillar on it and threw it into my backyard. I don't know if it had any chance of survival away from its host plant like that but even if not that was a tough little caterpillar, it survived being refrigerated twice (once at the store once at home) lol.
Moral of the story though is I'm glad I check every blueberry.
Moral of the story though is I'm glad I check every blueberry.
09-07-2011, 12:12 PM
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Well other than fattening things like blueberry muffins or blueberry pancakes I don't know a lot of recipes for them. I usually put them fresh into a fruit salad.
I've read if you put them with milk they don't have the full antioxidant benefit, but I think eating them with cereal is still better than not eating them at all.
They would probably be good as an oatmeal topper.
I've read if you put them with milk they don't have the full antioxidant benefit, but I think eating them with cereal is still better than not eating them at all.
They would probably be good as an oatmeal topper.
09-07-2011, 12:43 PM
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That little caterpillar was probably hatched on the end of a blueberry. I go to a U-Pik patch and in the blossom end of some of the blueberries is a tiny little piece of cacoon silk. I say eat those little caterpillars, get some extra protein, and maybe a little fiber from the silk! LOL.
