The Blueberry Post

[gerisullivan]

Even though I was born more than half a century before Blueberry Girl was published, I had the most excellent fortune to grow up being granted all of the appeals and gifts in Neil's poem.

Tonight, though, I'm a girl with blueberries and I need some ideas of what to do with them.

I'm talking 4 pints worth. Not enough for jam, but more than I'm likely to eat in a fruit salad. I also have 3 kiwis, and 4 peaches that want some ripening. The sale prices were that good.

At the very least, I can freeze the blueberries. That would work well for later baked goods, pancakes, and waffles, though I hardly ever make pancakes or waffles.

I do think I'll make up a bowl of fruit salad -- blueberries, kiwis, and peaches sounds yummy and if it stops raining long enough tomorrow, I can probably add some fresh black raspberries and maybe even some blackberries to the bowl.

What else?

Comments

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

I've been making the basic Joy of Cooking recipe for Sour Cream Muffins, substituting yogurt for the sour cream. There is no butter and only 1/12 of an egg per muffin. The muffins are very moist. It definitely works well with blueberries. I've also done banana/walnut/date which is quite good.

My dad has kiwi plants in his back yard. Last year he gave me 1/2 a grocery bag of kiwi fruit, so I did what any man would do in the same situation and baked a kiwi galette. Now I want to plant some. You know kiwis are closely related to roses?

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't know that!

Curiously enough, my house is currently blessed with both kiwis and roses indoors, and roses outdoors, too, though the latter are on the last legs of their blooming cycle.

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

Kiwi fruit are basically giant rose hips.

Rose: Not a small family...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

One of the larger plant groups is the rose family, which includes many familiar fruits (apple, pear, plum, raspberry, strawberry, cherry) and useful herbs.

Read more at Suite101: The Rose Family: From strawberries to rose hips http://plant-species.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_rose_family#ixzz0tqG7PvtC