Good day folks. Where do you folks buy strawberries or blueberries? Pablo got me worried with pesticides etc.
Berries: where do you buy yours?
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Publix...Kroger...Walmart and Meijers....
I'm immensely grateful for the many quality produce sellers in my region.
There are too many to mention.
I've heard that the Northeast accounts for much of the vegetable industry's blood flow.
There are too many to mention.
I've heard that the Northeast accounts for much of the vegetable industry's blood flow.
I usually buy them frozen at Costco or Winco and don't worry about pesticides.
There are residual pesticides in everything now. And microplastics, and teflon. A few weeks ago some radioactive shrimp from thailand actually made it to the grocery stores and had to be recalled. No kidding.
Even organic berries can use a certain amount of pesticides.
I have a couple blueberry shrubs. They produce for a week if I remember to throw a bird net over them and the bugs don't get them. As a kid we grew a ton of raspberries and froze them but we had many more acres and free child labor.
I buy whatever and soak them in a water bath, and hope whatever health benefits outweigh the chemicals I will likely get somewhere else anyway. There tasty either way.
Even organic berries can use a certain amount of pesticides.
I have a couple blueberry shrubs. They produce for a week if I remember to throw a bird net over them and the bugs don't get them. As a kid we grew a ton of raspberries and froze them but we had many more acres and free child labor.
I buy whatever and soak them in a water bath, and hope whatever health benefits outweigh the chemicals I will likely get somewhere else anyway. There tasty either way.
We like Aldis and Trader Joes.
We freeze many many berries. Big work. Picked locally by us. My wife is way more patient, but I will pick too.
Off season berries really are not good, in my opinion, but frozen berries are sad, but at least we know they are clean.
Off season berries really are not good, in my opinion, but frozen berries are sad, but at least we know they are clean.
Never thought much of frozen berries of any kind. For strawberries, I get the organics at Aldi when available-one fruit that I won't buy unless it's organic. I also like the regular blueberries at Aldi when the price is reasonable.
Individual frozen blueberries do pretty good
Raspberries and blackberries decent
Strawberries are ok for pies and such
Wife rotates flat sheets into the freezer
Frozen store berries are garbage. No thanks
Depends really. We’ve got some specialty markets around here. One has an extensive berry selection with multiple suppliers. These days the blueberries are imported (Peru, Chile, or Mexico) but the strawberries can come from California or Mexico.
When they’re in-season, the strawberries from the Salinas Valley can be amazing. Around here we might also get some from the area around Oxnard, California. California grows maybe 90% of the commercial US strawberry crop. In season blueberries seem to mostly come from Oregon or Washington, but we’ve got a few California sources. There’s a company primarily in construction, but they operate a farm that grows blueberries.
https://serrescorp.com/
https://serresranchblueberries.com/
When they’re in-season, the strawberries from the Salinas Valley can be amazing. Around here we might also get some from the area around Oxnard, California. California grows maybe 90% of the commercial US strawberry crop. In season blueberries seem to mostly come from Oregon or Washington, but we’ve got a few California sources. There’s a company primarily in construction, but they operate a farm that grows blueberries.
https://serrescorp.com/
https://serresranchblueberries.com/
I like the fresh raspberries at Costco.
The thing about a really god strawberry is that it will smell really good. I’ve had ones that were low on flavor and there was almost no odor. But there’s also a balance between ripe and overripe.
One time I bought maybe 12 pounds for a group camping trip with my kid’s summer day camp. It was 69 cents a pound. They were nearly perfect. Very little bruising, but right where they were at their peak. They had to be consumed quickly before they got soft or started showing mildew.
One time I bought maybe 12 pounds for a group camping trip with my kid’s summer day camp. It was 69 cents a pound. They were nearly perfect. Very little bruising, but right where they were at their peak. They had to be consumed quickly before they got soft or started showing mildew.
There's a farm about 30-40 minutes away from me that drives their tomatoes, corn, everything to a little stand every year closer to the city so ya just pull over and buy what ya want. When they leave the stand for the year they put a sign up come visit us at the farm with the address as they have stuff already picked for sale if in a hurry or ya can go out on the farm and pick it yourself as every row of the farm labeled with signs of what's growing there. I've seen a lot of farms but this one really organized and a bit of everything growing. I've also noticed their tomatoes in Jewel so I've bought them there too over choosing the Mexico etc... ones as I'd rather eat something grown 40 minutes away from me.
