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Why and How to Freeze Blueberries
Ahh, summer. Full of hazy days, humid nights, and lots and lots of blueberries. Those sweet orbs of azure joy are welcome anytime of year, but especially right now, when they provide a fruitacular (fruitacular?) balm for the grossest weeks of summer.
Thats a flowery way of saying that blueberries are currently on major sale at both my supermarket and Costco, going for about $0.16/ounce. Thats just about as cheap as theyll get around here, and I want to preserve the bounty for the winter months. (Thats when I crave blueberry pancakes, but have to usually settle for acorn squash pancakes. Its just not the same.)
Fortunately, freezing blueberries for future use is easy as (blueberry) pie, and a heckuva lot cheaper than buying off-season ones come January. All you need to do is follow these simple steps. Youll thank me come Christmas (because surely, theres no one more deserving of expensive gift-like things than a babble-prone, extremely lax blogger you barely know.)
Anyway, lets get to it.
Step 1:Cut a hole in the box. Buy an Ark-of-the-Covenant-sized carton of blueberries from your local farmers market, big box store, or perred fruit venue.
Step 1.5: Get some freezer baggies while youre at it. Honestly, theyre nice to have around, regardless. Tom Bosley was right on.
Step 2: Take a picture that you may someday use as a computer background. Make sure it is well-lit and in focus, so people (note: your mom) think(s) youre super awesome.
Step 3: Measure out your desired amount of blueberries. It could be in cup or half-cup increments, or by weight. Whatever you per. For my own nefarious purposes, I did eight ounces at a time.
Step 4: Place the blueberries on a small baking sheet. Stick that sheet right in your freezer.
NOTE: Blueberries are weird in that you should generally wait to wash them until right before using em. Less mushiness that way.
Step 5: Freeze for a few hours. Overnight is best.
Step 6: While the freezing process is occurring, watch the finale of Friday Night Lights and contemplate your values. Hope that someday you may make Coach Taylor proud.
Step 7: Once berries are frozen through, pour them into a freezer-safe Ziploc baggie. Get as much air out as possible, using a straw or your purty, purty mouth. Then, label that sucker.
NOTE: You do not have to write "Frozen Blueberries," as so brilliantly demonstrated here. Odds are youll know theyre frozen when you remove them from ... wait for it ... yep, the freezer.
And thats pretty much it. The blueberries should keep for a couple of months this way. (If you start seeing major freezer burn or frost buildup, its probably a pretty good indication they should be used soon.) Try them in smoothies, crisps, or the aforementioned flapjacks. Viva la France!
Why and How to Freeze Blueberries
Thats a flowery way of saying that blueberries are currently on major sale at both my supermarket and Costco, going for about $0.16/ounce. Thats just about as cheap as theyll get around here, and I want to preserve the bounty for the winter months. (Thats when I crave blueberry pancakes, but have to usually settle for acorn squash pancakes. Its just not the same.)
Fortunately, freezing blueberries for future use is easy as (blueberry) pie, and a heckuva lot cheaper than buying off-season ones come January. All you need to do is follow these simple steps. Youll thank me come Christmas (because surely, theres no one more deserving of expensive gift-like things than a babble-prone, extremely lax blogger you barely know.)
Anyway, lets get to it.
Step 1:
Step 1.5: Get some freezer baggies while youre at it. Honestly, theyre nice to have around, regardless. Tom Bosley was right on.
Step 2: Take a picture that you may someday use as a computer background. Make sure it is well-lit and in focus, so people (note: your mom) think(s) youre super awesome.
Step 3: Measure out your desired amount of blueberries. It could be in cup or half-cup increments, or by weight. Whatever you per. For my own nefarious purposes, I did eight ounces at a time.
Step 4: Place the blueberries on a small baking sheet. Stick that sheet right in your freezer.
NOTE: Blueberries are weird in that you should generally wait to wash them until right before using em. Less mushiness that way.
Step 5: Freeze for a few hours. Overnight is best.
Step 6: While the freezing process is occurring, watch the finale of Friday Night Lights and contemplate your values. Hope that someday you may make Coach Taylor proud.
Step 7: Once berries are frozen through, pour them into a freezer-safe Ziploc baggie. Get as much air out as possible, using a straw or your purty, purty mouth. Then, label that sucker.
NOTE: You do not have to write "Frozen Blueberries," as so brilliantly demonstrated here. Odds are youll know theyre frozen when you remove them from ... wait for it ... yep, the freezer.
And thats pretty much it. The blueberries should keep for a couple of months this way. (If you start seeing major freezer burn or frost buildup, its probably a pretty good indication they should be used soon.) Try them in smoothies, crisps, or the aforementioned flapjacks. Viva la France!
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