Blueberries!
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It was one hot summer day in Washington, D.C., when I first had a fresh blueberry, at age 20. Growing up in the 60s and 70s in Los Angeles and Sacramento I had never seen a basket of blueberries; we had only had them frozen, in pancakes. I remember the event vividly. The basket was $2.50, I ate the whole thing before I even made it to the subway station. That entire summer I ate a basket of blueberries almost every day; it was my one indulgence.
I still believe the very best thing one can do with blueberries is to eat them raw - best right off the berry bush, second best, out of the basket. That said, there are many wonderful things that we make with blueberries here and several more I've found around other food blogs. If you have a yen for blueberries, consider the following from Simply Recipes:
Blueberry buckle
Peach blueberry cake
Blueberry muffins
Blueberry buttermilk pancakes
Blueberry pie
Blueberry maple breakfast bake
Blueberry cake
Berry and Banana Terrine
And the following from some favorite food blogs:
Blueberry dumplings from Bakingsheet
Blueberry sour cream pie from Kitchen Parade
Blueberry tarts with meyer lemon cream from Dessert First
Blueberry baked German pancake from Tigers and Strawberries
Blueberry breakfast bars from Farmgirl Fare
Summer Blueberry Crisp from a Gluten-free Goddess
Do you have a favorite blueberry recipe? Let us know about it in the comments.
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My brother in law agrees that blueberries are Nature's Wonder Food. He buys them by the basket as often as possible, but he actually freezes them (although he does't care for frozen blueberries from the store -- he prefers to freeze his own) so that he can pour the frozen berries into a bowl every night, and then cover them with skim milk, which immediately turns icy. This is his version of Blueberry Ice Cream -- just frozen berries and icy milk. He's positively cranky if he doesn't get it nightly.