British Expats - Pet Peeves?

I have to agree. Blueberries don't really taste very strongly of anything. I can eat them, but all I get is a mild generic berry flavour. Probably for the better though, at least then the American need to add more ingredients to food (usually nuts/fruits/grains, or some kind of topping - syrup, sauce, sugar, cinnamon) is sated by blueberries in many cases so I don't have to put up with tasting raspberry in everything.

WJS	Sep 18th 2015 6:22 am

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One of my favourites when dieting because blueberries are so low in calories is 0% Greek yogurt with some frozen blueberries and stevia. I mix it well but let is sit for a little while and the blueberries start thawing and turning the yogurt blue. It is delicious. :)

Pulaski

Sep 18th 2015 6:33 am

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Originally Posted by WJS (Post 11752272)

No, it isn't. :sick:

Lord PercyPercy

Sep 18th 2015 6:50 am

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Originally Posted by WJS (Post 11752272)

Looking at the ingredients listed I think we're diametrically opposed. ;)

Nutek

Sep 18th 2015 6:51 am

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Originally Posted by Lord PercyPercy (Post 11752301)

Looking at the ingredients listed I think we're diametrically opposed. ;)

Raspberries in heavy cream topped with sugar.

Lord PercyPercy

Sep 18th 2015 6:52 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11752303)

Raspberries in heavy cream topped with sugar.

Now you're talking.

Nutek

Sep 18th 2015 6:53 am

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Originally Posted by Lord PercyPercy (Post 11752305)

Now you're talking.

I know my tasty fruit snacks.

Pulaski

Sep 18th 2015 6:55 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11752303)

Raspberries in heavy cream topped with sugar.

It needs a foundation of rum or brandy-soaked cake pieces covered in custard. :nod:

zargof

Sep 18th 2015 6:56 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11752306)

I know my tasty fruit snacks.

Fruit cake.

Lord PercyPercy

Sep 18th 2015 7:02 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11752308)

It needs a foundation of rum or brandy-soaked cake pieces covered in custard. :nod:

Don't make this a trifling matter.

Cardienscarf

Sep 18th 2015 8:51 am

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Originally Posted by Lord PercyPercy (Post 11752219)

Absolutely.

Seriously, Blueberry pie? No thanks, I'll have my pie stuffed with a fruit that actually tastes of something, apple, blackberry, peach but not blueberries. The most disappointing berry in my opinion.

Especially disappointing because they imitate blackcurrants and then taste of nothing while blackcurrants are a party in your mouth, especially swirled around in ice cream with cream poured on top.

Bob	Sep 18th 2015 10:52 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11752240)

The most tasteless fruit known to man. Not much sweetness, just a little acidity. Surely the ideal fruit for people who don't actually like fruit. :unsure:

I would never buy blueberries, or anything with them in, but I love yogurt and my primary peeve with blueberries is that I can't buy a mixed case of fruit yogurt without one third of the pots containing blueberry yogurt! :(

Proper, wild, Maine blueberries are freaking amazing! The cultivated small ones aren't bad either.

Unfortunately, nearly all the ones sold in grocery stores around here tend to come from NY and NJ and they're the tasteless large ones. It's the same with strawberries though.

username.exe

Sep 18th 2015 12:36 pm

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California strawberries are a class apart. :nod:

Jerseygirl

Sep 18th 2015 3:17 pm

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11752303)

Raspberries in heavy cream topped with sugar.