My Latest Fruity Obsession

[livius drusus]

A couple of years ago it was Ambrosia apples, but my store stopped carrying the good ones so the monkey on my back starved to death. Now I have found a new obsession: dried blueberries.

I got them for adding to breakfast oatmeal (best. oatmeal. ever.) and they're so tartly delicious I have to physically restrain myself from just cramming fistfuls of them down my maw. I think they're actually better than fresh blueberries, and I love fresh blueberries. I'm even considering baking again (scones this time) just to have a new dried blueberry vehicle.

I thought no dried fruit could beat the dried peach. I WAS WRONG.

[Dingfod]

The dried blueberries are far better than fresh in my opinion.

[Sock Puppet]

Oooh, I've gots to get me some. I feel the same way about dried apricots, which is good 'cause apricots have such a psychotically short season.

[livius drusus]

I made blueberry pancakes for dinner last night. I threw in a cup of dried blueberries with the dry ingredients then mixed in the wet and cooked. Needless to say, they were awesome. Some of the blueberries plumped up, others remained chewy and wrinkly. I loved them both. Oh, and there was no bleeding so they looked extra-fancy.

It occurs to me I could keep a container of the dry ingredients all mixed together, like a blueberry Bisquick sort of dealie.

[MonCapitan2002]

That sounds tasty. I happen to like blueberries, so I think I should try that at some point. The most adventurous I have been with pancake recipes was to either add raisins or apple sauce.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

BB2's favorite Lindt bar is dark chocolate with blueberries and almond. It's really, really good.