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"microwaved frozen berries" - gawd, this gives me shivers. I hope the rest of the world never catches up with this American invention.

scient 10y ago
What invention? Freezing berries so they can be stored? Newsflash - the whole world does this.
- jdimov10 10y ago
  No, the normal world eats fresh berries. Freezing them is cruel enough, but then microwaving that seems like the worst thing you can possibly do to a berry. I'm just curious, what precisely do you think you're eating after that? Cause it's sure not berries. But then again, may be that's natural in a nation that has only ever tasted plastic tomatoes.
  - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
    Agreed. But they are available fresh in the grocery store in the US. I don't buy them at all. Because the 'fresh' ones available around here are beautiful perfectly-formed bitter, green-tasting junk. Suitable for interior decorating but certainly not for eating. I grew up with berries growing wild in our windbreak. They were marvelous. Astonishingly tasty. Nothing in the store even resembles that.
plorkyeran 10y ago
Obviously fresh berries are much better and I'd never eat them by themselves, but in yogurt they're reasonable. They taste better than out-of-season "fresh" berries shipped thousands of miles, and the disastrously poor texture isn't too noticeable when they're mixed with other things.
jacobolus 10y ago
Huh? Have you ever eaten a cherry pie? Apple sauce? Pineapple on a pizza? Strawberry jam on some toast? Quince paste? Canned peaches? Dried mango slices? Shredded coconut? Any other kind of food made from processed or preserved fruit? Ever drunk fruit juice, or a smoothie? (I have never before heard of someone who only eats fresh fruit and refuses any other form.) It’s really no different here. We’re talking about, basically, heated fruit sauce mixed into yogurt as a fast and easy breakfast. This isn’t a gourmet restaurant offering. Frozen berries are a technological improvement on jam/preserves which dramatically reduces the amount of sugar you need for long-term storage, but requires some energy use for refrigeration. If you plan to heat them, mash them up, and stir them into yogurt, they’re pretty much interchangeable with fresh berries, but are cheaper, keep for months, and can be eaten in any season. Or is it the microwave you are opposed to? If you prefer, feel free to heat the berries in a saucepan or bake them or whatever. I find a microwave to be a lot faster and more convenient for pretty much identical results, but suit yourself..

scient 10y ago

What invention? Freezing berries so they can be stored? Newsflash - the whole world does this.

jdimov10 10y ago
No, the normal world eats fresh berries. Freezing them is cruel enough, but then microwaving that seems like the worst thing you can possibly do to a berry. I'm just curious, what precisely do you think you're eating after that? Cause it's sure not berries. But then again, may be that's natural in a nation that has only ever tasted plastic tomatoes.
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  Agreed. But they are available fresh in the grocery store in the US. I don't buy them at all. Because the 'fresh' ones available around here are beautiful perfectly-formed bitter, green-tasting junk. Suitable for interior decorating but certainly not for eating. I grew up with berries growing wild in our windbreak. They were marvelous. Astonishingly tasty. Nothing in the store even resembles that.

plorkyeran 10y ago

Obviously fresh berries are much better and I'd never eat them by themselves, but in yogurt they're reasonable. They taste better than out-of-season "fresh" berries shipped thousands of miles, and the disastrously poor texture isn't too noticeable when they're mixed with other things.

jacobolus 10y ago

Huh? Have you ever eaten a cherry pie? Apple sauce? Pineapple on a pizza? Strawberry jam on some toast? Quince paste? Canned peaches? Dried mango slices? Shredded coconut? Any other kind of food made from processed or preserved fruit? Ever drunk fruit juice, or a smoothie? (I have never before heard of someone who only eats fresh fruit and refuses any other form.) It’s really no different here. We’re talking about, basically, heated fruit sauce mixed into yogurt as a fast and easy breakfast. This isn’t a gourmet restaurant offering. Frozen berries are a technological improvement on jam/preserves which dramatically reduces the amount of sugar you need for long-term storage, but requires some energy use for refrigeration. If you plan to heat them, mash them up, and stir them into yogurt, they’re pretty much interchangeable with fresh berries, but are cheaper, keep for months, and can be eaten in any season. Or is it the microwave you are opposed to? If you prefer, feel free to heat the berries in a saucepan or bake them or whatever. I find a microwave to be a lot faster and more convenient for pretty much identical results, but suit yourself..