Today I went blueberry picking with some other JETs. It was sooo nice. We went to this farm about half an hour away where you can pay about $5.00 to go in and pick/eat as many blueberries as you want for as long as you want! If you want to bring blueberries home with you, you have to pay by weight. It was really fun. They had many different kinds of blueberries with different tastes, so we went around eating from as many blueberry shrubs as we could. YUM. ^_^
There was a time when it started raining so we had to go to the blueberry "house" (which was really just a covered section) so we could pick while it rained. All of those shrubs were totally picked over, though, and it took some effort to find some tasty ones. After a bit of that, we decided to have some Blueberry Soft Cream and other blueberry flavored treats that are available at this farm. I had a blueberry smoothie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. They sell a ton of stuff there: wine, blueberry pasta (whoa), jams, and whatnot.
After the rain, we were able to go back out and pick some more. I tried to fill my basket, but let's be honest, most of blueberries went straight into my mouth. ^_^
Looks very tasty... Fun, too:)
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Ella,
ReplyDeleteDid you save any blueberries for pancakes? Remember that wonderful smell wafting up to your bedroom, summoning you from a deep sleep to wake up to first that tantalizing aroma, then to the delicious taste of blueberry pancakes fresh and hot from the griddle after you stumbled down the steps half asleep, arm out in front of you so you wouldn't run into anything?
Love,
Dad
Hi Ella, I don't really like blueberries, but that smoothie looks great! Can't imagine the pasta though. Took me awhile to find your blog site again - now i will keep better track of it because i love your pix and the stories. The bathroom pix are most interesting along with your CD player; no more bug stories please; we have had some cooler mornings -hope you do 2! j
ReplyDeleteOk - officially overloaded with JEALOUSY! Blueberry farms?!?
ReplyDeleteYou know blueberries are one of few shining stars of food.
Good for you.