Blueberries -

cousin_borat

My brother was over to see me a couple of days ago from home, now he knows his nutrition and supplements inside out. He was really surprised to see that the breakfast bar in the hotel had free blueberries since they're so expensive in Ireland. Anyhow he proceeded to tell me how they're one of the very best fruits to eat.

Especially for improving cognitive function, help alleviate the damage caused by smoking due to lipid hydroperoxides, inhibiting growth of certain cancer cells (colon and prostrate).

Was interesting since I never would have thought of them as being so effective.

Dragan

blueberries normally make it into the superfoods group! Thats normally them, though you might see one or two differences depending on who you talk to.

Beans
Blueberries
Broccoli
Oats
Oranges
Pumpkin
Salmon
Soy
Spinach
Tea (green or black)
Tomatoes
Turkey
Walnuts
Yogurt

t-ha

cousin_borat wrote:

Was interesting since I never would have thought of them as being so effective.

Yup - but you just can't get the bastarden things round these parts!

amazingemmet

I get the frozen ones in tesco for a quid a box (500g) try there might have em

t-ha

amazingemmet wrote:

I get the frozen ones in tesco for a quid a box (500g) try there might have em

Nah - they do have mixed frozen berries but not blueberries specifically. No matter anyhow, berries are all good.

cousin_borat

My Bro who lives in Dublin gets Blueberry Tabs from lef.org, when they're off season. It's funny, he's going down there this weekend to their HQ in Fort Lauderdale to stock up on his years supply of supplements before flying home (still works out cheaper than ordering online!) Two suitcases of supplements!! If he's stopped by customs he's f%@ked.

Bullet7

Tesco are rip off merchants when it comes to frozen fruits especially Blueberries. They charge € 29.52 per kilo for these bad boys, you can get them in Festa foods in Bray for € 11.00 per kg!!! They come in a 2.5kg bag for €27.50. When you do the numbers you can see we're being ripped off. By the way festa foods also do frozen strawberries(€9.50) and mixed berries(€12.50) in 2.5kg bags. I've have been using them for a while now and they're spot on!

hot fuss

Check this out... http://www.derryvillablueberries.com/

You can even pick your own in August and September.. bet they're cheaper than Tesco too!

ClareBear

Vitalinea Yogurts do Blueberry ones now too if anyone's interested.

StickyMcGinty

Bullet7 wrote:

Tesco are rip off merchants when it comes to frozen fruits especially Blueberries. They charge € 29.52 per kilo

jesus thats the same price as fillet steak!

loismustdie

try goji berries, thay are even better than blueberries. get them from health shop

Sleepy

Said I'd try some of these when I saw them in Dunnes the last day. Never realised how tasty they were! Heartily recommend throwing them into some natural yoghurt for a snack so good it tastes like it can't possibly be healthy!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I get blueberries from tesco in Carlow.. they're lovely in smoothies... think they were dear enough though for the tiny box of them I got

still, even in the summer fruits frozen mix there's loads of blueberries.more than any other berry

daveirl

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Kolodny

I love blueberries in my porridge in the morning but the only place i can find them near me is my local Marks and Spencer and they're horribly expensive there - a fiver for a tiny punnet.

The new 'Innocent Superfood Smoothie' with blueberries in is particularly nice and also contains acai berries which supposedly have the highest antioxidant content of any fruit.

Degsy

Is it possible to grow em?I grow my own blackcurrants,redcurrants,gooseberries,apples,pears and passion fruit.

cousin_borat

right so then, hour left before I fly home for a few days. "Get yah Blueberries, 5 for a pouwand luv", any takers.. sorry Alpha Male is gone already!

tk123

loismustdie wrote:

try goji berries, thay are even better than blueberries. get them from health shop

hey that have them in tescos but they're a tenner a bag! Anyhoos a tip - M&S blueberries are much nicer than tescos and they have 1/2 price offers on them - you get twice as much as you get in tescos..

amazingemmet

Degsy wrote:

Is it possible to grow em?I grow my own blackcurrants,redcurrants,gooseberries,apples,pears and passion fruit.

Just like any other berry to grow so shouldn't be a prob

daveirl

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davyjose

amazingemmet wrote:

Just like any other berry to grow so shouldn't be a prob

Yeah but you'll only get them for, what?.... 6 weeks a year???

Degsy

davyjose wrote:

Yeah but you'll only get them for, what?.... 6 weeks a year???

Freeze em or preserve them in some way?