Goji berries

peepeep

Hi folks,

Just wondering if anyone can describe to me what goji berries taste like? I hear they are super good for you, so I was considering getting some to stir into my morning porridge. Would that be tasty or awful?

Thanks!

*Hank Scorpio*

I bought some in a health store but am generally skeptical about alot of the stuff these places sell. They were imported from Peru and were rock-hard. Probably had zero nutrtional value coming from so far and for so long. Tbh i generally, like you said, mixed them into some porridge or ambrosia rice. Sometimes I just swallowed them whole with water

Pembily

In my porridge every day I have a tbsp of milled Gogi berries and flaxseed and it's lovely!!!!

_Whimsical_

They taste like slighty sweet, dried up little teabags. Somehow it seems to work though. They're far from delicious like strawberries and blueberries etc but they're not "ewww" either. They'd be fine for porridge. They'll just never be your snack of choice when you're watching tv!

shift

*Hank Scorpio* wrote: »

I bought some in a health store but am generally skeptical about alot of the stuff these places sell. They were imported from Peru and were rock-hard. Probably had zero nutrtional value coming from so far and for so long. Tbh i generally, like you said, mixed them into some porridge or ambrosia rice. Sometimes I just swallowed them whole with water

Yes I agree, Im sure they are great for you fresh- but dried out and shipped they must lose lots of their goodness. Almost any fruit can be called a superfood. Im sure fresh strawberries/blueberries are probably a better alternative and no doubt much cheaper. Anyways evertime I pass zumo i get an amazon acai so I can't talk :pac:

(cos it tastes good / is frozen not dried / not influenced by oprah)

EileenG

Yeah, any fresh local berries will be a superfood, cost less and taste better. If it's wild or organic, better again.

The trouble about things like acai and goji berries is that while they are fine, they cost so much you don't eat them nearly often enough. But you do feel so virtuous that a bar of kit-kat seems like a good payoff.

peepeep

Thanks for the replies everyone. Had a look at the goji berries in tesco today and they were 6.50 for a small enough bag - yipes! I agree that fresh berries would be cheaper and healthier but it's the wrong time of year for that sort of thing sadly. I might just stick with my orange and banana at snack times for now. Thanks again!

shift

peepeep wrote: »

Thanks for the replies everyone. Had a look at the goji berries in tesco today and they were 6.50 for a small enough bag - yipes! I agree that fresh berries would be cheaper and healthier but it's the wrong time of year for that sort of thing sadly. I might just stick with my orange and banana at snack times for now. Thanks again!

well you can go to the frozen foods / desserts section and pick up a pack of frozen fruit. Boylands do mixed berries, i got frozen blueberries in m+s a few weeks ago. I heard lidl do frozen fruits too. They work out much cheaper for some reason, as its says they are fresh frozen.
Dunno if they work well on porridge but they go well in the blender with a banana and some orange juice;)

EileenG

Don't forget blackberries. I live in Dublin, but I walked along picking blackberries all over the place today.

corkcomp

EileenG wrote: »

Don't forget blackberries. I live in Dublin, but I walked along picking blackberries all over the place today.

the ones in Cork have all fallen off the brambles or rotted since late september

Cadiz

I have found them for way cheaper in Asian stores. I live in Dub so don't know about Cork, but look out for them if there is an Asian store - 3 euros for a good sized pack instead of 7 in supermarkets, health shops.

Cadiz

Should also say I used to eat them every day, as they are supposed to be good for psoriasis, which I get sometimes.

Didn't make one jot of difference to psoriasis, but they taste fine - nice even.

El_Dangeroso

Cadiz wrote: »

Should also say I used to eat them every day, as they are supposed to be good for psoriasis, which I get sometimes.

Didn't make one jot of difference to psoriasis, but they taste fine - nice even.

Vitamin D is great for psoriasis!

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/019096229270302V

Get thee to a herring! (or some supplements )

phelixoflaherty

Like sweetcorn except when they exit they look a bit softer. Expensive too