Re: Blueberries -- fresh vs frozen

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:09:50 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-20 3:49 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 9:36:35 +0000, D wrote:

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Another strategy commonly employed by smaller companies, is to fly in
berry pickers from Thailand and have them (equally small and nimble
hands)
pick the berries, and then ship them home, when the seasons is over.

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Swedish strawberries are probably superior to even wild Polish
strawberries. I say that because my step-mom is from Sweden. Bringing in
Thai workers in from the other side of Asia seems kind of expensive,
even though they probably don't weigh much and save a lot of jet fuel.
Perhaps some Poles could be trucked in on Tesla Electric trucks. In this
way, his image can be redeemed in the eyes of Americans.

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I was in Sweden one year when strawberries were in season. They were
pretty good. Our local strawberries are good, but I am afraid the
quality may be dropping as farmers are switching to those  big
flavorless berries like the Florida imports.

Local fruits are always the best. The pineapples, mangoes, papaya, and
avocados here are just awesome - especially the mangoes.