Nobody likes to look at a greenish/gray muffin
Ever cut a slice of blueberry loaf cake, or bite into a muffin only to discover that the muffin has a weird tinge of gray, maybe even green?
Yup. We have been there too.
Your cake or muffin might taste perfectly delicious, but, we also eat with our eyes.
All you need to do to avoid that is simply to rinse your blueberries. Yes. That simple.
Rinse berries in cold water several times – until the water is noticeably lighter when you drain them. It’ll start out dark blue, but will gradually shade its way up to a watery red/blue,
and then, you will have clear water.
When that happens, remove the berries from the water using a strainer and then dry the berries well (Be gentle as frozen berries are mushy and tend to ooze.)
with several layers of paper towels, top and bottom.
Your berries are ready to be used.
Gently and quickly stir the frozen berries into the batter. You’ll see a few inevitable streaks of blue, but the entire batter shouldn’t turn blue. If that starts to happen – stop stirring, you’re done! Make sure not to overmix the muffin batter, or the blueberry juice will still bleed.
We used this method in this recipe here, and see? No green batter! Just a beautiful and delicious cake.
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What about tossing the blueberries in flour before mixing into the batter?
This is what I do. Works fine
Blueberries are buggy , use frozen ones with better hechsher than OU ((between carpools should have had a picture of non-OU berries)
“use better ones with better hechsher than OU”….. Umm….. Pretty sure that is the gold standard…..
Nope. Ask
Frozen fruit with OU hechsher have not been checked for bugs. Ask your LOR, but most hold that they should only be used when blended.
dole not acceptable for bluberries
I haven’t found frozen blueberries from a Jewish company in like 10 months. Did anyone find them anywhere?
Right, there’s a reason for it. Big bug prob!, only dole “found” a way to have them available:)
My understanding is that there are different opinions in the kashrus world as to whether blueberries are problematic. The OU’s shita is that they are not. Other hashgachos may disagree. This isn’t a question of Dole ‘pulling shtick’ or ‘waving a magic wand’, it’s just a difference of opinion as to whether there is an underlying kashrus issue or not. Like other kashrus issues, people should do their own research and consult their Rav to decide how to proceed. (Please do not rely on this comment to decide what is/isn’t problematic, I’m just repeating what I have been told by someone at the OU a couple of years ago. Definitely consult your own Rav for guidance).
“A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO”…
THESE TYPE OF BUG ISSUES ARE ALWAYS CHANGING, DEPENDS ON THE SEASON, THE CROP & OTHER THINGS. ASK YOUR LOR, AS ALWAYS
….. Or I guess it depends which frum company would like to make a fistful and suddenly all the once fine fruits and vegetables are “buggy”….. Sorry. Just saying it like it is unfortunately…..
If the frum companies would want to make a fistful, then why don’t they have blueberries?
Instead of judging, let’s recognize that between carpools is read by a wide range of frum people, each with their own Rabanim. The OU is the gold standard for many many frum people.
Back to the topic of the post – I personally toss the blueberries right out of the freezer with flour and use right away: I find that it works great!
Hi, I have the CRC ( Chicago Rabbincal Council) app on my phone and extremely resourceful and helpful.This is what it says under frozen blueberries.
Frozen blueberries, without any kosher sensitive ingredients added, are acceptable without certification. Organic frozen blueberries are only recommended if being pureed.