Blueberries

[ferlew]

Never eaten them until today, they are really rather nice. I expected tart/sour.
I did however, find that little hard frill nasty in the mouth, are you supposed to remove it?

[TheWinner]

It's up to you. If you don't like it, remove it.

[anneasquith]

what frill ? do you mean the thin stalk on the top .

[flump1]

The ones we get are not hard ferlew, we just serve them with ice cream. Lovely.

[Old_Geezer]

Much the same as black or red currants. It you don't like the non fruit bits remove them. Or just ignore them.

[boxtops]

I just eat the lot, they are absolutely delicious at the moment. The frill's good roughage :-)

[ferlew]

The fruit itself was nice, just that teeny hard frill at the bottom/top, sort of crispy.
I'll get out the nail scissors.

[Chipchopper]

I know just what you mean Ferlew, It's the little five pointed star on the bottom of the fruit, which is called the 'calyx' it's where the flower was.
Remembering my first experience at tasting blueberries, was the some as yours and found it fiddly trying to remove the calyx but once I got used to the berry, I found that didn't bother me any more.
I now grow several bushes and there is nothing like picking and eating straight from the bush but I often find myself checking the calyx and blowing it just in case of anything that shouldn't be there.

[ferlew]

I'll try and not think about it, just "craunch it up" as my OH would say.
They are quite delicious though, wonder what else I am missing out on, by not being open minded.

[welshlibranr]

I make a pavlova of strawberries and blueberries, it's just lovely!.........

[Sparkles62]

I just eat them whole, dont really notice it when I chew them up, I love them on my cornflakes instead of sugar.
I buy them every time I see them in the yellow label section, they last for ages in the fridge.
My little grandson loves them, he calls them boobellies. Lol. X