Why and How to Freeze Blueberries - Ahh, summer. Brimful of hazy days, humid nights, and lots and lots of blueberries. Those sweet orbs of azure joy are welcomed anytime of period, but especially justness now, when they wage a fruitacular (fruitacular?) balm for the grossest weeks of season.
That's a rhetorical way of language that blueberries are currently on bailiwick occasion at both my supermarket and Costco, leaving for roughly $0.16/ounce. That's fair nigh as twopenny as they'll get around here, and I need to ready the ship for the season months. (That's when I want shrub pancakes, but have to usually fight for acorn vine pancakes. It's honorable not the corresponding.)
Fortuitously, cooling blueberries for prox use is rich as (shrub) pie, and a heckuva lot cheaper than purchase off-season ones turn January. All you requirement to do is move these plain steps. You'll thank me come Christmastide (because certainly, there's no one much deserving of pricey gift-like things than a babble-prone, extremely lax blogger you scarce pair.)
Anyway, let's get to it.
Step 1: Cut a hole in the box. Buy an Ark-of-the-Covenant-sized carton of blueberries from your local farmer's market, big box store, or preferred fruit venue.
Step 1.5: Get some freezer baggies while you're at it. Honestly, they're nice to have around, regardless. Tom Bosley was right on.
Step 2: Take a picture that you may someday use as a computer background. Make sure it is well-lit and in focus, so people (note: your mom) think(s) you're super awesome.
Step 3: Measure out your desired amount of blueberries. It could be in cup or half-cup increments, or by weight. Whatever you prefer. For my own nefarious purposes, I did eight ounces at a time.
Step 4: Place the blueberries on a small baking sheet. Stick that sheet right in your freezer.
NOTE: Blueberries are weird in that you should generally wait to wash them until right before using 'em. Less mushiness that way.
Step 5: Freeze for a few hours. Overnight is best.
Step 6: While the freezing process is occurring, watch the finale of Friday Night Lights and contemplate your values. Hope that someday you may make Coach Taylor proud.
Step 7: Once berries are frozen through, pour them into a freezer-safe Ziploc baggie. Get as much air out as possible, using a straw or your purty, purty mouth. Then, label that sucker.
NOTE: You do not have to write "Frozen Blueberries," as so brilliantly demonstrated here. Odds are you'll know they're frozen when you remove them from ... wait for it ... yep, the freezer.
And that's pretty much it. The blueberries should keep for a couple of months this way. (If you start seeing major freezer burn or frost buildup, it's probably a pretty good indication they should be used soon.) Try them in smoothies, crisps, or the aforementioned flapjacks. Viva la France!