Weekly shop - Blueberries

[Platy767]

Just got back from the weekly shop with a significantly lighter wallet.

Went to Coles where the blueberries were $7 for 125g ($6 last week), so I thought, nah.

Went to Aldi where the non-existent blueberries were $6.50

Went to Woolworths and took a 125g punnet to the checkout only to be told they were $8.90 because they were organic. Reversed the trolley back to the fruit section where I had to settle for a punnet at $7.50.

SWMBO has the blueberries, I like raspberries.

I shouldn't whinge, it is such a blessing to have so much available all the time.

[Bealman]

That's a coincidence... I just got back from Coles that minute, but my wallet is significantly lighter than yours!

[guest311]

a blast from the past - Woolworths 

uneven wooden floors, and pick-and-mix 

for some reason that train of thought led me to memories of listening to 45s in a booth, but for the life of me can't remember if that was Woolies, or Smiths ?

[joe cassidy]

Woolworths - Airfix kits and packets of postage stamps for my collection.

Is the Australian Woolworths posh like South African Woolworths ?

[Newportnobby]

Wish we still had Woolworths - a most useful shop staffed by people who never quite knew what was going on. Wish we still had Maplins, too.
The old truism of "Use it or lose it" comes to mind.

[Buffin]

Blueberries (tasteless to me) are touted as a superfood. Just as I decided to give them a try, our local supermarket went out of stock.

I see self-proclaimed nutritional experts touting the merits of blueberries, but are they meaningfully more "super" than say raspberries, which actually taste delicious?

[njee20]

I'm always cynical of the superfood label. I believe blueberries are high in antioxidants, but whether they're materially better than any other Berry I don't know. My son loves them, so we buy them, along with a variety of other berries. I do like blueberries, but agree there are nicer berries out there! Dunno what we pay for them though, £2 a punnet maybe.

[martyn]

My wife has blueberries as part of her normal breakfast. They seem to be sourced from all over the world-North Africa, South America, as well as Europe and probably elsewhere.

Woolworths= Pick'n'mix, Airfix models and Playcraft model railways though these were actually scaled HO for British prototypes.

Martyn

[Safety Engineer]

We have Blueberries for breakfast with a dollop of Greek yougart. We get both from Sainsburys

[Newportnobby]

Woolworths= Pick'n'mix

Made by Ashbury Confectionery in Corby (Now Baronie Chocolates)
One of my favourite customers to visit
But I digress from blueberries........

[guest311]

"Playcraft model railways"

I'd forgotten them, were they not made by Jouef ?

[RailGooner]

Wish we still had Woolworths - a most useful shop staffed by people who never quite knew what was going on. Wish we still had Maplins, too.
The old truism of "Use it or lose it" comes to mind.

I did use Maplins, a lot. And Radio Shack too. Too much stuff is designed to be non user-serviceable these days, so nobody learns to tinker anymore. We were greener than we knew in days of yore.

[RailGooner]

Blueberries (tasteless to me) are touted as a superfood. Just as I decided to give them a try, our local supermarket went out of stock.

I see self-proclaimed nutritional experts touting the merits of blueberries, but are they meaningfully more "super" than say raspberries, which actually taste delicious?

I've seldom had a blueberry that tasted of anything other than grass or wood. MBH loves a blueberry, but concedes they can be very variable in strength of flavour. T'other day I bought a packet for no other reason than they were as big as golf balls which amused me. Nearly every single one that MBH ate was followed by exultations of the wonderful taste! Every single one I had was a woody tasting duffer. :'(

[daffy]

There's obviously no accounting for taste.......   buds.

Wife loves em, I think they're highly overrated. Raspberries for me.

[grumbeast]

Well, we're a a major producer of blueberries here (planted three new bushes in the garden yesterday as it happens), they're a staple pretty much and when in season are cheap as chips, have them for breakfast a few times a week and make muffins out of them probably weekly.  If they taste of dirt, then your blueberrying wrong!.  As for superfood, don't know, but they are good for you like any berry or fruit.

Speaking of Woolies, my first job was as a Saturday boy in the Woolworths in Caerphilly, If I was lucky I would be allowed to work the record bar late on Saturday afternoon and put on Zeppelin instead of the easy listening rubbish that the more .. er mature staff members would put on the rest of the day