"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> I have used frozen berries in muffins when I couldn't get fresh. Would
>> not recommend this. They will work but they get rather leaky and your
>> blueberry muffins will turn purple. They will taste fine but look bad.
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> I remember many years ago (40+) when I got my first freezer I experimented
> with freezing many things to see how they turned out. Strawberries were a
> big flop because when they are frozen the cells expand and fracture so
> when
> the fruit thaws it collapses.

Could be. We mostly had them in the frozen state.