"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "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.
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> Could be. We mostly had them in the frozen state.

When you defrosted them, did they not collapse?
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