Ophelia wrote:
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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.
>>>
>>> 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.
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> When you defrosted them, did they not collapse?

We didn't defrost them. Just ate them frozen. Wasn't my idea and I didn't
like them this way. But they now sell them to be eaten this way. They come
chopped in little cups.