I love blueberries, and lately I've been out in the woods around our
house picking the wild ones like crazy, which to me have a better flavor
than the cultivated ones in the stores, but when I run out of the ones I
have in the freezer (yes, they freeze well!) then I go to Costco and buy
the large containers of them. They usually have them at a real good
price, and are beautiful berries and keep a long time in the
refrigerator. We like them in our cereal, but much prefer them in
muffins, pancakes, pie and cakes. Sometimes I make a sauce to put over
vanilla ice cream (yum!). If I use them frozen, I don't thaw before
adding to whatever it is I'm making, but just use as is, right from the
freezer.

Last week I made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake that was out of
this world delicious, and Sunday I made 2 dozen blueberry muffins and
today we had pancakes with them. Never tire of blueberries, and have
been picking an abundance of them, along with the wild red
Huckleberries.

Life is good!

Judy

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:38:00 PM UTC-6, Judy Haffner wrote:
> I love blueberries, and lately I've been out in the woods around our
>
> house picking the wild ones like crazy, which to me have a better flavor
>
> than the cultivated ones in the stores, but when I run out of the ones I
>
> have in the freezer (yes, they freeze well!) then I go to Costco and buy
>
> the large containers of them. They usually have them at a real good
>
> price, and are beautiful berries and keep a long time in the
>
> refrigerator. We like them in our cereal, but much prefer them in
>
> muffins, pancakes, pie and cakes. Sometimes I make a sauce to put over
>
> vanilla ice cream (yum!). If I use them frozen, I don't thaw before
>
> adding to whatever it is I'm making, but just use as is, right from the
>
> freezer.
>
>
>
> Last week I made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake that was out of
>
> this world delicious, and Sunday I made 2 dozen blueberry muffins and
>
> today we had pancakes with them. Never tire of blueberries, and have
>
> been picking an abundance of them, along with the wild red
>
> Huckleberries.
>
>
>
> Life is good!
>
>
>
> Judy

You have red huckleberries? All I've ever seen were blue/purple ones. I am fortunate to have wild blueberries on my farm but I'm getting so stiff I can
hardly crouch down to pick any more. I let my neighbor pick all he wants.

Roy wrote:

>You have red huckleberries? All I've ever
> seen were blue/purple ones. I am
> fortunate to have wild blueberries on my
> farm but I'm getting so stiff I can hardly
> crouch down to pick any more. I let my
> neighbor pick all he wants.

We have the dark blue/purple ones too, but this year's crop of red
huckleberries is really good. The berries are huge and the bushes are
bent over from the weight of the berries. They make awesome pie, but I
also use them right along with the blueberries in muffins, etc.

The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
of them this year, and especially now, as the fish are running in the
creek by our house! I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!
:-O

Judy

On 8/21/2012 6:38 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>
(snip)
>
> Last week I made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake that was out of
> this world delicious,

Could you share the recipe, please? The Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound
Cake sounds very delicious indeed TIA.

Sky

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On 22/08/2012 1:52 AM, Judy Haffner wrote:

> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
> of them this year, and especially now, as the fish are running in the
> creek by our house! I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
> not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!


Take a friend with you.... someone who can't run as fast as you can.

I have a couple blue berry bushes in my yard but the birds seem to be
pretty good at picking them just before they are ripe enough for my
taste. I put fine hardware wire around the bushes this year to keep the
birds out but they little buggers still got at the berries first.

On 8/22/2012 8:30 AM, Sky wrote:
> On 8/21/2012 6:38 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>>
> (snip)
>>
>> Last week I made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake that was out of
>> this world delicious,
>
> Could you share the recipe, please? The Blueberry Cream Cheese
> Pound Cake sounds very delicious indeed TIA.
>
> Sky
>

I'm not Judy - but I have a really good Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound
Cake recipe. Obviously written when you could still get yogurt in 8
ounce cups.

-Tracy

Blueberry Pound Cake

2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 large eggs
1 large egg-white
3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 8-oz carton low-fat lemon yogurt
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed
of a mixer
until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a
time,
beating well after each addition. Combine 2 Tablespoons flour and
blueberries in a small
bowl, and toss well. Combine remaining flour, baking powder, baking
soda, and
salt. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with yogurt,
beginning and
ending with flour mixture. Fold in blueberry mixture and vanilla;
pour cake
batter into a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan coated with cooking
spray. Bake at
350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan.

Sky wrote:

>Could you share the recipe, please? The
> Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
> sounds very delicious indeed TIA.

I'd be most happy too! Here you go....

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup cooking oil (I use Canola)
1 (18 oz.) yellow cake mix (I use Duncan Hines without pudding in it)
1 (3 oz.) vanilla instant pudding
4 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

Combine cream cheese and oil in large bowl for a electric mixer and beat
on high until smooth and creamy. Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs and
vanilla; beat on medium speed until blended. Fold in berries (if using
frozen, do NOT thaw). Batter will be thick. Pour batter into a 9 inch
tube, or bundt pan, that has been sprayed good with cooking spray and
dusted with flour. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until toothpick comes out
clean. Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes before removing from pan. Cool
completely. Sprinkle top with powdered sugar, if desired.
De-lic-ious!

Judy

Tracy wrote:

>I'm not Judy - but I have a really good
> Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
> recipe. Obviously written when you
> could still get yogurt in 8 ounce cups.

That sounds really good too, Tracy. I'll have to print off the recipe,
since is some different from the one I made. I see you only use half a
large pkg. of cream cheese? I think most yogurt is in 6 oz. containers
now, aren't they, so would need part of a 2nd one.

Judy

Judy Haffner wrote:
>
> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
> of them this year, and especially now, as the fish are running in the
> creek by our house! I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
> not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!
> :-O

Are you a US citizen? Then the question answers itself. Pick the
bigger gun and go armed for bear. A hunting license is only needed if
you go out there looking for the bear. Empty the gun into the center of
mass and don't worry that you spoil a lot of the meat doing that. Then
call 911 and ask if the park rangers are the ones who respond to
attacking bears that got shot dead.

If you're in some other country that lets bears kill its citizens, never
mind.

On 8/22/2012 12:15 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>
> Tracy wrote:
>
>> I'm not Judy - but I have a really good
>> Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
>> recipe. Obviously written when you
>> could still get yogurt in 8 ounce cups.
>
> That sounds really good too, Tracy. I'll have to print off the recipe,
> since is some different from the one I made. I see you only use half a
> large pkg. of cream cheese? I think most yogurt is in 6 oz. containers
> now, aren't they, so would need part of a 2nd one.
>
> Judy
>

It is a really good recipe. Try it out. And yes, it calls for 4
ounces of cream cheese and 8 ounces of yogurt. I've used plain
yogurt and it's just as good. I may have added lemon zest to make up
for the lack of lemon yogurt.

The resulting cake is moist but not dense and bakes up "high" if
that makes sense - it's not a short cake.


Tracy

On 2012-08-22, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Judy Haffner wrote:
>>
>> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
>> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS....

> Are you a US citizen? Then the question answers itself. Pick the
> bigger gun and go armed for bear.

Yep. I'd suggest a coach gun w/ slugs, perhaps in 20-guage:

http://www.stoegerindustries.com/fir...un-supreme.php

or a Marlin Guide Gun in 45-70:

http://tinyurl.com/8rgdcch

If whoever-she-is can do it, so can you.

nb


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On 8/21/2012 11:52 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>

>
> We have the dark blue/purple ones too, but this year's crop of red
> huckleberries is really good. The berries are huge and the bushes are
> bent over from the weight of the berries.

I'd never heard of red huckleberries but Google confirms they exist.

>
> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
> of them this year,

It's been a bad year everywhere and you are picking THEIR food that they
need for hibernation. Hungry bears are troublesome bears.

I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
> not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!

Bears can climb trees better than humans. Be careful.

gloria p

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:30:16 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

>Judy Haffner wrote:
>>
>> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
>> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
>> of them this year, and especially now, as the fish are running in the
>> creek by our house! I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
>> not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!
>> :-O
>
>Are you a US citizen? Then the question answers itself. Pick the
>bigger gun and go armed for bear. A hunting license is only needed if
>you go out there looking for the bear.

Actually, in NY you need a license to "carry a gun afield" -- which
covers anything off your property, or not on the way to a range. And
if you shot a bear out of season, you'd be answering uncomfortable
questions. [not as uncomfortable as being gnawed on by Ursus
horribilis-- but still, some avoidable bad times.] Not to mention the
chances of a neophyte with a gun just ****ing the bear off.

If I was in bear country and was nervous I'd check the local sporting
goods store for bear mace. [and stay mindful of which way the wind is
blowing- that stuff stings the eyes]

Jack Hanna says he's carried a can for years and years-- and actually
had one occasion to use it a year or two ago.
[I just checked to be sure my mind remembered that right-- yep-
Grizzly bears- 2 yrs ago]
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/zookeeper-j...ry?id=11263009

Jim

notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-08-22, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>> Judy Haffner wrote:
>>>
>>> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
>>> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS....
>
>> Are you a US citizen? Then the question answers itself. Pick the
>> bigger gun and go armed for bear.
>
>Yep. I'd suggest a coach gun w/ slugs, perhaps in 20-guage:

Why do you keep talking about shooting bears with a 20 gauge?

Granted, this is an Alaskan page, but note;
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/safety/bears.htm
"Protection
Most people who hike in Alaska's wilderness don't carry a weapon. They
know that the best defense is common sense. Traveling and camping
carefully are all that they need. If you feel the need for additional
protection, consider carrying "pepper spray", a bear deterrent made
from the juice of red-hot peppers. This incapacitating spray teaches
bears a lesson without permanently maiming them. It's available at
local sporting goods stores and at visitor centers. Be familiar with
the characteristics of the brand you choose and its warnings.

You are allowed to carry a gun for protection in state parks.
Remember, though, that more people are hurt by the guns they carry
than are hurt by bears. Select a gun that will stop a bear (12-gauge
shotgun or .300 mag rifle) and practice firing it at a rifle range. .
.. . "

>
>or a Marlin Guide Gun in 45-70:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/8rgdcch
>
>If whoever-she-is can do it, so can you.

That's a 45/70 & I approve of *that* message.<g>

[But in real life a can of spray is a lot easier to have on your belt
while picking berries.]

Jim

On 2012-08-22, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

> Why do you keep talking about shooting bears with a 20 gauge?

???? First time I've ever mentioned it.

nb


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Jim wrote:

>Granted, this is an Alaskan page, but
> note; >http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/safety/bears.
>htm "Protection
>Most people who hike in Alaska's
> wilderness don't carry a weapon. They
> know that the best defense is common
> sense. Traveling and camping carefully
> are all that they need. If you feel the
> need for additional protection, consider
> carrying "pepper spray", a bear
> deterrent made from the juice of red-hot
> peppers. This incapacitating spray
> teaches bears a lesson without
> permanently maiming them. It's
> available at local sporting goods stores
> and at visitor centers. Be familiar with
> the characteristics of the brand you
> choose and its warnings.

>[But in real life a can of spray is a lot
> easier to have on your belt while picking
> berries.]

Yes, that is very true about the bear spray, as is quite effective!

I live in Alaska, but I've never shot anything except tin cans, when
hubby was teaching me to shoot a gun, when we were first married. He
goes in his airboat to his cabin during bear season to hunt them, and
once shot a large black bear through the screen, as it was trying to
come through the living room window, when had company here for a chicken
dinner!!

Living where we do, we can expect to have bears as neighbors! They are
plentiful, so is something we need to use common sense about. My hubby
has two artificial knees now because of a brown bear attack in '74 when
he was out moose hunting!

Judy

gloria p wrote:
>
> On 8/21/2012 11:52 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > We have the dark blue/purple ones too, but this year's crop of red
> > huckleberries is really good. The berries are huge and the bushes are
> > bent over from the weight of the berries.
>
> I'd never heard of red huckleberries but Google confirms they exist.
>
> >
> > The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
> > woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
> > of them this year,
>
> It's been a bad year everywhere and you are picking THEIR food that they
> need for hibernation. Hungry bears are troublesome bears.
>
> I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
> > not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!
>
> Bears can climb trees better than humans. Be careful.

If you climb a tree to get away from a black bear, it will climb right up
after you and pluck you right out of that tree.

G.

On Aug 22, 1:56*pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> >Granted, this is an Alaskan page, but
> > note; >http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/safety/bears.
> >htm "Protection
> >Most people who hike in Alaska's
> > wilderness don't carry a weapon. They
> > know that the best defense is common
> > sense. Traveling and camping carefully
> > are all that they need. If you feel the
> > need for additional protection, consider
> > carrying "pepper spray", a bear
> > deterrent made from the juice of red-hot
> > peppers. This incapacitating spray
> > teaches bears a lesson without
> > permanently maiming them. It's
> > available at local sporting goods stores
> > and at visitor centers. Be familiar with
> > the characteristics of the brand you
> > choose and its warnings.
> >[But in real life a can of spray is a lot
> > easier to have on your belt while picking
> > berries.]
>
> Yes, that is very true about the bear spray, as is quite effective!
>
> I live in Alaska, but I've never shot anything except tin cans, when
> hubby was teaching me to shoot a gun, when we were first married. He
> goes in his airboat to his cabin during bear season to hunt them, and
> once shot a large black bear through the screen, as it was trying to
> come through the living room window, when had company here for a chicken
> dinner!!
>
> Living where we do, we can expect to have bears as neighbors! They are
> plentiful, so is something we need to use common sense about. My hubby
> has two artificial knees now because of a brown bear attack in '74 when
> he was out moose hunting!
>
> Judy

I wonder about an air horn? It would probably scare the crap out of
them...

merrbyb wrote:

>I wonder about an air horn? It would
> probably scare the crap out of them...

That works VERY well, as does the remote for our car when we push the
horn from inside the house, but I doubt if either sound makes us popular
with our closest neighbor! After a bear tore the door off to the metal
storage shed in the front yard, where we store our garbage cans till
pickup day, hubby put nail boards all around it, and they caught on
quick!

Judy

On Aug 22, 4:28*pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> merrbyb wrote:
> >I wonder about an air horn? It would
> > probably scare the crap out of them...
>
> That works VERY well, as does the remote for our car when we push the
> horn from inside the house, but I doubt if either sound makes us popular
> with our closest neighbor! After a bear tore the door off to the metal
> storage shed in the front yard, where we store our garbage cans till
> pickup day, hubby put nail boards all around it, and they caught on
> quick!
>
> Judy

Better to bother the neighbor with an air horn as opposed to your
screams, IMO.

On 2012-08-22, Judy Haffner > wrote:

> pickup day, hubby put nail boards all around it, and they caught on
> quick!

Yeppers. We had a bear tear our shed door off, winter b4 last.

What are these "nail boards" of which you speak? Are you referring to
carpet tack board with all the little nails pointing up to hold a
carpet in place....

<http://www.orchardhousegranville.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/carpet_tack_strip.gif>


.....or did yer hubby jes drive a buncha nails into a board and you
mounted it spike side out?

nb


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nb wrote:

>or did yer hubby jes drive a buncha nails
> into a board and you mounted it spike
> side out?

That's exactly what he did and so far, it seemed to get the message
across to the scroungers! :-O

Judy

On 8/22/2012 9:10 AM, Tracy wrote:
>
>
> On 8/22/2012 8:30 AM, Sky wrote:
>> On 8/21/2012 6:38 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>>>
>> (snip)
>>>
>>> Last week I made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake that was out of
>>> this world delicious,
>>
>> Could you share the recipe, please? The Blueberry Cream Cheese
>> Pound Cake sounds very delicious indeed TIA.
>
> I'm not Judy - but I have a really good Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound
> Cake recipe. Obviously written when you could still get yogurt in 8
> ounce cups.

>
> Blueberry Pound Cake
>
> 2 cups white sugar
> 1/2 cup butter or margarine
> 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
> 3 large eggs
> 1 large egg-white
> 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
> 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 8-oz carton low-fat lemon yogurt
> 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
> Cooking spray
>
> Preheat oven to 350 degrees Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed of
> a mixer
> until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time,
> beating well after each addition. Combine 2 Tablespoons flour and
> blueberries in a small
> bowl, and toss well. Combine remaining flour, baking powder, baking
> soda, and
> salt. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with yogurt,
> beginning and
> ending with flour mixture. Fold in blueberry mixture and vanilla; pour cake
> batter into a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan coated with cooking spray.
> Bake at
> 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in
> center
> comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan.

Thanks for sharing the recipe - it's been saved for future use

Sky

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On 8/22/2012 11:10 AM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>
> Sky wrote:
>
>> Could you share the recipe, please? The
>> Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
>> sounds very delicious indeed TIA.
>
> I'd be most happy too! Here you go....
>
> Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
>
> 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
> 1/2 cup cooking oil (I use Canola)
> 1 (18 oz.) yellow cake mix (I use Duncan Hines without pudding in it)
> 1 (3 oz.) vanilla instant pudding
> 4 eggs, beaten
> 2 tsp. vanilla extract
> 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
>
> Combine cream cheese and oil in large bowl for a electric mixer and beat
> on high until smooth and creamy. Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs and
> vanilla; beat on medium speed until blended. Fold in berries (if using
> frozen, do NOT thaw). Batter will be thick. Pour batter into a 9 inch
> tube, or bundt pan, that has been sprayed good with cooking spray and
> dusted with flour. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until toothpick comes out
> clean. Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes before removing from pan. Cool
> completely. Sprinkle top with powdered sugar, if desired.
> De-lic-ious!
>
> Judy
>

Thanks for sharing the recipe. I've saved it to use when I next buy
some blueberries I'll have to put the cake mix on my shopping list, too.

Sky

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