The breakfast of Champions? Is really berries.
No need for squeaky voiced Kerri Strug or short-and-perky Mary Lou Retton to beam at you from your box of breakfast cereal anymore. (It’s too early for that hyper-positivity in the morning anyway.) Though the summer isn’t even anywhere near ready to start, we are seeing more berries on greengrocer’s shelves for lower prices, and we’re being really encouraged to pick it up and get eating. We’re also hoping to get out into the countryside and start finding You-Pick places. I wonder if that’s strictly a U.S. phenomenon, and I can’t imagine that being the case. (If anyone knows of places to pick in the U.K., tell! Tell!)
These are, of course, blueberries, and they’re huge — and watery. In the U.S., the smaller the blueberry, most often the sweeter it is, because the blueberries we’ve had from Maine, Alaska and Oregon are wild and no one is cultivating and cross-breeding them for size. These berries are likely imported from Spain, where the harvest – in an overwintered greenhouse – is already underway. It may be that when we get real U.K. blueberries grown in outdoor conditions, they’ll be awesome. Until then, these are mildly sweet, and go really well with a cup of Greek-style, plain yogurt, or whipped silken tofu made tart with lemon juice, and sweetened with a bit of brown sugar.
Hope you’re enjoying a bite of Spring this week.
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Holy yum! I cant wait for berry season. I have so many muffins, coffee cakes, pies and crisps/crumbles I want to make. The picture is lovely!
There are loads of pick-your-own places in Scotland. However,over on the west coast I only found one locally, out by the airport. I did go there, but can’t help wondering about the emmisions from the planes…
Here’s a link to some Googled farms, don’t know how much help it will be…
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_en-GBCH257CH258&q=fruit+farms+glasgow
right, even I can get blueberries now but I won’t, they aren’t that sweet really.
But just look at this gorgeous photo, a perfect way to start my day!
Hi there,
I came here through Cynthia´s blog. Your recipes are so interesting, I love the rhubarb cake…
I am hosting Tried & Tasted event dedicated to cooking from other blogs. This month, we re cooking from Cynthia. Up for the challenge?
What a gorgeous breakfast! I do love blueberries, in fact I love all summer berries. Wait until you try some in season Scottish raspberries, yum. Hey, we should go berry picking when you come back!
Yum! I like your breakfast!
Paz
Holler, I’m holding you to the berry-picking invite!