What Happend to Smuckers® Blueberry Syrup

[Papageorgio]

To each their own.

Always remember the story of Jim Fixx.

Go right ahead and kill yourself, I won’t participate in letting corporate America trying to kill people and I hope you enjoy the higher insurance rates.

 

[martybegan]

Go right ahead and kill yourself, I won’t participate in letting corporate America trying to kill people and I hope you enjoy the higher insurance rates.

Everyone dies, some people don't live.

 

[Papageorgio]

Everyone dies, some people don't live.

Like I said, do what you want, I enjoy eating clean and healthy and I find highly processed food not very good, the organic, less processed, healthier way better.

 

[Concerned American]

Yes. I make my own strawberry syrup for ice cream topping. Takes about 15-20 minutes total with three ingredients--water, strawberries (I use frozen) and sugar that I substitute with a Stevia blend. Tastes a whole lot better than the bottled stuff.
1 cup water - 1 cup sugar (or substitute) - 2 cups strawberries. Boil for 10 minutes then simmer until strawberries are very mushy and syrup has thickened a bit. Some then strain the sauce into the storage container. I use a hand mixer to puree what's left and use it all which probably constitutes a sauce instead of a syrup. But whatever somebody wants.

I started making my own huckleberry ice cream a couple years ago. Couldn't believe how well it came out. Make a huckleberry compote and throw it in the ice cream maker. It came out the same consistency as the ice cream you can buy in the stores but the fresh huckleberry flavor was delicious.

 

[Foxfyre]

I started making my own huckleberry ice cream a couple years ago. Couldn't believe how well it came out. Make a huckleberry compote and throw it in the ice cream maker. It came out the same consistency as the ice cream you can buy in the stores but the fresh huckleberry flavor was delicious.

Well fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries are quite abundant in the stores here. I don't believe I've ever seen huckleberries offered for sale here though. Must be a more regional thing.

 

[MarathonMike]

To each their own.

Always remember the story of Jim Fixx.

Jim Fixx had an enlarged heart from birth and when he started running at age 35 he was very overweight and smoked 2 packs a day. Another case of 'more to the story'.

 

[Papageorgio]

I started making my own huckleberry ice cream a couple years ago. Couldn't believe how well it came out. Make a huckleberry compote and throw it in the ice cream maker. It came out the same consistency as the ice cream you can buy in the stores but the fresh huckleberry flavor was delicious.

My wife loves huckleberries and we love the homemade ice cream, it has better flavor. I just don’t get why everyone thinks highly processed foods are better tasting, to each their own I guess.

 

[martybegan]

Jim Fixx had an enlarged heart from birth and when he started running at age 35 he was very overweight and smoked 2 packs a day. Another case of 'more to the story'.

I also like this one

 

[Concerned American]

Well fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries are quite abundant in the stores here. I don't believe I've ever seen huckleberries offered for sale here though. Must be a more regional thing.

Nope, they haven't been too successful at domesticating them. We have to go out in the forest and find a patch and pick them. LOL, my wife says the loneliest sound in the world is the sound of that first single huckleberry hitting the bottom of the bucket.

 

[Concerned American]

My wife loves huckleberries and we love the homemade ice cream, it has better flavor. I just don’t get why everyone thinks highly processed foods are better tasting, to each their own I guess.

IDK if everyone thinks the processed food is better, the fresh ways are just too time consuming for people who are wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of life. We were in that rat race until we retired and things slowed down.

 

[MarathonMike]

Nope, they haven't been too successful at domesticating them. We have to go out in the forest and find a patch and pick them. LOL, my wife says the loneliest sound in the world is the sound of that first single huckleberry hitting the bottom of the bucket.

I can honestly say I've never eaten or even seen a huckleberry. Are they like blueberries?

 

[1srelluc]

Well fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries are quite abundant in the stores here. I don't believe I've ever seen huckleberries offered for sale here though. Must be a more regional thing.

Those would be commercial/cultivated blueberrys. Very bland when compared to the tarter wild huckleberry you forage for in the wild.

The last I heard pickers the next county over were getting $110 a gallon.....Competition is fierce with old families claiming sections of mountain patches.

Gun fights have erupted over patches since the meth-heads started invading the mountains. FAFO holds total sway. I bet more than a few meth-heads have been left covered in rocks up there.

The hell of it is that their claimed picking grounds are all on the Shenandoah National Park but park personnel pretty much leave them alone as several have been "winged" over the years.

Every few years you will hear of the patches being set afire when they burn the underbrush so they grow better.

I sure miss my grandmother's Huckleberry pies.

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[Concerned American]

I can honestly say I've never eaten or even seen a huckleberry. Are they like blueberries?

They look like a miniature blueberry--a gigantic huckleberry may be 1/2 in diameter--most are 1/4 to 3/8. They are slightly red in color but it is so dark that they look almost black. The flavor is slightly tart and different from a blueberry. In a good patch you can pick about a quart an hour.

 

[Concerned American]

The last I heard pickers the next county over were getting $110 a gallon.....Competition is fierce with old families claiming sections of mountain patches.

It takes a long time to pick a gallon of hucks. People are very secretive and protective of their favorite patches. City folks from Spokane will come up here and they bring a plastic hand rake affair that they strip the plants with. It damages the plant and they aren't productive for a couple years after someone uses one of those rigs. Hand picking them makes for better berries that can be frozen and not so difficult to clean out the leaves and branches that the rakes take off.

 

[White 6]

Amazon doesn't have it? Hmmm, the plot thickens.

Spooky when Amazon doesn't even sell it. I may have to check Ebay, but will have to be careful of expiration dates. Basically being a product of the canning process, I am not sure if expiration dates even matter, but important to PJ.

 

[1srelluc]

It takes a long time to pick a gallon of hucks. People are very secretive and protective of their favorite patches. City folks from Spokane will come up here and they bring a plastic hand rake affair that they strip the plants with. It damages the plant and they aren't productive for a couple years after someone uses one of those rigs. Hand picking them makes for better berries that can be frozen and not so difficult to clean out the leaves and branches that the rakes take off.

We used to pick them on my grandfather's mountain land and though he never posted his land he made it known that he better not catch anyone messing with his huckleberrys nor his squirrels. He could have cared less about folks walking through deer hunting.

My grandmother used to freeze the Huckleberrys. She also made a preserves that was out of this world too.....The trick was hiding it from her sorry-ass daughter (my great aunt) who would try to steal it.....I did not shed a tear when that ***** kicked the bucket.

Funny, we used old King Syrup tins with a bail on them to put them in when we picked them.

 

[1srelluc]

Spooky when Amazon doesn't even sell it. I may have to check Ebay, but will have to be careful of expiration dates. Basically being a product of the canning process, I am not sure if expiration dates even matter, but important to PJ.

Nothing on eBay, I checked.

HA! Funny thing about E. dates on stuff, men don't really care but my wife is the same way.

 

[White 6]

make your own...blueberries and sugar ...blend till a puree

Have you made it yourself, Bones, or just know that is a basic recipe?

 

[Concerned American]

We used to pick them on my grandfather's mountain land and though he never posted his land he made it known that he better not catch anyone messing with his huckleberrys nor his squirrels. He could have cared less about folks walking through deer hunting.

My grandmother used to freeze the Huckleberrys. She also made a preserves that was out of this world too.....The trick was hiding it from her sorry-ass daughter (my great aunt) who would try to steal it.....I did not shed a tear when that ***** kicked the bucket.

Funny, we used old King Syrup tins with a bail on them to put them in when we picked them.

We use one gallon plastic Blue Ribbon Ice Cream buckets. They are useful for a lot of disposable tasks.

 

[Concerned American]

Have you made it yourself, Bones, or just know that is a basic recipe?

It is a pretty simple. I've made syrups and compotes with blueberries and huckleberries. Here's the recipe. Enjoy.

Blueberry Simple Syrup

This homemade blueberry syrup is easy to make and perfect for topping your favorite breakfasts and baked goods like pancakes, biscuits, and more.

www.allrecipes.com