• down food are a rare occurrence in nature , as it often suggests that the nutrient is toxic or rotten . But not so for blueberries ! One of the only truly blue foods , it ’s distinctive colour comes from anthocyanin , a water supply soluble paint .
• It ’s unusual when our favorite foods featured on Dietribes are aboriginal to North America , but again the blueberry breaks the mould ! It shares the honor of being a native yield with cranberry and Concord grape .
• As most of you already know , blueberry are antioxident powerhouses , containing natural compound that assist us stayhealthyand may preclude eld - relate diseases ( including Alzheimer ’s and some forms of Crab ) .
• The Wampanoag Indians include blueberry crops as part of their educational sharing with settlers . Since they can be dried , put in , uphold and give the axe , blueberries became an crucial early - American food source . In fact , a pet dish during colonial times was Sautauthig , a simple pudding made with blueberries , break up corn ( or samp ) and water , which may have been part of the first Thanksgiving . In unfeigned American form , settler after tot Milk River , butter and sugar when they were available.• Robert Frost even wrote alovely poemabout blueberry ( title … " blueberry " ) - does n’t this make you salivate ? " You ought to have seen how it looked in the rain / The fruit mix with water in level of leaf , / Like two sort of jewels , a vision for stealer . ”
• How delicious are blueberry bush ? Delicious enough for Crayola ’s blueberry - scented crayons to be discontinued curtly after their vent in the mid-90s . Parents complained that it might lure children to eat the crayon ( but does n’t everything tempt children to eat almost anything?)• The memorable picture in Willy Wonka where Violet Beareguarde swell up into a blueberry was done in two takes : first they blow her up , then they overeat her through a styrofoam cutout . obviously when rolling her around in the blueberry suit , the Oompa Loompas often lose control , crash her into the wall several times .
• More of the blueberry bush in America : it became the official DoS yield of NJ in 2004 ( Whitesbog , NJ is the place of origin of the cultivate blueberry ) , and the blueberry jellybean ( currently one of the most popular flavor ) was create in 1981 for the President Reagan ’s inaugural so that there would be red , white-hot and blue varieties .
• There areblueberry festivalsall over the United States during most part of the year . Have any of you been to one ?
• I am a late convert to the blueberry and will never look back ! I just picked up some chocolate - covered blueberries this weekend , too - and yes , they are delectable !
‘ Dietribes ’ appears every other Wednesday . Food photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our post about hercolorful dieting .
