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Cooking & Baking

Old Crank

(6,672 posts) Fri Jan 9, 2026, 03:42 PM 13 hrs ago

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BLueberry prices

I'm in Munich and I hit my closest grocery store for a few things. Was not going to buy blueberries today but I will need them for Sunday's pancakes. 2.99 euro for 500 grams. That is right about $2.75 per pound.
From Peru. Peru. How do they do that?
That is a lot of work from field to transfer station to reefer ship, to Holland, and trucked to my store 300 meters down the road.

Unreal.

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BLueberry prices (Original Post) Old Crank 13 hrs ago OP

Lots of carbon emissions IbogaProject 11 hrs ago #1

I have a bush outside one of my kitchen windows. ... littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #2

6.99/pint in northwoods tazcat 9 hrs ago #3

IbogaProject

(5,622 posts)

1. Lots of carbon emissions

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:55 PM

11 hrs ago

Every step of moving and cooling them caused co2 emissions. It is a hardy and high yielding berry.

littlemissmartypants

(31,675 posts)

2. I have a bush outside one of my kitchen windows. ...

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:06 PM

11 hrs ago

Most likely planted by the birds and enjoyed by them every year.

Watching them balance on the branches while they eat is one of the joys of my life.

tazcat

(222 posts)

3. 6.99/pint in northwoods

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:24 PM

9 hrs ago

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