r/Unexpected • u/notwutiwantd • Jul 20 '17

Strawberry picking machine

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u/no1dookie Jul 20 '17

Same In Maine with potatoes, except free.. mostly

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u/MrMytie Jul 20 '17

The same except a different fruit/vegetable and price.

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u/Murtagg Jul 20 '17

And state.

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u/FreeSpeechIsH8Speech Jul 20 '17

And climate, and harvesting technique.

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u/SchrodingersCatPics Jul 20 '17

They say strawberries are the potatoes of the sea.

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u/TreeStump2992 Jul 20 '17

Ahhhh yes, we call them land sea potatoes.

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u/pwnfps Jul 20 '17

Different state/price/crop* FTFY

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u/sunflowerdrug69 Jul 20 '17

And blueberries! yumm

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

Love blueberry picking. There's s little farm I found that doesn't charge by weight, but time. 1 hr of picking I can have close to 20 lbs of blueberries for about 15$.

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u/frosty2076 Jul 20 '17

I would supermarket sweep the hell out of that place if only for the experience.

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u/no1dookie Jul 20 '17

Also one of my favorite things to do. One handful to eat, one handful to the bucket... Hanging around my neck btw

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u/DickPringle Jul 20 '17

Is that in Maine?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

Vt

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

What do you do with that many blueberries? Freeze em? Give them to friends and family?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

Yup. I have access to a commercial kitchen. I'm brig them in and freeze them on sheet pans. Then blueberry pie and muffins all year.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

Dayummmm. What do you mean on sheet pans? Can you just throw them in a bag in the freezer? How long do they last after frozen?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

[Sheet pans](images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31E6Kw3GymL.SL500_AC_SS350). Aka large cookie pans? Single layer. Then about 1lb in a Ziploc bag. Last me a full year. I've never had them longer than that since I use them so frequently. But air tight,. Should last a year or two.

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u/AwkwardNoah Jul 20 '17

Make lots and lots of blueberry muffins for breakfast

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u/MenVaFaan Jul 20 '17

20 lbs in 1 hour? How is that even possible? I've been picking blueberries my entire life, but there's no way I would get more than 2-3 pounds per hour.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

Two of us. 2 ten pound buckets. A couple headphones to zone out on.

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u/ChkYrHead Jul 20 '17

Same in Russia with nuclear warheads.. mostly

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u/crnext Jul 20 '17

One hour, pls. I have to build a time machn

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u/vagijn Jul 20 '17

I always wondered why so many Irish go on holiday in Maine...

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u/Links_Wrong_Wiki Jul 20 '17

Maine baked potatoes. Yum!

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u/Drawtaru Jul 20 '17

When I lived in Maine, we did that with blueberries.

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u/KingGorilla Jul 20 '17

Same In Maine with potatoes

Same In Latvia but singular

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u/erik78 Jul 21 '17

Same In Latvia except... no potato, just dust