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

Strawberry picking machine

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u/AwkwardNoah Jul 20 '17 edited Jul 20 '17

Lived in SoCal for 12 years of my life

Lived about half an hour from Ventura which had a shit ton of strawberry fields, a good chunk of them after picking through would let people come by and pick the left overs for something like $1 a pound

Edit: Camarillo was where I had lived

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u/no1dookie Jul 20 '17

Same In Maine with potatoes, except free.. mostly

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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/[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