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Out On The Blueberry Farm

I’m not sure I even like blueberries.

I can’t recall ever popping one into my mouth, actually.

I’m not even sure I have baked with real blueberries either.

You might find it ironic that this past weekend I insisted, yes insisted that my husband and I take a little road trip an hour and a half away to go blueberry picking.

But, if you know me at all you probably aren’t all that surprised.

I mean, what could be more fun than getting up super early on a Saturday morning for this?

We woke up early and headed to Covington, Louisiana to  Blue Harvest Farms.

Upon our arrival, the parking lot was packed. Cars everywhere.

Groups of people wearing rubber boots. Even larger groups wearing floppy hats. Matching floppy hats.

Thoughts of a berry outage danced in my head.

I mean, these people look like they’ve done this type of thing of before. They have their children’s wagons for crying out loud! And those hats!

But we checked in, received our buckets and were assigned a “picking row”. The staff explained the difference between the berries and we were on our way.

Oh, hello abundant berry bush.

I’m sure there’s a science to berry picking that I’m unfamilar with, but my process went a little something like this.

Pick em’.

Put em’ in your bucket.

Repeat.

I must say, there is something quite relaxing about being in the middle of a field of blueberries.

It’s just you, your berries, and your bucket.

Wait a darn minute. Your husband is out there too!

Occasionally, I would wander over to his area of the picking row to check on how full his bucket was getting.

And then that’s when our fun-filled-berry-picking outing went downhill.

On my leisurely stroll back to “my” area of berries, I decide to snatch up a few more berries.

And that’s when I learned a very valuable lesson.

You know who else finds blueberry fields relaxing and fitting for a morning snack? BEES!

That’s right. Bees.

Apparently two of them were having a little date and unbeknown-st to me, I not only disturbed them, but went in for their brunch.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………………..on me!

I’m not sure if I actually grabbed the bee and then his friend stung me for added annoyance, if maybe they both got me, or perhaps the one bee got me twice. Can they even sting twice? Or do they die once they’ve stung?

All I know, is it stung like crazy and I hung my head in shame as I sauntered back over to the husband to let him know, “we’re done here”.

And then I remembered this sign:

Hey! What about snacking bees?!?!?

By the time we returned home and I began packaging them up for Father’s Day gifts in super cute ceramic fruit baskets, I sort of forgot all about my numb and throbbing fingers.

PS: There’s a reason I made the basket liner yellow gingham. Blueberry lemonade, my lovelies, blueberry lemonade.

But you’ll have to wait for that post.

Got any blueberry recipes you’d like to share?

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Southern born and raised, Aimee enjoys living life in the deep South with husband Brian and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Milo, Murph, Tucker, newest addition Queen Bea + their occasional foster dog. A graduate of Louisiana College, she once haphazardly traded in a career in corporate insurance for the aprons and ovens of her kitchen. AimeeBroussard.com is the online diary of her journey as an award-winning cookie creator and two-time cookbook author.

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  1. Facebook Comment says

    June 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm

    that sucks you got stung – good thing you aren’t allergic – I could never do that. LOL

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  2. Facebook Comment says

    June 17, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    Laura Eyecandy-Eventdetails- I think I was as a child! I’ve taken allergy meds & put every kind of ointment on them as precaution though. 🙂

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  3. Facebook Comment says

    June 17, 2012 at 10:19 pm

    Blueberry banana pecan creamcheese pie say that 10 times fast! I wilk have to get the recipe from my grandma on how to do this with fresh blueberrys but we have this every holiday its yummy!!

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  4. Facebook Comment says

    June 17, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    No recipes but you have my address for taste testers! Jk 😉

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  5. Beth@Unskinny BoppO says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:11 am

    Oh, man, I’m terrified of bees. I’m sorry to hear you got stung, but I appreciate the heads up to let me know I can never go blueberry picking! 🙂 They are my biggest phobia, which is ironic considering how much I love gardening.

    Dusty has a good recipe for blueberry protein pancakes on her blog: http://www.allthingsgd.com/2011/06/blueberry-protein-pancakes.html I haven’t tried them but they got good reviews from her comments. I like to make blue-raspberry smoothies.
    Large handful of blueberries
    Handful of raspberries
    1 banana
    1 container yogurt
    1 scoop of whey protein
    splash of milk
    cup of ice
    blend all together and drink up!

    Also, one of our other good friends lives near Covington, LA! We visited her earlier this year and ate at a cute little restaurant in downtown Covington that had delicious food. I’d recommend it if you ever get back down that way. http://www.neworleansfoodspirits.com/

    Can you tell I love food? LOL!

    Can’t wait to meet you in 2 days! 🙂

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  6. Wendy Byde says

    June 18, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    oh no!!! bees? ugh! 🙁 

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  7. Facebook Comment says

    July 7, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Cupcakes: just made these a couple weeks after a trip to the farmer’s market

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