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 ML> Google "cultivation of wild blueberries" - and if you
 ML> want to cut to the chase, add site:.gov to the search.
 JW> Ok, so Vaccinium augustifolium, the low bush blueberry, is allowed

Isn't it angustifolium? augustfolium would mean noble (perhaps
golden) leaves; angustifolium means narrow leaves.

 JW> to be called wild blueberry even if it's cultivated.

Got it in one. It's weasel wording at its best - but it is
what obtains in this world of ours.

 JW> I have the same problem with that as labeling less than prime grade
 JW> standing rib as prime rib. It just confuses things.

Ditto. Although prime rib is from the primest part of
whatever animal one is referring to.

 JW> The low bush blueberry is the commonest one around here and IMO the
 JW> tastiest.

It is tarter and has real flavor; the highbush varieties tend
to be pulpier and bigger and both sweeter and starchier. A good
highbush berry can be eaten out of hand with some satisfaction
but can't very well stand up in cooking or piemaking.

 ML> Probably not... Winston Churchill was half American by
 ML> birth - a fact of which he was deeply proud.
 JW> Then it was racist in a semi-humourous but still nasty way after all.
 JW> I'll be far less likely to use that quote in the future.

Churchill was a piece of work himself, though that bullish
arrogance did well in the context of standing up to the Nazis,
for example.

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 ML> drink beer with him, and we talk about the places he will
 ML> visit when he recovers (there's always hope
 JW> Even if there is little real hope that is a pleasant way to pass
 JW> time.

I'm getting to that age where the big C is getting more of my
friends. My friend Rosemary, of whom I speak periodically, just
lost a brother to brain cancer and has another one waiting to
go from some other kind. She has also lost a stepson. I lost a
sister, mother, aunt, and grandmother to it. Both Lilli and
(as you may recall) Carol B. had breast cancer.

 ML> main role is to do the cooking when Annie is tired and to
 ML> watch thir cats when they have to go to clinic or someplace.
 JW> People in their situation need support like that.

I'm ideally placed for the role, as my schedule is fairly fluid,
my work, what there is of it, doesn't require me to be in any
particular place most of the time, and I have enough frequent
flyer miles for 25 trips if the fares get too onerous.

Here's a recipe where highbush blueberries would go fine, as
they're meant mostly for garnish, and the lemon should provide
all the acidity that you would need:

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      Title: Lemon Curd Tarts
 Categories: Desserts
   Servings: 30

  1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Shortening
      3    Eggs, well beaten
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Finely shredded lemon peel
    1/3 c  Lemon juice
           Blueberries

  Sift together the flour and salt; cut in the shortening until the mixture
  resembles coarse crumbs.  Sprinkle 1 tablespoon water over part of the
  mixture.  Gently toss with a fork and push to side of bowl. Repeat with 3
  or 4 more tablespoons of water until all is moistened. Form dough into a
  ball.  Roll out to 1/16-inch thickness.  Cut into 3- inch circles. Fit into
  small tart pans; press out bubbles.  Prick dough with tines of fork. Bake
  in a 450 F oven for 8 to 10 minutes until shells are golden.

  For lemon curd, in a saucepan combine the eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and
  butter.  Cook and stir over low heat until thickened, about 15 minutes.
  Remove from heat and stir in lemon peel.  Chill.  Fill each baked shell
  with 2 to 3 teaspoons of filling; chill.  Just before serving, top with
  blueberries.

  Makes 30 tartlets.

  [ COUNTRY HOME; August 1990 ]

  Posted by Fred Peters.

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