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12:42 pm
May 23, 2009
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I would love to make some of the homemade cranberry sauce that Suzanne posted today but I have no idea where to get fresh cranberries around here. If I don't grow it myself I usually get it from the Amish but no cranberries. Anyone have any ideas on where to get them. Would frozen ones bought from the store and thawed work?
Thanks!
1:29 pm
May 5, 2010
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I don't know about your area but we don't see cranberries in fresh berry form in CA save during November and December (the juice processing sucks up a lion share of the crops). If I have wild ideas about doing things with cranberries during the year, extra bags need to be purchased then and frozen. I don't see why you can't use frozen … I have for years in muffins and the like. Now am really looking forward to trying some canned recipes with fresh berries this year with the increasing canning addiction!
3:54 pm
December 28, 2008
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Sure – you can use frozen berries! Just be sure to measure them before they thaw.
We freeze fruit for doing something like jam, conserves, and sauces later all the time. But, as the frozen fruit thaws, it releases juice and throws off the volume measurement. With purchased berries, it is very easy to measure them in the frozen state, then either let them thaw or throw them into the pot and let them begin to cook down.
5:27 pm
May 14, 2005
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You don't have cranberries in the produce section of your larger grocery stores?
5:50 pm
June 1, 2010
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No fresh cranberries here in Chicago…don't expect same until mid-to late October. Michigan, our local source, has an October harvest. Rest of the universe is controlled by Ocean Spray!
7:24 pm
May 5, 2010
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Oregon coastal area is a the farm source for cranberries on the west coast, although I do see Ocean Spray fresh pop up in the big grocery outlets as early as late October and on sale into late December. Then, [POOF]! I agree with bonita: Ocean Spray pretty much decides how much of the fresh berries goes to market! Cranberries only seem to be happy growing in the northern tier of the States and Canada, which makes it a North American exclusive. Sweet! although the trick is deciding how much you can afford when the ruby darlings are available.
8:59 pm
October 17, 2008
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We have bags of cranberries in the produce section now………I'm sure they must store them somehow so they're available all year.
11:19 pm
May 5, 2010
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CindyP said:
We have bags of cranberries in the produce section now………I'm sure they must store them somehow so they're available all year.
You're a lucky duck! … you must be close to cranberry country in MI. I loved my years in MA close to the cranberry growers, but, for the life of me, can't remember when the first bags would show up at the markets. My curiousity led me to this website that spoke of recent experimentation in trying to prolong the storage of a fresh fall harvest. So far it looks like 5 months maybe? Europe seems to be developing a taste for the berries!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/re…..104609.htm
8:36 am
October 17, 2008
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I don't think I am….. I think there is a large one in the lower peninsula, but more in the upper peninsula, up by Whitefish Point.
11:59 am
May 23, 2009
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None of the grocery stores around here carry them but they are small town grocery stores. I'm sure the cashier would look at me like I had two heads if I asked for fresh cranberries! They don't even carry frozen ones. The largest chain grocery store is 60 miles from me and it's a Krogers (and a Super Walmart). I can't recall seeing any cranberries in the fruit section but will check for sure next time I go. Thanks everyone!
12:48 pm
September 6, 2009
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CindyP said:
I don't think I am….. I think there is a large one in the lower peninsula, but more in the upper peninsula, up by Whitefish Point.
Yep—–I remember seeing a sign for the cranberry farm when we were at White Fish point a couple of years ago.
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