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[–] 76 points 1 month ago

They are different species after all, another difference could be seen slicing them and putting them side by side, the pulp should have a different color too

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  • [–] 41 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Or storebought blueberries and wild bilberries?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    I'm not a native speaker of English, and I've only recently learnt that the 'blueberries' I grew up foraging from the woods are in fact bilberries. Which is kind of interesting because although most people will call them blueberries, we have a regional name for them, 'brimbelles', that's kind of similar to bilberries when you squint your eyes.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    It’s the same in Finland, I was raised thinking that I was eating blueberries when they were, in fact, bilberries.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    You did eat blueberries. In Scandinavian languages bilberries are called blueberries (blåbær, blåbär), because what Americans calls blueberries didn't exist there (the American sort was only introduced to Europe in the 1930s).

    English isn't alone in deciding what is a blueberry and what isn't.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So really we should be calling those insipid, watery grape-sized 'blueberries' impostors. It ain't a blueberry if it doesn't stain your mouth purple!

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You can get both of these at my grocery store. Right next to each other. Sometimes the same brand, sometimes different. I grew up eating off the tree/large bush and found all different sizes on the same tree. Main difference is the flavor.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Main difference is the flavor.

    Can you elaborate?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The bigger ones are sweet, sometimes too sweet, and don’t have a strong berry taste. They go good in like corn flakes or something when you need a healthy add-in. The smaller ones have a stronger flavor and can be too tart depending on if they are actually ripe. Sometimes they look ripe but if they are hard they are not ready to eat.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    High bush vs low bush blueberries. They're so different they may as well be a separate berry.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Do you call them that because the bushes themselves look different?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Odds are the ones on the left are Driscoll's genetic berries. Neat youtube documentary on Driscoll's monopoly on the berry market.

    https://youtu.be/nyG-np0S0ZQ?is=0ZYjSFpAPixV7P8f

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  • [–] 48 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Anyone who spends time in nature will tell you about varietals. You are being deliberately aggravating against readily accessible fruit. It's still fruit. It's still healthy. It's strange you would gatekeep berries.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago*

    Those are probably only different species, maturation levels or even size of the same species, cut the crap

    Also, stop reposting :3

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    *not shown - flavor is inverse to size.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I had to explain this to a person I care much about once... Some balls are big and some are small, I just happen to have one of each. They're both delicious.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    There's no difference in health value per berry. Smaller berries gives you more bang for your buck.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago*

    these are different species? Here we call the left ones American blue berries and the right ones would be our native ones, that are blue/purble inside; Americans would however call them bilberries.

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  • ♬I found my thrill
    On Blueberry Hill ♬

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Should also show the insides. Cut one of each in half.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Damn. Nature doesn't stand a chance!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Bluebarries in many store-bought "blueberry" muffins: blue coloring with bits of minced grape skins for convincing texture.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    The most interesting part is the wild ones are even better for you than the store bought. Much more concentrated nutrients in all wild foods.

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