Scientists Developing Blueberry Burgers

AP ^ | 8/2/04

[truthandlife]

- Some scientists hope blueberry burgers will be coming to a restaurant, supermarket or school cafeteria near you.

Al Bushway, a food scientist at the University of Maine, says his lab has been stirring blueberry puree or blueberry powder into beef, chicken and turkey patties. The researchers are trying to boost the nutritional value of burgers and help farmers improve their berry sales.

Blueberries add cancer-fighting antioxidants to the patties and may slightly reduce the fat content of burgers.

The Agriculture Department has encouraged researchers to blend fruit with ground meat to make healthier burgers to serve to the 27 million children in the school lunch program.

Bushway hopes the burgers will be a big hit with children who participate in taste tests for the program.

[Drew68]

These might actually not taste all that bad.

[el_chupacabra]

Great! Those blueberry burgers will taste super with my broccoli fries and strawberry onion-rings!

[perfect stranger]

The Agriculture Department has encouraged researchers to blend fruit with ground meat to make healthier burgers to serve to the 27 million children in the school lunch program.

As opposed to simply serving fresh fruit with the meal.

Next thing you know they will be trying such bold experiments like adding lettuce to a burger in an attenpt to include leafy greens for vitamins and vegetable matter like tomatos and onions for other basic nutrients as well.

Perhaps they will add some dairy product as well for some vitamin D and Calcium.

I'm not sure if I should put a sarcasm tag here.

[4mycountry]

Hmmm, beef and blueberries...... >_<

[Saturnalia]

Primarily a way to dispose of excess fruit.

[Arkinsaw]

Everyone knows that a big crabby patty tastes better with jellyfish jelly.

[Saturnalia]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

[COBOL2Java]

[Jay D. Dyson]

I like blueberries and I like burgers...but I sure as hell won't eat blueberry burgers.

Why? Simple. I like meat and I like cake, but there's no way in hell I'd ever eat meatcake.

-Jay

[csvset]

Paging Stan Jones

[DeFault User]

I just had a wild thought. Why don't they put blueberries on cheesecake? ....Nahhhh, too weird...never sell.

[dvan]

Just put peanut butter with the blueberries and forget the hamburger.

[eggman]

First the homosexuals try to push their fruity lifestyles on us, now these geniuses want to put fruits in our burgers.

Fruit, It's What's for Dinner! It just doesn't sound right.

[The Energizer]

Cherry burgers are already on the menu in some Michigan schools. Why not blueberries?

[yooper]

Yuck. Here's a novel solution; have the kids eat the blueberries before they eat the burger. It's not like we're talking Brussels Sprouts here. Kids like blueberries.

[Knute]

Plevalean (cherry hamburger) has been marketed from Cedar, Michigan since the late 1980's. Good product!

[ditto h]

I am sure McGreevey would support this.

[joesnuffy]

feed the blueberrys to the cows