Like other berries, they also make good preserves and tarts. Select firm, dark berries that have a whitish bloom on them. You can find fresh blueberries in the summer, but frozen blueberries are available year-round and work well in many recipes. They're very perishable, so keep them refrigerated and use them as soon as possible. You can also buy blueberries frozen, dried, or canned.
Frozen berries get a little mushy after they're defrosted, but they'll work well in many recipes.
It's more fragile than a blackberry, but it also lacks the blackberry's conspicuous seeds. Select boysenberries that are dark in color and free of mold. OR youngberry bramble See blackberry . Like its relative the tomatillo, the Cape gooseberry is covered with a papery husk. The fruit inside looks a bit like a yellow cherry, and tastes like a sweet tomato.