August 2001

 
                                                  Blueberries or Bust!

                         What's so good about wild blueberries?

                                  That's easy. They taste great.

                                  As a matter of fact, can you think of a dish that wouldn't be
                                  better with a couple handfuls of wild blueberries thrown in?
                                  Biscuits? Ice cream? Turkey with blueberry sauce, anyone?

                                  Maybe it's the way they grow. Wild. Windswept. Flourishing
                                  in the acidic soil that was the glaciers' parting gift to coastal
                                  Maine. Mother Nature grows them, pretty much as she has
                                  for eons. We help some. But we also know when to stand
                                  back and let this rugged, rockbound land do what it does to
                                  perfection: produce the world's most delectable fruit.

                                  Of course, taste's just one reason products containing wild
                                  blueberries fly off the shelves. Wild blues are health food:
                                  Fat free. Jam-packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
                                  Zero cholesterol and sodium. And recent studies on the
                                  pigments that put the "blue" in blueberry showed they're a
                                  potent source of anthocyanin, an antioxidant known to block
                                  cancer-causing cell damage and the effects of certain
                                  age-related diseases.

                                  Quite simply, there's nothing like a case of the blues.
                                  Except another. And another...

                Amateur Radio in the Barrons of Maine