Mushy cranberries

[Lebowski316]

Has anyone else had trouble finding decent cranberries this year? Seems like almost all of the bags I find in the stores have a very high percentage of mushy berries and a lot of them are beyond use. Whatever happened to the firm berries that used to be the norm?

[rainey]

YES! I got fresh ones at Trader Joe's at Thanksgiving and only used about 2/3 of them. And I got another bag at Whole Foods yesterday for breakfast this morning and they were worse. I was glad I didn't need a lot of them!

I floated them to eliminate the bad ones but I found I still needed to pick through the floaters to toss the ones that were partially soft.

[guilty]

Organic cranberries in VA have been fine--though scarce right now.

[soupkitten]

must be a regional thing. it was a really good year for midwestern cranberries. i don't think i saw a single even slightly mushy berry in 8 cases or so (pints).

[goodhealthgourmet]

+3.

i even bought two different brands just to be safe - Ocean Spray and [i think] Paradise Meadow, and they were both terrible.

[rworange]

Yes. I didn't buy Ocean Spray so I thought it had to do with buying a different brand

[Lebowski316]

I usually buy Ocean Spray just because it's "there" but the quality has been terrible.