Lingonberries: About to Get Expensive

Dr. Oz had lingonberries on his show this afternoon.

Lingonberries are awesome on Swedish pancakes, but you usually can’t get them. (Ikea has ‘em in their food store, but otherwise you have to find frou-frou or ethnic grocery stores.) Dr. Oz actually said he had never heard of them before preparing for this episode. (I guess New York isn’t a big Scandinavian immigrant area these days?) However, recent studies say that the lingonberry’s got more antioxidants than any of the other berries.

Lingonberry jam is really good if you like tart flavors like cranberry, so now you have an excuse to eat that instead.

The problem is that these health food crazes tend to make weird fruits both more available and more expensive. Bah.

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