Simply Recipes spoke to Kate McCarty, food systems professional at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Lily Calderwood, Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, about best practices for storing blueberries. Calderwood explained the blueberries should not be washed before storing because they are covered in a waxy coating called ‘bloom,’ which fresh read more Simply Recipes quotes Calderwood, McCarty about storing blueberries