I think I just got a foodrection!!! OMG!!! This thread could spawn some serious experimentation. I'll let you guys do all the work. I'll just come over to sample and give my opinion. : ) Cracklin' pork or duck does sound great. What about a turkey?

mmmm yes roasted duck or pork shoulder/butt or venison/wild game. I could see it used like saba with a cheese-based dessert or just a cheese platter --> our awesome neighborhood restaurant has a fabulous dessert - cheesecake crusted in pine nut brittle and drizzled with saba.

The idea of using it on poultry sounds delicious! I'll definitely try that!

The blueberries themselves are sweet and sour with a bit of clove and cinnamon - meant as an accompaniment to roast meat, like cranberries at Thanksgiving. I've also done cherries the same way.

Balsamic Vinegar is often used to make a sugar sauce for marinating strawberries in, its frequently served with a custard, with the strawberry marinade poured over. I see no reason why a blueberry vinegar could not be used in the same manner.

So I advise making a fine custard - not too sweet, probably simple vanilla, or even make a bavarios. Then add that blueberry vinegar to a simple sugar syrup and then let it cool down, pouring over a mixture of raspberries, blueberries and blackberries and let it marinate in a covered bowl in the fridge for a few hours. Then warm the fruit up a bit and pour over the custard settings.

I would also advocate a marscapone concoction. However, to put that together, I would have to think more than I have time for tonight.

I'll consult my books and see if they have anything to offer up to the "pickled fruit" people of the universe.

~smile~
Queenly

P.S. Since I abhor pickled products in all forms, I do wish to say that pickled berries are quite possible one of the oddest things I've ever heard of. . . HOWEVER. . .I have several dear friends who SWEAR by pickled watermelon, so I'm willing to entertain the possibility that pickled blueberries are palatable to select members of the gene pool. Never knock something you haven't tried. Not that I'm going to try it. Cause I'm not! But I can follow the epicuriousity that might possess a person to make blueberries last longer. . .those buggers go bad so quick and taste so good. I applaud your ingenuity even as I shudder and my tongue tries to burrow itself into back of my throat.