Raspberries or Strawberries? They're both Free with the Olio app

Hello Hello Hivians, fellow Hive photographers, Friendlymoose Photo Contest and #FBC enthusiasts!

It's always a pleasure to participate in challenges that are run on Hive, I think they are what makes this blockchain of ours such a wonderful place. Entering and engaging gives us a community spirit that sets Hive apart from other web3 projects.

This week's theme in the Friendlymoose Photo Contest from @friendlymoose is "FOOD" and you can check the contest post here.

For my entry, I've chosen a shot taken on Tuesday morning (July 8th 2025)

This photograph was captured on the morning of the 8th of July 2025 at 10:45 am. In fact all the photographs that you see are all taken pretty much at the same time!

Some stats ...
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL camera
ƒ/1.68
1/128
6.9 mm
ISO262
12.5 MP
4080 × 3072
Ultra HDR

Had to be about berries being the summer!

On Monday I made my first rescue with the Olio app. I am not sure if it is available in your country or just the UK, but basically a volunteer will have rescued discounted food from a supermarket. As they are not legally allowed to sell it past its sell by or use by dates then Olio have arranged for volunteers to rescue it then make it available for app users to collect.

So I got some berries and vine tomatoes!

Some of you will know that Mrs T makes green smoothies for us to drink. This is basically spinach, bananas, water and berries. The berries are normally bought frozen from a supermarket.

So when I saw on Olio there were punnets of strawberries and raspberries, I decided that Monday would be the night that I tested it!

Of course those of you that freeze berries know you can't just stick berries in a bag into a freezer or they will become one big lump!

So you place on a tray and put in the freezer till they are frozen.

I did this overnight.

They do have a frosted look to them.

In fact the first image I am using for the contest looks like an AI photograph Mrs T. I was quite chuffed with that!

Once they are frozen then you can bag them and pop them in the freezer like this...

It did remind me when I was a child when we berry picking at a farm. I would sit in the raspberry rows and gorge myself on my favourite fruit!

What is your favourite berry or fruit?

Mine of course is the raspberry

Thanks for checking out my entry for this week's #FPC!

What do you think? Was the first image your favourite?

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your week!