Dear all
Today we went strawberry picking *hurray*! It's the season and what a joy to get out into the fields and pick abundant juicy red strawberries!! I had never seen a field of strawberries as big as those at Meesters in Collingwood and they are open for business!
Darren is a a die-hard strawberry connaiseur, he knows strawberries and I am keen to learn all I could from the master.
He gave me a couple of tips after we had been assigned our own 'row' *eeeek*, no green ones, no white tips, no mould and no soggy strawbs. Pick everything else! Done deal; off we went!
As you can see, Darren was better prepared than I for our afternoon challenge; Darren was dressed in comfortable clothing, I was wearing a {new} dress {that mutter sent me in the post and will already be annoyed that I wore it even though I didn't get it dirty}. I did however prove my worth and fill my carton at great speed and manage to avoid too many duds.
We filled two trays in no time and on leaving the farm, parted ways with a grand total of $8 [1/20th of the price you would pay at the supermarket]. Let the berry fun begin!
As you can see, we got right to it. Yet again, Darren excelled in the berry preperation; we hulled the strawbs, halved them and then added a generous handful of sugar.
After a good mix, using hands add a dollop of Ben and Jerry's, 'Cherry Garcia' Ice cream.... Heaven on berry-Earth!
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