Today we harvested and enjoyed our first strawberries! These are the so-called 'Strawberries as big as peaches' from Gurney's. Actually today's berries were fairly large...about the size of a golf ball, give or take. There are some larger-- but still green. Flavor was decent, but not the outrageously yummy and explosive strawberry flavor that I was dreaming of! I think that in addition to the cultivar grown, the soil that it is grown in and the weather conditions may have alot to do with the nuances of flavor. One other fact to make note of is the narrow window of time between slightly underripe one day and slightly overripe another. I will have to remember to check the berries every day from now on. The big thing we love is strawberry freezer jam, so as soon as we have begun to eat our fill of fresh berries, then I can start to save them up in the freezer until I have enough for batches of jam.
This coming Sunday: waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream!
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