Subj : Pick Your Own
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Feb 14 2023 14:21:09
Hi Dave,
RH> We used to find wild strawberries in the land surrounding the house
RH> where we grew up. They were much smaller than the commercially grown
RH> but they were much sweeter. That's why I was disappointed to find that
RH> the "strawberries" we had were so bad tasting; I was hoping I'd be able
RH> to get some good ones.
DD> That's were we (my Granddad and I) got the strawberries for the truck
DD> garden. They were growing wild in the woods. We dug up "starts" from
Our strawberries were in open fields. One neighbor had had a horse at
one point; the berries from the field where the horse was pastured
always had the biggest berries.
DD> several places and transplanted to the berry patch. Then encouraged
DD> the rizome-like runners to reach out and root, filling in gaps. Our
We never tried transplanting any, just let them spread on their own.
DD> berries were no bigger than the first joint of my thumb (1 1/2"
hull DD> to tip). DD> Unlike the huuuuuge hybrid berries I see in some
Stupormarkup DD> displays.
Berries we found were maybe a third of that size. Took a good number of
them just to have a few for all of us in the family (7) some on our
cereal.
DD> 2 lb Fresh picked strawberries
DD> 3 1/2 ts Lemon juice
DD> 1 c Sugar
DD> 1/2 oz Butter
I go the faster route, using sure jel, the lower sugar recipe.
DD> Take your strawberries and hull them (use a spoon its DD>
faster) In large bowl or pan, mash the strawberries to a DD> release
their juices.
I picked up a little gadget some years ago--rounded spoon shape with
teeth around the bowl of the spoon. Deborah, when working at Taco Bell,
used a similar one to de-stem tomatoes; they called it a "shark". She
saw mine and christened it a shark also. (G) It really works well.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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