Subj : Re: Pick Your Own
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Feb 16 2023 05:19:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
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
RH> Our strawberries were in open fields. One neighbor had had a horse at
RH> one point; the berries from the field where the horse was pastured
RH> always had the biggest berries.
Inagine that. We didn't have horses ... not even a pony. Just Farmall
and Oliver tractors .... where I learned to drive and shift gears.
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
RH> We never tried transplanting any, just let them spread on their own.
I wasn't up for trudging through the woods with a bucket on my arm. It
was much easier after we established the strawberry bed. Other than the
blackberry briars along the fence at the edge of the strawberry patch
we had raspberries and blackberries in the dtiches along the road and
among the trees in the orchard. Gooseberries amd May apples were in the
woods only.
DD> berries were no bigger than the first joint of my thumb (1 1/2"
RH> hull DD> to tip). DD> Unlike the huuuuuge hybrid berries I see in some
RH> Stupormarkup DD> displays.
RH> Berries we found were maybe a third of that size. Took a good number of
RH> them just to have a few for all of us in the family (7) some on our
RH> cereal.
Not all the berries are that big. I found that the smaller the berry
the more tart it was.
DD> Title: Strawberry Preserves
DD> Categories: Five, Fruits
DD> Yield: 5 half-pints
DD> 2 lb Fresh picked strawberries
DD> 3 1/2 ts Lemon juice
DD> 1 c Sugar
DD> 1/2 oz Butter
RH> I go the faster route, using sure jel, the lower sugar recipe.
I'm making preserves here - not jam or jelly. Bv)= Pectin is for use
in jelly making ... grape, apple, etc. And peach or apricot jam.
DD> Take your strawberries and hull them (use a spoon its DD>
RH> faster) In large bowl or pan, mash the strawberries to a DD> release
RH> their juices.
RH> I picked up a little gadget some years ago--rounded spoon shape with
RH> teeth around the bowl of the spoon. Deborah, when working at Taco Bell,
RH> used a similar one to de-stem tomatoes; they called it a "shark". She
RH> saw mine and christened it a shark also. (G) It really works well.
That might have sped things along. But, I got pretty good with the spoon.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Strawberry Grapefruit Waffles
Categories: Breads, Fruits, Dairy
Yield: 4 Servings
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1 c A-P flour
1 c Milk
2 lg Eggs; beaten
2 tb Sugar
1 tb Oil
2 ts Baking powder
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Pink grapefruit zest
Cooking spray
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3/4 c Sliced strawberries
1/3 c Pink grapefruit juice;
- strained
3 tb Honey
Add'l grapefruit segments;
- opt
Pats of butter; opt
Set oven @ 200ºF/93ºC.
In blender or food processor, pulse flour, sugar, baking
powder, cinnamon and zest until well sifted. Add beaten
eggs, oil and milk and blend until smooth. Allow batter to
set five minutes before cooking.
Prepare waffle iron with cooking spray and cook waffles
according to manufacturer's instructions. Keep completed
waffles warm in oven until ready to serve.
While waffles are cooking, prepare the topping. In a small
saucepan, heat grapefruit juice with honey until warm and
well combined.
Serve waffles topped with a little butter and strawberry
slices (and additional grapefruit segments if desired).
Top waffles and strawberries with honey-grapefruit sauce.
Grapefruit zest in the actual waffles and a honey-fruit
topping starring grapefruit and strawberries. I hope you
like it. I sure do!
Mr Breakfast would like to thank AlwaysDieting for this
recipe.
From:
http://www.mrbreakfast.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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