Subj : Re: Pick Your Own
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Feb 14 2023 06:01:00

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Actually they are edible - if bitter/astringent. As well as having (I
 DD> am told) health benefits.

 RH> I think I'll pass, indulge in some real strawberries. We should be
 RH> getting them in (from Florida) in a few weeks, locally grown by the end
 RH> of April/beginning of May.

 DD> They also have yellow flowers as opposed to the "real" strawberry's
 DD> white flowers w/yellow centers. And the faker's fruit grows upward,
 DD> the real guy hangs down.

 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.

That's were we (my Granddad and I) got the strawberries for the truck 
garden. They were growing wild in the woods. We dug up "starts" from
several places and transplanted to the berry patch. Then encouraged the
rizome-like runners to reach out and root, filling in gaps. Our berries
were no bigger than the first joint of my thumb (1 1/2" hull to tip).
Unlike the huuuuuge hybrid berries I see in some Stupormarkup displays.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Strawberry Preserves
 Categories: Five, Fruits
      Yield: 5 half-pints

      2 lb Fresh picked strawberries
  3 1/2 ts Lemon juice
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 oz Butter

  Take your strawberries and hull them (use a spoon its
  faster) In large bowl or pan, mash the strawberries to a
  release their juices.

  Add strawberries and lemon juice to a large pot. Cook
  over low heat about 40 minutes. Place a half ounce of
  butter into the strawberries as they boil down and this
  will prevent any foam from forming. Stir in the sugar. 

  Bring to boil over medium heat, about 15 minutes. Pour
  into clean, hot sterilized half-pint jars and process
  for 15 minutes.

  Label and date the jars and store in your pantry.

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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