It Is Strawberry Recipe Time!
The strawberries are ripe. The strawberries are ready to be picked.
As I drove around this week, I saw at least five different local farms that had U-Pick'em strawberry patches. Is there anything fresher and more local than picking your own strawberries.I do have a few friends that grow strawberries in their gardens. One of my friends picks them when they are the ripest to make her strawberry jam. When you unscrew the bottle of jam you get the strongest whiff of sweet smelling strawberries.I know nothing sweeter on a cold snowy day in December to open one of Cindy's bottle of strawberry jam.
I know if you live anywhere in the US the strawberries have to be ripe if the are ripe in the Northern Midwest which is late for all growing season. It is a great family event to drive to one of these farms on Saturday and make a Strawberry Shortcake for dad on Sunday for Father's Day.
My lake place has wild strawberries growing in the lawn. The strawberries are so tiny that they are best left for the birds to eat. I do not feel that way about blueberries or raspberries that will be later in the summer growing season.
I will be gong to make Strawberry Rhubarb Chiffon Pie with mine since I still have rhubarb to pick in my garden and they can not be used after July. I am not sure if that is science or an old wise tale but June is that last use of rhubarb. What ever rhubarb I do not use for my pie I will par freeze to use this winter, It is always so much fun to serve a summer fruit in the dead of winter. I saw a recipe at the New York Times Dining website for this pie. In fact, they had the original version which was done in the 60's and the new version. The old recipe had 6 ingredients and a few steps but the new version has about 12 ingredients and many more steps. You know which one I will make--the original because it seems so much easier.
For all you fathers, I wish you great family get togethers and some great stories to be written down in your family memory recipe cookbook and a Happy Father's Day.
As I drove around this week, I saw at least five different local farms that had U-Pick'em strawberry patches. Is there anything fresher and more local than picking your own strawberries.I do have a few friends that grow strawberries in their gardens. One of my friends picks them when they are the ripest to make her strawberry jam. When you unscrew the bottle of jam you get the strongest whiff of sweet smelling strawberries.I know nothing sweeter on a cold snowy day in December to open one of Cindy's bottle of strawberry jam.
I know if you live anywhere in the US the strawberries have to be ripe if the are ripe in the Northern Midwest which is late for all growing season. It is a great family event to drive to one of these farms on Saturday and make a Strawberry Shortcake for dad on Sunday for Father's Day.
My lake place has wild strawberries growing in the lawn. The strawberries are so tiny that they are best left for the birds to eat. I do not feel that way about blueberries or raspberries that will be later in the summer growing season.
I will be gong to make Strawberry Rhubarb Chiffon Pie with mine since I still have rhubarb to pick in my garden and they can not be used after July. I am not sure if that is science or an old wise tale but June is that last use of rhubarb. What ever rhubarb I do not use for my pie I will par freeze to use this winter, It is always so much fun to serve a summer fruit in the dead of winter. I saw a recipe at the New York Times Dining website for this pie. In fact, they had the original version which was done in the 60's and the new version. The old recipe had 6 ingredients and a few steps but the new version has about 12 ingredients and many more steps. You know which one I will make--the original because it seems so much easier.
For all you fathers, I wish you great family get togethers and some great stories to be written down in your family memory recipe cookbook and a Happy Father's Day.
Posted by Hella at 6/18/2010 2:50 PM 
Categories: Cookbook Writing, family recipes, Create a Family Recipe Cookbook, You can change those recipes
Tags: locavore strawberry picking father's day Healthy Eating
Categories: Cookbook Writing, family recipes, Create a Family Recipe Cookbook, You can change those recipes
Tags: locavore strawberry picking father's day Healthy Eating
I made strawberry jam this weekend. My house, my hands, and my hair smelt of strawberries for a couple days.
It was wonderful
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You better have saved me a jar or two! I really love the taste of homemade strawberry jam!
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