L and I picked strawberries on Monday, it worked really well actually. L was busy piling the berries into towers in the containers instead of eating them or wandering away until 2/3 of the way through. Then he snacked on a couple and played with his toys for a few minutes while I finished up.
I don’t have much freezer room, but I did want to preserve the yummyness for later on in the year. We are not big jam eaters, but a syrup for ice cream or waffles would be good. I used 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of berries instead of the 7:4 ratio that jam recipes call for, resulting in something I will call Strawberry syrup.
I know that strawberries are not ready in Manitoba yet, so here is a photo sampling of the desserts we have been enjoying to tempt your tastebuds.
That does look good! We’ve got 3 weeks to go before it’s our turn to pick.
This afternoon as John & I had a picnic with the kids, we decided what we wanted to do this afternoon: drive to your house & hang out with you. *sigh* If only it was that easy.
Hope you had a great Father’s Day!