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 MMMMM--------------------------WAFFLES------------------------------- 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 MMMMM--------------------------TOPPING------------------------------- 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 MMMMM .... All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .