I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
shortcake and more eating fresh.



Brian

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Default User said...

>
> I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
> their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
> prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
> desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
> shortcake and more eating fresh.


I scored a container of JUMBO California strawberries today also. Trader
Joe's had them for $1.38/16 oz. container.

Firm and sweet! YUM!!!

All gone!

Andy

Andy wrote:
> Default User said...
>
>> I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
>> their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
>> prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
>> desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
>> shortcake and more eating fresh.
>
>
> I scored a container of JUMBO California strawberries today also. Trader
> Joe's had them for $1.38/16 oz. container.
>
> Firm and sweet! YUM!!!
>
> All gone!

Yup, I've been buying California strawberries for the last week or so
and enjoying them immensely. But then...

The first berries were ready in my own patch -- not many, just a few,
but they were READY!

Red, ripe, full, juicy.

Warm from the sun.

No comparison. No comparison at all. I'm in heaven. Can't wait for the
rest to ripen!

--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCDbWRzbG1M
"I told you this was easy"
"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Default User said...
>
>>
>> I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
>> their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
>> prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
>> desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
>> shortcake and more eating fresh.
>
>
> I scored a container of JUMBO California strawberries today also. Trader
> Joe's had them for $1.38/16 oz. container.
>
> Firm and sweet! YUM!!!
>
> All gone!
>
> Andy

I have been getting some terrific produce from Trader Joe's lately! Especially the
watermelon, raspberries and blackberries. I also drove up to Encinitas to my favorite
strawberry stand, and Lord, were they ever worth the drive....


kimberly

Default User wrote:
> I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
> their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
> prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
> desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
> shortcake and more eating fresh.
>
>
>
> Brian
>

We just picked some up on the way back from an errand this morning.
$1.50 per basket. They are huge and smelled wonderful. Most will be
used for a cake, but I'm sure a few will be mine, all mine!

--
Caryn
Caryn Nadelberg - Mommy to Sam and Queen of the May
www.carynen.blogspot.com

In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
> their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
> prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of them on
> desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be made into
> shortcake and more eating fresh.

All of ours survived that horrible late freeze but all of my mums appear
to have croaked. (Many of the trees are still very stressed and trying
to recover.) But my husband was so worried about keeping the deer out
or the strawberries--- which he did--- that he forgot about the birds.
The berries are now netted and we expect to have some in a couple days.

We have been picking peas (Knight), however. Yum!

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

> Pambo forced "Default User" > to post this
> at: rec.food.cooking:
>
> >
> > I made a lunch-hour run to the produce farm. They saved about half
> > their crop after the devasting freeze a while back in St. Louis. The
> > prices are up accordingly, but still worth it. I have a pint of
> > them on desk, chomping on them. Three quarts are in the truck to be
> > made into shortcake and more eating fresh.
>
> Where did you get them Brian? I'm going to go foraging on Sunday.

Thies Farm.

<http://www.thiesfarm.com/>

I went to the Hanley Rd. one.



Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
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