18 lbs of fresh picked strawberries

[rikki]

What should I do with them?  I didn't think this through!

[AAM2012]

Freeze them and then throughout the year you can make:


-smoothies
-strawberry shortcake
-pancakes
-salads
-eat them

[imojoebunny]

Behead them, aka, take out the green part at the top, and put them in freezer bags to freeze. Do not wash them first, and they freeze very well. Just wash them when you take them out to use. You could also make us all some strawberry shortcake :-).

[jennistarr1]

freeze obviously...

jam?

I would infuse some vodka, somehow

[protozoa]

Strawberry margaritas

[bronxgirl]

yummy!

[lolo]

Make fromage 's fruit leather. Delicious!

[spk926]

I had no idea you could freeze strawberries. Do they taste good when you thaw them?

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[konapoppy]

smittenkitchen.com/blog/2011/05/strawberry-summer-cake/

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[noodleoo]

Yum!!!! rikki: Where did you go? We want to go strawberry picking today!

saw this in a magazine and it sounds so good! I don't know how to can though.

www.eatingwell.com/recipes/intense_strawberry_preserves.html

[mdana]

I made strawberry jam for the first time this year. SO GOOD. Freeze some, make jam with some, and strawberry shortcake with the rest.

We made normal strawberry jam and then a strawberry vanilla jam recipe. It was different and very yummy.

[suertesiete]

Daiquiris. Duh.

If you freeze them, thawed berries work well in oatmeal or yogurt for your LO.

If you have a food dehydrator, sliced berries on the dehydrator are awesome.

www.shockinglydelicious.com/5-minute-strawberry-sherbet-in-the-food-processor/ I've also done this without the yogurt and it's just as yummy.

[rikki]

Jun 28, 2014 13:17:18 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Yum!!!! rikki: Where did you go? We want to go strawberry picking today!

saw this in a magazine and it sounds so good! I don't know how to can though.

www.eatingwell.com/recipes/intense_strawberry_preserves.html

We went here: www.wardsberryfarm.com/PYO_strawberry.html

However, all the farms sites I reviewed (and what I saw there) said all the berries would be picked by 11 AM, so today might not work for you. 

[aurora]

Definitely freeze them. Yummy!

My mom would actually slice, mix with a bit of sugar, and then freeze in small batches. Perfect for pancake/waffle toppings or strawberry shortcake.

[ESF]

Jun 28, 2014 12:21:23 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

freeze obviously...

jam?

I would infuse some vodka, somehow

I have made this before and it is amazing.

www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/06/strawberry-vodka-recipe-infusion/

The intro suggests adding peppercorns and/or vanilla bean into the infusion. I did both, and it's yum.

I now want to go get strawberries to make this.

[konapoppy]

Jun 28, 2014 14:29:44 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Jun 28, 2014 13:06:55 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

smittenkitchen.com/blog/2011/05/strawberry-summer-cake/

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I am legit obsessed with this cake. I have half of one in my kitchen right now and probably made it 15+ times last summer.

I use a full stick of butter & double the vanilla and bake for 50 minutes at 350. I tinkered around with it until it was perfect LOL.

It is so good. Everyone that tries it wants the recipe and makes it for their friends lol

I bought extra strawberries at the farmers market today. Will make it with your modifications!

[sunnysally]

This is incredible:

buttercreamblondie.com/roasted-strawberry-goat-cheese-blondies/

[fromage]

Jun 28, 2014 12:32:13 GMT -5 lolo said:

Make fromage 's fruit leather. Delicious!

Thanks lolo!

Fruit leathers are super easy if you have a food dehydrator. You could probably use an oven on a very low temp, though. Just remove tops, cook down a little bit and blend. Then dehydrate in a thin layer. If you use an oven, I'd line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper with coconut oil before pouring the strawberry puree on. Then dry in the oven as low as your oven will go (my oven's lowest temp is 170 degrees). 

[nomad100]

rikki Not sure if you processed all your berries but I picked 18 lbs yesterday too and so far I have made stawberry lemonade and Fresh Strawberry crumble. chocolatechocolateandmore.com/2014/04/fresh-strawberry-cobbler/

Up today is fresh strawberry pie for my dad www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/06/14/fresh-strawberry-pie-recipe/ and we are also dehydrating and freezing a bunch.

Oh, and making a batch of Strawberry chipotle jam www.aspicyperspective.com/2011/05/strawberry-chipotle-jam.html (though the recipe we use also has some chili powder.)

[audette]

I'd be making some jam. Lots of jam. And then gorging myself on yummy, yummy, yummy, fresh strawberries...

[noodleoo]

Jun 28, 2014 14:03:44 GMT -5 rikki said:

Jun 28, 2014 13:17:18 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Yum!!!! rikki: Where did you go? We want to go strawberry picking today!

saw this in a magazine and it sounds so good! I don't know how to can though.

www.eatingwell.com/recipes/intense_strawberry_preserves.html

We went here: www.wardsberryfarm.com/PYO_strawberry.html

However, all the farms sites I reviewed (and what I saw there) said all the berries would be picked by 11 AM, so today might not work for you. 

Thx! We went north and luckily the farm we went to was really quiet and had tons of ripe berries left! We got 3 lbs, though we could have picked a lt more.  I have no idea what I'd do with 18 lbs! That's insane! Although we plan to just eat ours, no spec to freeze sadly! I can't believe the difference between fresh picked strawberries and store.

[rikki]

Jun 29, 2014 9:36:03 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Jun 28, 2014 14:03:44 GMT -5 rikki said:

We went here: www.wardsberryfarm.com/PYO_strawberry.html

However, all the farms sites I reviewed (and what I saw there) said all the berries would be picked by 11 AM, so today might not work for you. 

Thx! We went north and luckily the farm we went to was really quiet and had tons of ripe berries left! We got 3 lbs, though we could have picked a lt more.  I have no idea what I'd do with 18 lbs! That's insane! Although we plan to just eat ours, no spec to freeze sadly! I can't believe the difference between fresh picked strawberries and store.

I saw on FB that you went!!  So glad you got to go.  

I froze a bunch, am going to make the suggest cake, and do some jam today!

[noodleoo]

Jun 28, 2014 13:06:55 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

smittenkitchen.com/blog/2011/05/strawberry-summer-cake/

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YUM! I made this today and it was delicious! Soooooo good! Thanks for the recipe!

also, rikki, I have no idea what you could do with 18 LBS! We went back this weekend and got 5.5 lbs and it was way too many!

[MamaMaui24]

Strawberry Soup!


Jean Wackym's Strawberry Soup

This recipe comes courtesy of Paul Wackym's mother out in Tyler. She served it at Easter dinner this year. Paul is our fabulous cookie guy . . . so now we know where he gets at least some of his creativity.

Ingredients:
3 cup sliced strawberries
1 cup sugar
¾ cup water
2 tsp arrowroot
1 cup red wine
1 cup orange juice
2 cup sour cream

Directions:
Bring to boil, and then simmer 5 minutes: strawberries, sugar, ½ cup water . Combine arrowroot and ¼ cup water to dissolve. Add arrowroot, red wine and orange juice, return to boil, stir until thick. Puree in blender until smooth and add sour cream. Refrigerate until cold. Serve with sliced berries.

[lys]

We picked and froze 26 quarts of strawberries this past weekend (yes, you have to go early in the day - fields open at 8:00, people are lined up at 7:30 and they are pretty picked over well before noon). Use them for the assorted suggestions already given thru the year. We are waiting for the blueberries next.