Depending on where you live, it is time to pick fresh strawberries or at the very least purchase local, fresh strawberries at the farmers market. The flavor is intense and sweet. The time is right for rhubarb too. To me, strawberries and rhubarb go together like peanut butter and jelly—-it was meant to be.
As we do each season, we raced to our local strawberry patch and picked berries. It was a lovely evening and it really doesn’t take long to pick enough berries to enjoy lots of treats or for eating fresh from the bowl. This particular outing we picked almost 9 pounds of berries. Yes, nine pounds of pure deliciousness. [Read more…]