LAW 98: Know thy Farmer!

Oh yea, summer is in full swing. There are many signs and portents, ticks, mosquitos, more boats in the marina, parties every weekend; but best of all the sudden explosion of fresh, ripe, local food!

Friday we went down to Zahradka's, knowing that the strawberries were at their peak. We were not wrong. Upon entering the farm stand and zeroing in on the aforementioned strawberries we were offered the opportunity to pick our own for half the picked price. How could i go wrong? Mungo was a little leery, with his only pick your own experience being many years ago in the snake infested fields of Florida. I prevailed.

Strawberry Booty!

A short drive, i think it would have been easier to walk, through the fields part us to yes, Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberries as far as the eye could see. With only one other person for competition. Well there were chickens and Guinea Fowl, but they were only interested in the bugs. Yes, we get our eggs here as well. Nothing better than eggs from a happy free range chicken. Half an hour later we had barely scratched the surface of one row of strawberries, but we did have a full flat of berries. Now, what to do with 8 quarts of strawberries?

1. Eat a whole quart just sitting around watching the water.
2. Use two quarts for a killer trifle for the party on Saturday.
3. Eat another quart for breakfast and snackies because they are so awesome.
4. Slice and freeze three quarts for later use.
5. Use the last quart to make the most killer awesome, no churn strawberry ice cream i have ever had, I kid you not!

Yes, radishes as big as… great for pickles!

Mungo does not know what to think, as i have made dessert twice in a row. Definitely not my usual mode. Aah, but they were so good! We actually started with dessert at the party as we were pretty sure that it wouldn't last. It didn't.

bucket of green goodness

Our friend Catfish joined us for dinner last night; Seafood Gumbo, divine! We finished the night off with two helpings each of the Strawberry ice cream. We didn't want it to languish in the freezer. My hats off to the site, dishinwithdi, i admit to being skeptical. i didn't think that a no churn ice cream would have an acceptable, much less great texture. It did. Try it, easy as pie, well easy and worth the few minutes of effort it took.

strawberry ice cream ready for the freezer

I could go on and on about all the great food from this weekend, but, really, i don't think you should be forced into attempting to eat your screen.

More later,
Morgainne

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As you can see Magellan loves his scratcher.