Kitchen

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

your area?  We normally get Driscolls berries but DD said they haven't looked all  that good when she got groceries the last few weeks.

Friday she came home with another brand from Weis. 3 good size containers for $10. 

We will make shortcake biscuits later today. First strawberry shortcake of the season. I like to put sliced berries in yogurt too.

How are your berries and what is your favorite way to use them?

[rms1954]

Farm grown are ridiculously priced,  I have been getting them at the market 3 qts @ $10.  Those are huge and great taste.  I put them in my breakfast mix of yogurt and cereal ... or eat them plain.  

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@rms1954  There is a farm that has pick your own strawberries about 15 miles from here.  I just checked their website. No baskets of pre picked berries. Pick your own $2.15 per pound.

Me getting down to pick berries is not an option, plus the same town where this farm is also has a rattlesnake roundup every year. I'm sure picking is safe but, nope, I'll go to the grocery store. lol

[skatting44]

We bought Welch's from Ca from our grocery store abt a week ago  that were okay. My area now has freash local berries , haven't bought as yet so don't know the price .

We used to have places where you could pick your own yrs ago .

[chickenbutt]

I tend to prefer California produce and that also applies to the strawberries.   I haven't seen the Driscolls yet, I don't think, but definitely not the California Driscolls (the best ones!).

The strawberries I saw at the store last week didn't look so good.   It seems like in the last several years I don't see as many quality strawberries in the stores.

Hopefully, the CA Driscolls will be out soon and good this year.

[ValuSkr]

I haven't had strawberries yet this year.  Locally-grown berries (SE PA) are ridiculously expensive, $8.99 per quart.  It's not much better - and maybe worse - at the u-pick places.  I'll have to get Driscolls (CA-grown) at the supermarket.

[GenXmuse]

Funny you should mention this. I bought Driscoll's strawberries yesterday for $2.50 and they were the sweetest ever-I just about finished the pound container in one sitting. It's been a long time since I've had any that good. (I'm in NC)

[Sooner]

Lots of wonderful strawberries are grown around Stilwell Oklahoma, but not having access to those, I take what I can get.  I like them in cereal or yogurt, or to stand over the sink and eat them. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I've been getting great strawberries at Aldi's, and the price hasn't been bad, IMO.   A local grower has a stand not far from us and they're selling the buckets for $25!  They're great, but too many for us to use unless I freeze them or make jam.  

[fthunt]

Rarely buy Driscolls - haven't checked local l farmers yet - but did buy the big pkg at Wegmans day ago.  Big red and beautiful but, as usual, they were hard as garden stones w/lots of white interior.  Cut them up + sugar but that wasn't enough help....still stones - no juice. So...

This AM I put them in the string manual chopper and reduced them down to small chop & saw some juice.  See what Sunday brings............