Last weekend was beautiful so we headed out to Sauvie Island to pick some strawberries. We ended up at the farm with both organic berries and a bouncy castle, so it was a win for everyone involved.
Lucy's dislike of delicious fruit paid off, and she was the only one of the kids that actually filled her bucket with sun-ripened berries instead of stuffing them directly into her mouth. I totally understand why farmers used to have lots of children to help with manual labor.
After a quick taste test, Shaggy took Oscar to hang out in the shade down by the river while Lucy and I managed to pick seven pounds of strawberries.
On the first day we had whole strawberries for lunch and sliced strawberries over ice cream for dessert. With the remainder, so far, I have made a strawberry shrub (so I can have drinking vinegars like the ones at Pok Pok), strawberry popsicles, a strawberry-peach smoothie, and a delicious strawberry coffee cake. Strawberry jam is still on the docket, but I'm running low on sugar.
Let the berry season begin!
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