I walked past the local farmer's market today and bought a little bit of produce. Some fresh leaf lettuce which I plan to make into a salad soon and a small container of strawberries. I expected both to be good fresh produce, but I didn't expect what I discovered... but let me set up the story slightly.
In high school, I had a good friend Dan. I don't recall the context, but I said to Dan "lets play it by ear". Dan had a realization at that moment that he shared with me. For his entire life, he had believed that the saying was "play it by year". He hadn't thought to double check before whether or not he had things right, "play it by ear" wasn't the kind of thing you think about much.
I had a similar experience with these strawberries. I grew up understanding that strawberries had a characteristic thick sweet initial flavor with a sweet-tart finish. Try a grocery store strawberry and see what I mean. I knew that the tart could be hidden with other flavors added, like whipped cream. What I didn't know was that a strawberry existed that only had the thick sweet flavor all the way through and not the sweet-tart finish. Like Dan, I never asked that question. These strawberries have a smoothness like honey, with that unique strawberry flavor.
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Greg, you need to pick strawberries and eat them ripe from the fields, some time. Not even farmers' market berries can beat them. Still warm from the sun.
Oy, here it is December, and now I'm wanting strawberries.
Edie
LittleRedTent.net
You know, I remember picking strawberries with my parents from the fields in South Carolina when I was younger, but I don't recall them being quite as good. Maybe it was because I was too young.
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