Today we went on a little adventure to a pick-your-own strawberry patch. We were going on a hunt. No, it wasn't a lion hunt, although Tyler kind of thought so... We were hunting for these:
We had a great time. We arrived at the field a little after 10:00AM. We were assigned a row and in no time we were picking away. Be fore we knew it we had picked 12 quarts of delicious berries. We were on our way home in less than an hour!
After lunch the berry projects began. First we made strawberry jam. I had not made cooked strawberry jam before, so it was a fun experiment. I hope we like it! Next was one of Steve's favorites: strawberry bread. We'll be eating that for breakfast tomorrow. If we are lucky we might have some leftover for lunch or breakfast the next day, too. I finished the afternoon's activity with a batch of biscuits and cut up some strawberries to have for dessert tonight. We still have 6 quarts remaining. We will cut up and freeze some so that Steve can have strawberry rhubarb pie for his birthday, and will make a berry pie to eat. Tyler says we have to eat some fresh berries for breakfast, too. If there are any left after that we might need to get creative...
2 comments:
That looks like so much good, deadly fun.
Oh how I miss being able to eat strawberries. Stinking allergies!
Look how grown up Emma is getting. I sure hope we get to see you guys again soon.
It's cool to see that Tyler still wears his Tiger tail.
Tyler LOVES his tails! He was wearing the lion one for strawberry day, originally with his homemade paper crown so he would be King of the Field. We made him switch to the sun hat but let him keep the tail. Lions and tigers have been known to make trips to Wegmans, and a tiger went to preschool when it wasn't Halloween. Tails are frequently taken to the playground to share. Everyone is jealous and wants to know where we got them. Recently Emma has started to get in on the tails wearing/chasing fun. Now it will get really interesting around here!
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