Dave Smith wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> I am glad that I made my strawberry jam last week when the weather
>>> was nice. The berries were small, dark and sweet and made wonderful
>>> jam. It has rained almost every day since, and it supposed to rain
>>> all week. The local sweet cherries probably won't be very good. The
>>> cherries burst when they have too much rain.
>>
>> Sniff. My daughter really loves cherries.
>>
>> I seem to recall that the overwatered berries taste relatively, er,
>> watery?
>
>
> Yep. They are nice and plum but flavourless. One year I was late making
> my jam and went to a pick your own farm to get the berries. It was hot
> and humid and the ground was wet from several days of rain, but it
> didn't take long to fill four baskets because the berries were so big,
> and few to have to hull. The jam was quite bland because the swollen
> berries had almost no flavour.

That's too bad. I guess I am not missing much by not getting more
berries this week.

--
Jean B.