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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I have several bags of frozen fruit that I bought for smoothies but they
>> never got used and I doubt that smoothies will be made now given our
>> colder
>> weather. There is a bag of peach slices. I know those can be made into a
>> crisp but what about the berries? I think most bags are mixed. I think
>> the
>> mixture is strawberry, raspberry and blueberry. Might be plain
>> strawberries
>> too. All unsweetened. Can those be made into a crisp or added to the
>> peach
>> crisp? I'd like them gone to free up some space.
>>
>> We don't need any jam and wouldn't eat any kind of sweet syrup. What else
>> can I do with them? Thanks!

>
> Well here we go. I'll bite.
> All suggestions submitted for your disapproval. :-D
>
> 1) Bag of strawberries, buy pound cake and make shortcake
> with some whipped cream.


I could consider that.
>
> 2) Peach slices with vanilla ice cream is so good.


Don't eat ice cream.
>
> 3) Put them ALL together and make some mixed fruit pies.


I didn't know if the berries would go well in pie. I feared they would break
down to mush. I have made strawberry pie but only with fresh, raw berries.
>
> 4) Save them for more smoothies. If people like them so much
> there's no reason they can't still enjoy them even if
> it's cold outside. Will be warm inside, right?


I don't want them in there till summer. Only one person here eats smoothies
and she seems to have gone off of them.
>
> 5) Keep the damn berries in your freezer until you want them


I'll never want them.
>
> 6) Eat thawed berries with vanilla ice cream.


Don't eat ice cream.

> 7) Give them to your gardener
>
> 8) give them to the poor guy you are cooking for
> and his dog
>
> 9) Eat them plain - fruit is good for you


I don't like fruit.
>
> 10) send them to Bruce


There's a thought.
>
> 11) Just toss them out


Don't want to do that. That's why I asked.
>
> 12) Quit buying in bulk so often


These are not bulk. They are small bags that were purchased on one of those
sales where you had to buy four bags to get the sale price. There are four
bags.
>
> HTH! ;0