On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:56:00 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/27/2021 6:27 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>
>> I never had fresh strawberries until I was a teenager...I had only
>> seen those little sugary blocks in the freezer container that needed a
>> church key to pry off the cover.
>>
>> I did like those frozen strawberries, though.
>>
>
>Yes, they gave you a good sugar high. Strawberries are in season here
>but you still have to be careful. They are picked too soon to allow for
>shipping and they don't ripen will once picked. The really big berries
>look nice bot don't always have the flavor intensity of the smaller ones.

I have been so disappointed with most fresh strawberries (except the
locals and the ones on my deck in drips and drabs), that I prefer
blackberries when I need fresh fruit.

Still, they are coming in this past week or so and Wegman's wanted
$9.99 for the organics today.
>
>Best I had were from the Farmer's Market in Ct. Ripe, picked that
>morning. About a 3 week season.

Some here, with locals from the last farm in town.