I went over to the produce farm at lunch for local strawberries. I'll
be making the traditional shortcake for the fambly extravaganza. They
had lots available, although a bit pricey at $2.50 per (heaping) pint.
I don't know how that translates per pound, I'll have to weigh a pint
to see.

At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.




Brian

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Default wrote on 23 May 2008 18:57:32 GMT:

> At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.

> Brian

I bought a pound of quite decent California strawberries in the
supermarket today for $2.

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James Silverton wrote:

> Default wrote on 23 May 2008 18:57:32 GMT:
>
> > At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.
>
> > Brian
>
> I bought a pound of quite decent California strawberries in the
> supermarket today for $2.

Today I saw a sign for fresh picked local strawberries. I would
have bought some but I was on the motorcycle and my backpack was
full. :-(

I don't usually buy strawberries out of season because they cost so
much more than local berries and they just don't have any
flavour. I had better check my jam jars and make sure I have
enough for 2-3 batches of jam.

James Silverton wrote:

> Default wrote on 23 May 2008 18:57:32 GMT:
>
> > At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.
>
> > Brian
>
> I bought a pound of quite decent California strawberries in the
> supermarket today for $2.

I've had some luck with California ones at the produce store, but not
much with the ones in the supermarket (usually Driscoll's).




Brian

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Default User wrote:

>
> I went over to the produce farm at lunch for local strawberries. I'll
> be making the traditional shortcake for the fambly extravaganza. They
> had lots available, although a bit pricey at $2.50 per (heaping) pint.
> I don't know how that translates per pound, I'll have to weigh a pint
> to see.

Right about a pound per pint.



Brian

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On May 23, 10:57*am, "Default User" > wrote:
They
> had lots available, although a bit pricey at $2.50 per (heaping) pint. I don't know how that translates per pound, I'll have to weigh a pint
> to see.
>
> At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.
>
> Brian
>
> --
> If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
> won't shut up.
> -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Nobody try to shoot me, but on the way home, I stopped at one of our
roadside strawberry fields and got three baskets in a cardboard
holder, which means they're piled so high it's at least four baskets
and probably more. (Several always tumble out when I set it in my
car.) Fresh picked, right out of the field, and it was a grand $5.50
U.S. And I get 35 pound boxes of oranges for $8. Cheap produce is
one of the benefits of living out here.

By the way, great sig line.

Ken

On Fri 23 May 2008 08:28:48p, Ken told us...

> On May 23, 10:57*am, "Default User" > wrote:
> They
>> had lots available, although a bit pricey at $2.50 per (heaping) pint.
I
>> don't know how that translates per pound, I'll have to weigh a pint to
>> see.
>>
>> At any rate, I have four pints of tasty berries.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> --
>> If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
>> won't shut up.
>> -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)
>
> Nobody try to shoot me, but on the way home, I stopped at one of our
> roadside strawberry fields and got three baskets in a cardboard
> holder, which means they're piled so high it's at least four baskets
> and probably more. (Several always tumble out when I set it in my
> car.) Fresh picked, right out of the field, and it was a grand $5.50
> U.S. And I get 35 pound boxes of oranges for $8. Cheap produce is
> one of the benefits of living out here.
>
> By the way, great sig line.
>
> Ken
>
>

Living out where?

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Default User wrote:
> Default User wrote:
>
>> I went over to the produce farm at lunch for local strawberries. I'll
>> be making the traditional shortcake for the fambly extravaganza. They
>> had lots available, although a bit pricey at $2.50 per (heaping) pint.
>> I don't know how that translates per pound, I'll have to weigh a pint
>> to see.
>
> Right about a pound per pint.

That's only true of water. I can't imagine that a pint of berries
weighs anywhere near a pound. I'll be interested to see if someone
weighs a pint and reports back.

Serene

On May 23, 7:51*pm, Wayne Boatwright *Fresh picked, right out of the
field, and it was a grand $5.50
> > U.S. *And I get 35 pound boxes of oranges for $8. *Cheap produce is
> > one of the benefits of living out here.
>
> > By the way, great sig line.
>
> > Ken
>
> Living out where?

I live in the Sierra Foothills near Sequoia National Park's southern
gate, and I work in California's Central Valley, in a town actually
called Farmersville. Coming and going is about 90% farmland, olives,
citrus, stone fruit, nuts, pomegranates, persimmons, etc. Everything
and everything that can take the summer heat.

Ken

On Fri 23 May 2008 09:16:09p, Ken told us...

> On May 23, 7:51*pm, Wayne Boatwright *Fresh picked, right out of the
> field, and it was a grand $5.50
>> > U.S. *And I get 35 pound boxes of oranges for $8. *Cheap produce is
>> > one of the benefits of living out here.
>>
>> > By the way, great sig line.
>>
>> > Ken
>>
>> Living out where?
>
> I live in the Sierra Foothills near Sequoia National Park's southern
> gate, and I work in California's Central Valley, in a town actually
> called Farmersville. Coming and going is about 90% farmland, olives,
> citrus, stone fruit, nuts, pomegranates, persimmons, etc. Everything
> and everything that can take the summer heat.
>
> Ken
>

When we lived much farther out in the Arizona desert in a tiny town amidst
all the farms and orchards, it was like that there, too. Pretty much all
of the things you mentioned. As it started to develop beyond the reason
why we moved so far from the city, we moved much closer in. Where there
had once been around 200 homes, there are now around 12,000 and climbing.
There are still a few farms and orchards, but not many. Very sad to see...

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Serene wrote:

> Default User wrote:
> > Default User wrote:
> >
> > > I went over to the produce farm at lunch for local strawberries.
> > > I'll be making the traditional shortcake for the fambly
> > > extravaganza. They had lots available, although a bit pricey at
> > > $2.50 per (heaping) pint. I don't know how that translates per
> > > pound, I'll have to weigh a pint to see.
> >
> > Right about a pound per pint.
>
> That's only true of water.

No, I weighed them.


> I can't imagine that a pint of berries
> weighs anywhere near a pound. I'll be interested to see if someone
> weighs a pint and reports back.

Yo.

Notice where I said "heaping" pints?



Brian

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Default User wrote:
> Serene wrote:
>
>> Default User wrote:
>>> Default User wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went over to the produce farm at lunch for local strawberries.
>>>> I'll be making the traditional shortcake for the fambly
>>>> extravaganza. They had lots available, although a bit pricey at
>>>> $2.50 per (heaping) pint. I don't know how that translates per
>>>> pound, I'll have to weigh a pint to see.
>>> Right about a pound per pint.
>> That's only true of water.
>
> No, I weighed them.
>
>
>> I can't imagine that a pint of berries
>> weighs anywhere near a pound. I'll be interested to see if someone
>> weighs a pint and reports back.
>
> Yo.
>
> Notice where I said "heaping" pints?

Yes, I was responding to the "about a pound per pint" thing. Also,
I misunderstood your responding to yourself, and thought someone
else was advising you that it would be about a pound -- I didn't get
that you had weighed them. My apologies.

Serene

Serene wrote:


> Yes, I was responding to the "about a pound per pint" thing. Also, I
> misunderstood your responding to yourself, and thought someone else
> was advising you that it would be about a pound -- I didn't get that
> you had weighed them. My apologies.

Yes, well, it turns out that I was wrong anyway. I misread the scale,
it was 12oz. per pint.

Oh well.




Brian

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On May 23, 8:53*pm, Wayne Boatwright
> >> Living out where?
>

> > Ken
>
> When we lived much farther out in the Arizona desert in a tiny town amidst
> all the farms and orchards, it was like that there, too. *Pretty much all
> of the things you mentioned. *As it started to develop beyond the reason
> why we moved so far from the city, we moved much closer in. *Where there
> had once been around 200 homes, there are now around 12,000 and climbing. *
> There are still a few farms and orchards, but not many. *Very sad to see....
>
> --
> * * * * * * *Wayne Boatwright * * * * * *

Wayne,

This is getting off topic, but some friends decided to move from here
to Visalia, the county seat of about 100,000. I told them they should
live here in the country or right downtown; the one thing they don't
want to do is live in the suburbs. They bought a historic house on
Main Street and love it. They can walk to the old Fox Theater,
restaurants, you name it. I have to drive and drive. You just have
to take advantage of the benefits of where you live. Here it's deer
and bear in the yard, there it's being able to eat out and see live
theater.

Talking about growing pains, a fairly local company has proposed
building a whole new city of 30,000 on my way to work. They are going
to take a huge swath of their grazing land and build a city on it.
It's kind of a case of the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the
rules. This is the world's largest farming concern, J.G. Boswell. (I
haven't read it, but there's a book about the late J.G. called the
King of California.) When they're not farming, they turn their
farmland into cities. They've done it several times before. Condos
and houses are worth more than fruit and beef, even at today's
inflated food prices. I've considered moving to a city, and this
might just push me over the edge.

Have a fun weekend,

Ken

On 24 May 2008 06:58:39 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>Serene wrote:
>
>
>> Yes, I was responding to the "about a pound per pint" thing. Also, I
>> misunderstood your responding to yourself, and thought someone else
>> was advising you that it would be about a pound -- I didn't get that
>> you had weighed them. My apologies.
>
>Yes, well, it turns out that I was wrong anyway. I misread the scale,
>it was 12oz. per pint.
>
>Oh well.
>

operator error, the bane of human existence.

your pal,
blake

On Sat 24 May 2008 06:48:25a, Ken told us...

> On May 23, 8:53*pm, Wayne Boatwright
>> >> Living out where?
>>
>
>> > Ken
>>
>> When we lived much farther out in the Arizona desert in a tiny town
amidst
>
>> all the farms and orchards, it was like that there, too. *Pretty much al
>> l of the things you mentioned. *As it started to develop beyond the
>> reason
>
>> why we moved so far from the city, we moved much closer in. *Where there
>
>> had once been around 200 homes, there are now around 12,000 and
climbing.
>> * There are still a few farms and orchards, but not many. *Very sad to
see
>> ...
>>
>> --
>> * * * * * * *Wayne Boatwright * * * * * *
>
> Wayne,
>
> This is getting off topic, but some friends decided to move from here
> to Visalia, the county seat of about 100,000. I told them they should
> live here in the country or right downtown; the one thing they don't
> want to do is live in the suburbs. They bought a historic house on
> Main Street and love it. They can walk to the old Fox Theater,
> restaurants, you name it. I have to drive and drive. You just have
> to take advantage of the benefits of where you live. Here it's deer
> and bear in the yard, there it's being able to eat out and see live
> theater.

I can appreciate the virtues of both living in town or out in the country,
but most of the suburbs really suck. When we lived further out, we had
coyote and javalina that would casually walk through the neighborhood, but
never bothered anyone. Every day when I drove to work I would see many
roadrunners and a few wildcats crossing the road.

> Talking about growing pains, a fairly local company has proposed
> building a whole new city of 30,000 on my way to work. They are going
> to take a huge swath of their grazing land and build a city on it.
> It's kind of a case of the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the
> rules. This is the world's largest farming concern, J.G. Boswell. (I
> haven't read it, but there's a book about the late J.G. called the
> King of California.) When they're not farming, they turn their
> farmland into cities. They've done it several times before. Condos
> and houses are worth more than fruit and beef, even at today's
> inflated food prices. I've considered moving to a city, and this
> might just push me over the edge.

We have a developer here that has for many years specialized in building
"cities", the first of which was the retirement community of Sun City.
It's incredible how many hundreds of acres of farmland and raw desert are
literally decimated overnight to make room for such developments, and the
homes number in the tens of thousands.

We actually do live in the suburb of Mesa, AZ, but we live in a very old
established area, which is not as bad as living in the newer suburbs where
everything looks alike.

> Have a fun weekend,

You, as well!

>
> Ken
>



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On May 24, 8:08*am, Wayne Boatwright
>
> I can appreciate the virtues of both living in town or >out in the country, but most of the suburbs really suck. *

I agree. Go to one or the other extreme.


>When we lived further out, we had
> coyote and javalina that would casually walk through the >neighborhood, but never bothered anyone. *Every day when >I drove to work I would see many roadrunners and a few >wildcats crossing the road.

We don't have javalina, just wild pigs. And they get big. I've seen
plenty of bobcats, but I've never seen a mountain lion, as we call
them here, in the wild. They're in my neighborhood, but I've never
seen one. Bobcats visit my property, but I've never seen a mountain
lion. They see us before we see them and bid a hasty retreat.


>
> homes number in the tens of thousands.
>
> We actually do live in the suburb of Mesa, AZ, but we live in a very old
> established area, which is not as bad as living in the newer suburbs where
> everything looks alike.

One problem we have around here is people moving from the cities of
Southern California and they bring their city ways with them. Very
large houses, all stucco, tile roofs, and lots of arches. That's not
the bad part. They then put in a huge lawn, and all the water they
use is some water somebody else can't. Then they cut down the native
oak trees. Then they put lights everywhere so we can't see the
stars. (Yes, it is called light polution.) Then they complain there
are deer in their yard eating their grass. So why do they move here
if they don't like living here? We don't get it.



>
> > Have a fun weekend,
>
> You, as well!
>

This weekend is rain down at my house and snow up top. Very unusual
for the end of May. But it's still a weekend; I'll take it.


Ken

On Sun 25 May 2008 09:39:11a, Ken told us...

> On May 24, 8:08*am, Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> I can appreciate the virtues of both living in town or >out in the
>> country , but most of the suburbs really suck. *
>
> I agree. Go to one or the other extreme.
>
>
>>When we lived further out, we had
>> coyote and javalina that would casually walk through the >neighborhood,
>> bu
> t never bothered anyone. *Every day when >I drove to work I would see
> many
> roadrunners and a few >wildcats crossing the road.
>
> We don't have javalina, just wild pigs. And they get big. I've seen
> plenty of bobcats, but I've never seen a mountain lion, as we call
> them here, in the wild. They're in my neighborhood, but I've never
> seen one. Bobcats visit my property, but I've never seen a mountain
> lion. They see us before we see them and bid a hasty retreat.
>
>
>>
>> homes number in the tens of thousands.
>>
>> We actually do live in the suburb of Mesa, AZ, but we live in a very
>> old established area, which is not as bad as living in the newer
>> suburbs where
>
>> everything looks alike.
>
> One problem we have around here is people moving from the cities of
> Southern California and they bring their city ways with them. Very
> large houses, all stucco, tile roofs, and lots of arches. That's not
> the bad part. They then put in a huge lawn, and all the water they
> use is some water somebody else can't. Then they cut down the native
> oak trees. Then they put lights everywhere so we can't see the
> stars. (Yes, it is called light polution.) Then they complain there
> are deer in their yard eating their grass. So why do they move here
> if they don't like living here? We don't get it.

That's very typical of here too, Ken. We also get a lot of SOCAL
transplants, as well as mid-westerners who want the desert to look like
their old yard back home,


>> > Have a fun weekend,
>>
>> You, as well!
>>
>
> This weekend is rain down at my house and snow up top. Very unusual
> for the end of May. But it's still a weekend; I'll take it.

We had 3 days of rain here (very unusual), but it's sunny and mid-70s
today. The norm for this date is mid-90s. I'll take it.

> Ken
>



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