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    From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 26 10:07:31 2024
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week. One berry
    is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to Ed P on Mon Feb 26 20:49:12 2024
    Ed P wrote:

    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week. One berry
    is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    I've been seeing a few, just a few, at my grocery store within the last
    week or so. I'm guessing they're from California as they have been in
    the past when they're this early.

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Mon Feb 26 16:43:03 2024
    On 2/26/2024 3:49 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    Ed P wrote:

    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    I've been seeing a few, just a few, at my grocery store within the last
    week or so.  I'm guessing they're from California as they have been in
    the past when they're this early.


    The county north of us, Hillsborough, is the main grower for FL. The
    state has 12.000 acres of strawberry fields and it is a $400million
    industry.

    I was hesitant as they are, IMO, picked too soon,but the couple that I
    had so far were good. Most produce is picked to ship, not so ripe you
    have to eat it today.

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  • From GM@21:1/5 to Ed P on Mon Feb 26 22:00:11 2024
    Ed P wrote:

    On 2/26/2024 3:49 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    Ed P wrote:

    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    I've been seeing a few, just a few, at my grocery store within the last
    week or so.  I'm guessing they're from California as they have been in
    the past when they're this early.


    The county north of us, Hillsborough, is the main grower for FL. The
    state has 12.000 acres of strawberry fields and it is a $400million
    industry.

    I was hesitant as they are, IMO, picked too soon,but the couple that I
    had so far were good. Most produce is picked to ship, not so ripe you
    have to eat it today.


    You should make some freezer jam, Ed... easy - peasy to make...

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    GM

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Ed P on Mon Feb 26 17:56:18 2024
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry
    is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg


    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?

    Jill

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 27 09:59:26 2024
    On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:56:18 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry
    is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?

    And, sorry for pooping the party, but unless they're organic, they'll
    be full of herbicides and pesticides.

    Strawberries are apt to be full of them :)

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Mon Feb 26 18:34:48 2024
    On 2/26/2024 6:22 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry >>> is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?


    Nah, he just put them next to a quail egg. ;)

    leo

    I've seen quail eggs (or some such tiny little eggs) at the supermarket.
    I wonder how many people actually buy them?

    Jill

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Mon Feb 26 18:45:52 2024
    On 2024-02-26 5:56 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg


    Those are some big strawberries!  The question is, how do they taste?


    My theory about berries is that each on contains a certain amount of
    flavour and the bigger the berry the less flavour per unit of weight, so
    the smaller berries are infinitely tastier. When I buy berries I always
    go for the baskets with the smaller berries.

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Mon Feb 26 23:22:28 2024
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry
    is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?


    Nah, he just put them next to a quail egg. ;)

    leo

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Mon Feb 26 19:49:35 2024
    On 2/26/2024 6:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-26 5:56 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg


    Those are some big strawberries!  The question is, how do they taste?


    My theory about berries is that each on contains a certain amount of
    flavour and the bigger the berry the less flavour per unit of weight, so
    the smaller berries are infinitely tastier.  When I buy berries I always
    go for the baskets with the smaller berries.




    There is truth to that. The size seems to mostly come from added water.

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Mon Feb 26 19:47:18 2024
    On 2/26/2024 5:56 PM, jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg


    Those are some big strawberries!  The question is, how do they taste?

    Jill

    Let's say, acceptable. I've had better, riper fruit that was smaller in
    size but never see them in the supermarket. The farmer's market in CT I
    would get them and now I'm spoiled.

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  • From Graham@21:1/5 to Ed P on Mon Feb 26 18:55:59 2024
    On 2024-02-26 5:49 p.m., Ed P wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 6:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-26 5:56 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One
    berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg


    Those are some big strawberries!  The question is, how do they taste?


    My theory about berries is that each on contains a certain amount of
    flavour and the bigger the berry the less flavour per unit of weight,
    so the smaller berries are infinitely tastier.  When I buy berries I
    always go for the baskets with the smaller berries.




    There is truth to that.  The size seems to mostly come from added water.

    Whenever I've eaten one of those large berries, it has been almost as
    crisp as an apple.
    A cousin had a couple of acres of strawberries near Tiptree (home of
    Wilkins jams) and I helped pick late one day. We picked the yellow,
    unripe fruit that was then sent to Covent garden in London. By the time
    the fruit hit the streets, it was red.
    The superb-tasting Royal Sovereign variety was just for local consumption.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Tue Feb 27 10:57:56 2024
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 6:22 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry >>>> is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?


    Nah, he just put them next to a quail egg. ;)

    leo

    I've seen quail eggs (or some such tiny little eggs) at the supermarket.
    I wonder how many people actually buy them?

    Enough to make it worth carrying them. Have you seen them where you
    are now, or back when you lived in the big city? (I should look to
    see if my regular grocery has them; I know the high-end place does.)

    I see they have "amazing health benefits".

    Seems like they'd be fiddly to deal with, but some people don't mind
    that. I see them on cooking competition shows once in a while; it's
    fun watching a ham-handed guy smash a few in his extreme haste to
    try to get it open so he can present a tiny sunnyside-up egg on his
    dish.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Tue Feb 27 16:42:53 2024
    On 2/27/2024 5:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 6:22 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week.  One berry >>>>> is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they taste?


    Nah, he just put them next to a quail egg. ;)

    leo

    I've seen quail eggs (or some such tiny little eggs) at the supermarket.
    I wonder how many people actually buy them?

    Enough to make it worth carrying them. Have you seen them where you
    are now, or back when you lived in the big city? (I should look to
    see if my regular grocery has them; I know the high-end place does.)

    Yes, where I am now, at Publix supermarket in Beaufort. I can't say I
    ever noticed them in grocery stores in the Memphis area.

    I see they have "amazing health benefits".

    Do they? ;)

    Seems like they'd be fiddly to deal with, but some people don't mind
    that. I see them on cooking competition shows once in a while; it's
    fun watching a ham-handed guy smash a few in his extreme haste to
    try to get it open so he can present a tiny sunnyside-up egg on his
    dish.

    Yep, it does seem that's they way they are presented. One tiny little
    egg, sunnyside up or possibly poached, sitting on top of some equally
    fiddly dish.

    Jill

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Wed Feb 28 00:26:27 2024
    jmcquown wrote:

    On 2/26/2024 6:22 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-26, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 2/26/2024 10:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Local strawberries hit the stores and are on sale this week. 
    One berry is a snack at 2.8 ounces.

    https://i.postimg.cc/D0RNrvf2/Strawberry.jpg

    Those are some big strawberries! The question is, how do they
    taste?


    Nah, he just put them next to a quail egg. ;)

    leo

    I've seen quail eggs (or some such tiny little eggs) at the
    supermarket. I wonder how many people actually buy them?

    Jill

    Asian market here. Quick turn over.

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