Strawberries

(Sunshyne) said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I refuse
to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't care too
much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because I love
strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes blackberries.

I partially freeze berries on a cookie sheet to keep them separate.
Then I double bag into freezer bags, squeezing the air out. This
seems to work fairly well for keeping them a few months.

"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I

refuse

Quoted message said:

to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't

care too

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much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because I

love

Quoted message said:

strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes

blackberries.

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Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them? Or what ways to make the

frozen

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ones taste better? I was thinking running them through a food processer,

or

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grinding them up, adding splenda. Or even some low sugar jelly or jam, in
replace of the fresh fruit?
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As you free yourself from the past, your energy becomes available for the
present.

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A small grind of black pepper makes a world of difference to fresh

strawberries. Sounds wierd, I know, but it really works. Here in the uk we
get very bland strawberries in the autumn and winter - this perks them up.

Gary Griffiths
224/190/182

Sunshyne said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I
refuse
to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't
care too
much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because
I love
strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes
blackberries.

Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch
fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them? Or what ways to make the
frozen
ones taste better? I was thinking running them through a food processer,
or
grinding them up, adding splenda. Or even some low sugar jelly or jam, in
replace of the fresh fruit?
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Atkins since 1/17/04
CCLL 40
267/185/135
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you free yourself from the past, your energy becomes available for the
present.

Freeze them using dry ice (an Alton Brown trick), then put in the
freezer. They won't be mushy.

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Bob in CT
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"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them?

I don't care for the texture of frozen strawberries, so I rarely bother with
either purchased or home frozen. When they go out of season, I buy frozen
blueberries and blackberries which I think are very good. Great with yogurt
or cottage cheese, or topped with a little sweetened whip cream and a
sprinkle of cinnamon. I just consider strawberries a seasonal treat for the
summer.

HG

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:10:21 -0400, Hannah Gruen <[email hidden]>

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"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch
fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them?

I don't care for the texture of frozen strawberries, so I rarely bother
with
either purchased or home frozen. When they go out of season, I buy frozen
blueberries and blackberries which I think are very good. Great with
yogurt
or cottage cheese, or topped with a little sweetened whip cream and a
sprinkle of cinnamon. I just consider strawberries a seasonal treat for
the
summer.

HG

Supposedly if you freeze the berries using dry ice, they won't be mushy.
Here's Alton Brown's technique for doing this (see www.foodtv.com):

1 quart strawberries, de-stemmed
1 (3 pound) block dry ice

Wash strawberries and place in a paper towel-lined colander. Cover with
another paper towel and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Break your dry ice into small pieces, and toss with berries in a large
bowl. Place into a container and cover with a towel. Place this in a
cooler for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove berries and put into sealable bags and
store in the freezer.

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Bob in CT
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I go to sam's club and buy 6 pound bags of big fresh frozen strawberries.

while they are still frozen I run them through my quisenart and slice them
into slender frozen slices of strawberries.

I then put the sliced frozen strawberries back into the six pound bag.

whenever I want a treat, i pour one cup of heavy whipping cream in the
blender and froth it up. I then add a couple large handfuls of frozen
strawberry slices and blend away!

the result is very delicious strawberry ice cream.

I used to and splenda but found that I didn't need it.

give it a try!

I used to eat bacon for breakfast ... now I wrap my bacon around scallaps

I tell you ... life just keeps getting better and better!

Placid
203/149.5/149
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:10:21 -0400, Hannah Gruen <[email hidden]>

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"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch
fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them?

I don't care for the texture of frozen strawberries, so I rarely bother
with
either purchased or home frozen. When they go out of season, I buy frozen
blueberries and blackberries which I think are very good. Great with
yogurt
or cottage cheese, or topped with a little sweetened whip cream and a
sprinkle of cinnamon. I just consider strawberries a seasonal treat for
the
summer.

HG

Supposedly if you freeze the berries using dry ice, they won't be mushy.
Here's Alton Brown's technique for doing this (see www.foodtv.com):

1 quart strawberries, de-stemmed
1 (3 pound) block dry ice

Wash strawberries and place in a paper towel-lined colander. Cover with
another paper towel and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Break your dry ice into small pieces, and toss with berries in a large
bowl. Place into a container and cover with a towel. Place this in a
cooler for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove berries and put into sealable bags and
store in the freezer.

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Bob in CT
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<[email hidden]> wrote:

:I go to sam's club and buy 6 pound bags of big fresh frozen strawberries.
:
:while they are still frozen I run them through my quisenart and slice them
:into slender frozen slices of strawberries.
:
:I then put the sliced frozen strawberries back into the six pound bag.

Thanks so much for this tip. I was just sitting here wondering how I
was going to continue enjoying my morning chocolate omelette without
the strawberries in the middle! Problem solved!

Aloha...Sue

"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I

refuse

Quoted message said:

to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't

care too

Quoted message said:

much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because I

love

Quoted message said:

strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes

blackberries.

Quoted message said:

Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them? Or what ways to make the

frozen

Quoted message said:

ones taste better? I was thinking running them through a food processer,

or

Quoted message said:

grinding them up, adding splenda. Or even some low sugar jelly or jam, in
replace of the fresh fruit?

Frozen strawberries taste fantastic in jello.
Make one packet of sugar-free jello, and put it in a large dish. Add as
many frozen strawberries as possible. Then you can take strawberries out of
that dish (after the jello sets - which will be super fast) to use in your
yogurt, etc.

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Spring
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"Concordia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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(Sunshyne) said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I

refuse

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't

care too

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because I

love

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes

blackberries.

Quoted message said:

I partially freeze berries on a cookie sheet to keep them separate.
Then I double bag into freezer bags, squeezing the air out. This
seems to work fairly well for keeping them a few months.

I do the same except I use my food saver vacuum machine. I have
strawberries from the strawberry festival in my freezer with zer freezer
burn (from 1st of April). Food saver is one of my best investments.
Diane

(Sunshyne) said:

The price of strawberries will soon go up. With the change of seasons. I refuse
to pay the price of fresh ones in the fall, and winter months. I don't care too
much for the frozen ones. But, I will probably buy them frozen, because I love
strawberries in yogurt so much. Blueberries too, and sometimes blackberries.

Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch fresh,
before the price goes up, then freeze them? Or what ways to make the frozen
ones taste better? I was thinking running them through a food processer, or
grinding them up, adding splenda. Or even some low sugar jelly or jam, in
replace of the fresh fruit?

Strawberry prices don't go up much here in Norway. They are high year
round. I buy them year round.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

A small grind of black pepper makes a world of difference to fresh

strawberries. Sounds wierd, I know, but it really works. Here in the uk we
get very bland strawberries in the autumn and winter - this perks them up.

Gary Griffiths
224/190/182

I never had heard of that before. Stawberries get bland and non tasty here
also, in the same months.

From: Concordia

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I partially freeze berries on a cookie sheet to keep them separate.
Then I double bag into freezer bags, squeezing the air out. This
seems to work fairly well for keeping them a few months.

Thanks for the tip! I found a place to buy a bunch at a reasonable price. Going
to do this over the weekend. Try some the way you explained, and try some, some
other ways. Thanks!

From: "Diane Ball"

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I do the same except I use my food saver vacuum machine. I have
strawberries from the strawberry festival in my freezer with zer freezer
burn (from 1st of April). Food saver is one of my best investments.
Diane

Maybe I will just have to treat myself to a new kitchen item thing like that.
It vacumns meat, veggies, all sorts of foods don't it?

I had a thread I think a month or so ago, on green tomatoes. How they were not
ripening. Well, they ripened by golly. Over the past 2 weeks, a gradual
buildup. I have red, vine ripe tomatoes coming out the yin yang. I paper bagged
some, sold some. A bag of them for a dollar. Gave some to neighbors. I still
have around 60-70 red tomatoes, and more in the garden. So, gotta try to figure
out something for that too.

Thought about a pot of chilli this weekend. Yet, not sure what sort of bean to
add to it, that is considered on the low carb eating plan? Not kidney beans.

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Supposedly if you freeze the berries using dry ice, they won't be mushy.
Here's Alton Brown's technique for doing this (see www.foodtv.com):

1 quart strawberries, de-stemmed
1 (3 pound) block dry ice

Wash strawberries and place in a paper towel-lined colander. Cover with
another paper towel and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Break your dry ice into small pieces, and toss with berries in a large
bowl. Place into a container and cover with a towel. Place this in a
cooler for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove berries and put into sealable bags and
store in the freezer.

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I found a place to buy large containers of strawberries, for 5 bucks apiece.
The size, around 2 and half quarts a piece. I am going to try this method this
weekend Bob, along with the cookie sheet method. Thanks for sharing how to do
it. Much appreciated! Thinking on doing around 6 of them containers. Before the
price goes up, and the taste starts deteriorating.

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Bob in CT
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As you free yourself from the past, your energy becomes available for the
present.

Quoted message said:

I go to sam's club and buy 6 pound bags of big fresh frozen strawberries.

while they are still frozen I run them through my quisenart and slice them
into slender frozen slices of strawberries.

I then put the sliced frozen strawberries back into the six pound bag.

whenever I want a treat, i pour one cup of heavy whipping cream in the
blender and froth it up. I then add a couple large handfuls of frozen
strawberry slices and blend away!

the result is very delicious strawberry ice cream.

I used to and splenda but found that I didn't need it.

give it a try!

Hey Placid. Thanks really, for sharing how you do it. The strawberries. I aint
gonna flame you. I don't even got you on ignore or anything. I can handle
listening to others opinions and all, as long as I can say my opinion, which I
did. Hope alls well with you. Thanks again for the strawberry tip.

Yes, Low Carb keeps getting better and better. I could not at first eat alot,
which made it boring. Had alot of allergies at once, like to dairy, fermented
foods. I know so much more about my body now. I can now tolerate some dairy.
Now its a limit on what meats to eat. I been eating alot of chicken this week.
Still eat some bacon, and sausage.

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I used to eat bacon for breakfast ... now I wrap my bacon around scallaps

I tell you ... life just keeps getting better and better!

Placid
203/149.5/149
"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:10:21 -0400, Hannah Gruen <[email hidden]>

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"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote

> Is there any other thoughts to this, from anyone? Maybe buy a bunch
> fresh,
> before the price goes up, then freeze them?

I don't care for the texture of frozen strawberries, so I rarely bother
with
either purchased or home frozen. When they go out of season, I buy frozen
blueberries and blackberries which I think are very good. Great with
yogurt
or cottage cheese, or topped with a little sweetened whip cream and a
sprinkle of cinnamon. I just consider strawberries a seasonal treat for
the
summer.

HG

Supposedly if you freeze the berries using dry ice, they won't be mushy.
Here's Alton Brown's technique for doing this (see www.foodtv.com):

1 quart strawberries, de-stemmed
1 (3 pound) block dry ice

Wash strawberries and place in a paper towel-lined colander. Cover with
another paper towel and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Break your dry ice into small pieces, and toss with berries in a large
bowl. Place into a container and cover with a towel. Place this in a
cooler for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove berries and put into sealable bags and
store in the freezer.

--
Bob in CT
Remove ".x" to reply

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Atkins since 1/17/04
CCLL 40
267/185/135
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you free yourself from the past, your energy becomes available for the
present.

Quoted message said:

Frozen strawberries taste fantastic in jello.
Make one packet of sugar-free jello, and put it in a large dish. Add as
many frozen strawberries as possible. Then you can take strawberries out of
that dish (after the jello sets - which will be super fast) to use in your
yogurt, etc.

--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/208/170

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs&.di

r=/55b8&.src=ph

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Size: 24W / 14 / 10

Dang Spring. Now that is a superb idea there. Gonna try that, when doing some
freezing and messing around in the kitchen this weekend. I am making one of
them carrot cakes with pork rinds over the weekend too. 🙂

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Atkins since 1/17/04
CCLL 40
267/185/135
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you free yourself from the past, your energy becomes available for the
present.

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Strawberry prices don't go up much here in Norway. They are high year
round. I buy them year round.

I am in Ohio, United States. No all year around here at all. Damn, be cool to
have fresh strawberries whenever ya want. Lucky you. 🙂

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From: "Diane Ball"

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I do the same except I use my food saver vacuum machine. I have
strawberries from the strawberry festival in my freezer with zer freezer
burn (from 1st of April). Food saver is one of my best investments.
Diane

Maybe I will just have to treat myself to a new kitchen item thing like that.
It vacumns meat, veggies, all sorts of foods don't it?

Yup -- DEFINITELY worth the investment. I also invested in a wide-mouth mason
jar sealer attachment and use it to make up a week or more's worth of individual
salads. For ME it's worth it for that ALONE, because the effort of making a
salad once a week is a WHOLE lot less than making one with rapidly deteriorating
produce every DAY.

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Saffire
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(Sunshyne) said:

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Strawberry prices don't go up much here in Norway. They are high year
round. I buy them year round.

I am in Ohio, United States. No all year around here at all. Damn, be cool to
have fresh strawberries whenever ya want. Lucky you. 🙂

We get them from Palestine in the winter. We also get them from
Argentina, I think, somewhere in the south. So you can imagine that
they ship them in a cargo hold filled with some inert gas, I suppose.
You could argue that means they aren't fresh, but they taste fresh.