Today is a most exciting day: the first of the strawberries are showing up at the farmer’s market! I couldn’t resist picking some up; the smell is one of my favorites of summer.
Strawberries remind me of being a kid and going with my mom, grandfather, and brother to pick strawberries at a nearby farm. They’d weigh your containers when you arrived, you’d go pick until you couldn’t fit anymore strawberries in your buckets or bowls, and then they’d charge you per pound after a final weigh-in. My mom used to joke that my brother ate so many strawberries – one for the bowl, one for him – that the farm needed to check his weight before we left!
When we got home, the strawberries became jam, or went into a bowl with a little sugar for strawberry shortcake, or we’d pop them straight into our mouths.
I can’t stop smiling when I catch a whiff of the basket.
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Glad you have such wonderful memories
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Kat Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I do, indeed! Many of my most vivid memories of growing up have to do with smells: chlorine reminds me of going to the bungalow every summer; blackberries make me think of picking them from the bushes back by the pussy willow; and I distinctly recall the smell of the tomato plants in our backyard garden.
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Unapologetically Mundane Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Your mom comments on your blog?! And signs her name “Mom”?! That’s adorable. I imagine my dad is too shamed by me to let me know if he reads.
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Kat Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I knew she’d been reading, but this is her first time commenting! It’s awesome, right?
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Unapologetically Mundane Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
What’s more awesome is that I just got my reply mailed to me. Boo-yah!
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Someone the other day posted on their blog that they were tired of the strawberry-rhubarb combination, and I thought, that right there is a crazy person.
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Kat Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
It’s a classic! I’m all for trying new and exciting rhubarb combinations; however, I would never shun the original strawberry-rhubarb! It’s too delicious not to love.
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We’re not seeing strawberries yet. Our farmer’s market just opened today. Life just got better.
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Kat Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I’m so happy that ours is year-round, even if you can’t get my favorite fruits during the winter! I was VERY excited for strawberries to be back.
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