Comments on: strawberry overload

Question: strawberry overload

Nothing — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:31:32 -0800

I have 20 pounds of perfectly ripe strawberries, and I need to use as many as possible in the next three days. I've already eaten a couple pounds, but cannot finish them that way. Any leftovers will go into jam, but I'd rather make other things. Ideas?

By: ArsncHeart

ArsncHeart — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:37:09 -0800

Early summer porch-party with strawberry shotrcake for all of your closest friends?

By: randomstriker

randomstriker — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:42:13 -0800

Dry them.

Blend them with yoghurt and freeze.

Blend them with water and ferment.

Bake them in a pie.

By: jennyjenny

jennyjenny — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:43:44 -0800

Pie!

By: ajbattrick

ajbattrick — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:45:23 -0800

Strawberry flan
Strawberry Cheesecake
Rent a chocolate fountain and get all your friends around tomorow

By: peep

peep — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:46:57 -0800

Puree, add sugar if necessary, maybe some lime juice, and freeze in those plastic freezer jam containers. Instant daiquiri or margarita mix.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:47:35 -0800

fresh strawberry juice. liquidise, add some orange juice/water/sugar to taste.

By: equipoise

equipoise — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:56:18 -0800

Slice them & toss them with arugula or another salad green, some walnuts, some feta cheese, some balsamic vinegar, and a touch of olive oil. Mmmmmmm.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:08:08 -0800

Just ask Alton.

By: letitrain

letitrain — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:36:41 -0800

Freeze a few pounds for use in smoothies.

By: equipoise

equipoise — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:43:09 -0800

If you're freezing them, spread them out on a cookie sheet in the freezer so that they aren't touching. Once they're frozen, you can toss them in a bag together. If you skip the cookie-sheet step, they'll freeze together in one congealed glob.

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:13:48 -0800

Don't freeze them with a regular freezer. When you thaw them they'll get all mushy and cooked-tasting and lose a lot of liquid.

On preview, what uncleozzy/Alton Brown said.

By: cbrody

cbrody — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:40:57 -0800

Pavlova: bed of merinque, strawberries, whipped cream. Yum!

By: cali

cali — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:48:03 -0800

How about making some fruit roll ups?

By: abbyladybug

abbyladybug — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:11:04 -0800

If you're going to freeze for smoothies, hull them first.

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:18:45 -0800

Strawberry Ice Cream!!
Strawberry Pizza??

By: gimonca

gimonca — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:22:37 -0800

Here's a strawberry liqueur recipe; I'm sure there are many more out there.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:41:26 -0800

Strawberry Rhubarb pie. OMG, you've never tasted something so good. Except, maybe, really smokin' fine chocolate.

By: schroedinger

schroedinger — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:02:51 -0800

A second for strawberry-rhubarb pie. There is nothing, and I mean nothing as fine as strawberry-rhubarb pie.

By: crack

crack — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:08:21 -0800

An easy warm weather dessert I just made yesterday: Strawberries and cream. Use whipping cream (usually found by the milk at your local supermarket). Whip with electric mixer or by hand with a whisk until thick. Add sugar and chopped strawberries.

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:12:58 -0800

Strawberry bread. Email me for the recipe if you're interested.

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:23:47 -0800

we freeze about 20 pounds each of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries every year. Around November they start getting very, very nice.

Chop them in half, slice off the stem, put them on a cookiesheet, and freeze them as fast as possible. Then seal them in as air-tight containers as possible & put them in a good freezer.

Also, when tomatoes start hitting, dried tomatoes are one of my favorite things in the world. Slice Roma tomatoes (best variety by far for freezing) thinly, dry them in a food dryer, then bag them up & freeze them.

By: FredFeral

FredFeral — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:40:18 -0800

Puree, strain, pour into popsicle molds. Freeze. Yummy.

By: box

box — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:11:39 -0800

Liquor infusion? Maybe some sangria?

By: sillygit

sillygit — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:07:28 -0800

My aunt used to (and probably still does) make strawberry tapioca pudding. I used to inhale the stuff!

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:14:14 -0800

Put black pepper on your strawberries (and cream?) Mmm.

Strawberry daquiris.

Freezer jam. Puree and add a bit of candied pineapple. Gels up nicely. Presumably, toss in freezer to preserve it (no need to can it).

Strawberry chicken. Blueberries work, strawberries should.

Duck a l'fraise.

suddenly i'm uncommonly proud to have not needed to look up a foreign word

By: Vervain

Vervain — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:45:21 -0800

Strawberry liqueur! Now that's the gift that keeps on giving. Even better, whip up some strawberry sherbert or gelato (if you have an ice cream maker). I made some of the latter tonight with some fresh, ripe berries...pure bliss.

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:22:57 -0800

One of my favorite strawberry related dishes is the good old strawberries + whipped cream. I prefer homemade whipped cream, made in the following manner:

1 cup heavy whipping cream
3 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla

If you have an electric beater, put this all in a bowl, mix and then go at it on low. If you don't, you can try doing it in the blender, but this requires a significant amount of timing as too much beating makes the cream rather unappetizing.

If you don't want to go through all the trouble, just get some store-bought whipped cream, because it's still a great dish.

By: Jon-o

Jon-o — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:06:14 -0800

One word:

Shortcake

By: madman

madman — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:13:16 -0800

Call lots of hot women home and feed them chocolate-dipped strawberries and cream. By hand.

By: jb

jb — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:16:51 -0800

You can also freeze strawberries by washing them, taking off the green nib, cutting them in half (1/4 for the big ones) and putting them in a freezer bag with about 1/4 cup white sugar to every two cups strawberries. They freeze up beautifully and make their own yummy sauce. Perfect for going over icecream or biscuits for strawberry shortcake.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 08:48:09 -0800

Donate some to your local soup kitchen.

By: IndigoRain

IndigoRain — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 10:24:45 -0800

Got neighbors? Send some over.

By: theora55

theora55 — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 12:15:29 -0800

Strawberry shortcake: Make shortcake using Bisquick; recipe's on the label.
slice shortcake in half.
cover the bottom 1/2 liberally with strawberries that have been sliced, sugared and have given up some juice.
layer in some slightly softened vanilla ice cream.
cover w/ the top 1/2 of the shortcake.
more berries.
whipped cream.
sinfully delicious

I like berries dipped in yogurt that's been sweetened with dark brown sugar.

Freeze whole/hulled, as above, or hull, puree and freeze them with just a bit of sugar. You'll have fresh berries for smoothies (and margaritas) all winter.

I can vouch for the fresh strawberry pie. I used to live in a town with a Big Boy, and the pie is one of the few things I miss.

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:17:34 -0800

If I had 20 lbs of fresh ripe strawberries, I'd consider it grounds for purchase of an ice-cream maker.