Strawberries

Last summer I picked (organic, of course) Swanton strawberries in Davenport -- have you been there? What's the best time to go? (Loved it.)

Hello, I went to by some strawberry rhubarb at the market. I found rhubarb and asked if it was strawberry rhubarb. The associate said he didn't know what variety rhubarb it was, but point...

I made this 3 or 4 layer cake with fresh strawberries, strawberry mousse filling, whipped cream, etc. Best I've even had. I don't remember if it was out of a Bon Appetit June 1990 or 1991 (poss...

The Marshall strawberry is the greatest strawberry to ever be cultivated. It thrives in the environment surrounding Puget Sound. Unfortunately is not a commercially viable fruit due to it's sugar c...

For years I've been searching in vain for strawberries which taste like they used to. Has all the sweetness been bred out of them? Of course, they're more beautiful than ever, but they're just not ...

by PSRaT 2 years ago

the berries are coming, the berries are coming....! a sponge cake is the usual - any favorite recipes for "yummy things to be drown" in fresh strawberries?

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

" . . . California’s $54 billion agricultural industry cannot afford to wait. As the country’s epicenter of both technology and agriculture, the state is leading the move to automate in the fields ...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

From Popotla where we struck out on buying any tamales de elote https://www.chowhound.com/post/popotla-baja-california-1075792 , we continued south.

Hello, I made my first batches of strawberry jam in the fall. I still have some jars left. The person who showed me what to do told me that filling the sterilized jars, sealing them, and turning...

Hello, I am trying to make those decorated strawberries and I’m curious to how people get them to be perfect. It’s almost like it’s some type of machine that does it

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

Orchards and farms in Brentwood on the urban boundary are popular summer time u-pick and farmstand destinations. The cherry season is here and producers have started opening on weekends this month....

The past several times I have bought fresh strawberries (the kind in the plastic box) they have had a very strong, unpleasant odor, similar to raw sewage or rotting vegetation. The berries, howeve...

I’d like to place a Serious Eats strawberry sauce on top of Wood and Spoon’s no-bake cheesecake recipe, simply because strawberries aren’t in season. http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/07/s...

Hello I'm a business-owner that's just opened a donut shop in Honolulu, Hawaii, and I'm looking for some help on creating fruit-flavored coating chocolates. We have about a dozen recipes that ar...

Three weeks ago I took the scenic way southbound on the coast route. I made a first visit to Swanton, a chowhound favorite, lured by the signs along the roadside promising gelato. The fabled froz...

Looking to buy fresh BC strawberries from a ready-pick or u-pick farm. I need about 30 pounds. I normally call ahead to Bob Featherstone Farm in Richmond but lost his phone number and it's nowhere ...

Dear Chowhounders; I was wondering if anyone has tried to make compressed fruit without a vacuum? I read the idea is that you squeeze the from between the cells of a piece of fruit and it seems ...

Just wanted to give a head's up that we went strawberry picking at Verrill Farm, and it was *fantastic* - great-tasting strawberries and super easy picking. ENJOY!