More strawberries

Today my husband and I went to pick strawberries at Hurd Orchards, a place about half an hour from here. The picking was good but the field was pretty messy--no defined paths to pick in, no idea of what has been picked or hasn't. It made me long for the good old days when my parents took us to Shultz's Strawberry Farm (formerly in Hornell). Still, in about half an hour we picked 10 quarts. We paid $21 total which I think is a really good deal. They charge by the pound, not the quart. The price is $1.75 per pound unless you pick more than 10 pounds, in which case you get a discount to $1.50 per pound (we picked 13 pounds). I don't think we'll have any problem using up the berries. We used up one quart already tonight for strawberry shortcake (my Grandma Grastorf's recipe--buttery and yummy). Also, on the way home from picking we stopped at a farmstand and bought a pound of fresh, local edible pod peas. And today was our CSA pickup day, so we have a fridge full of greens to use (this week: kale, spinach, dill, cilantro, red lettuce, green onions, and mizspoona--I know, I had never heard of it either--it's a cross between tat soi and mizuna). Hooray for early summer produce!