Cooking from Scratch
Does that box of strawberries you bought leave you less than whelmed? Sure, they look great in the package, all bright and red, thanks to ethylene gas used to “ripen” them after being picked, allowing the strawberries to fool your eye, but not your sense of taste. Can those less-than-stellar strawberries be saved?
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The fourth of July is closing in on us here in the US, so we thought we’d get out a quick post for nearly everyone’s favorite Fourth of July treat: ice cream. Now, we’ve posted ice cream several times before, but never strawberry. And, we’re not talking about that stuff with the fake strawberry flavor you get in a store. We’re talking real strawberry ice cream. With real strawberries.
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Right now, it seems as though every store in the area is having amazing deals on strawberries. We’re talking the buck-a-pound deals, so we just couldn’t resist, and picked up a couple bucks’ worth with just this pie in mind. To be completely honest, we would have preferred buying organic strawberries (the way commercial strawberries are grown is about the most destructive thing you can do to the soil, and without soil, well….), but we were lured by the low price. Continue reading “Strawberry Balsamic Pie”