About a week ago I went organic strawberry picking at a U-pick farm near portland with my friend AdamD. He’s responsible for my part-time employment over at BestPlaces.net, a sweet website if you want to know some data about someplace in the US.
I remember growing strawberries in my backyard as a child. These strawberries were almost as good as those. I remember mine being sweeter, though, that could be a false memory. My mom claims I have a lot of those, but I know the unicorns were real.
We also made some ice cream in a big “Spiderman ball.” I’ve never seen one of these before, but it was pretty sweet. There are two containers, one inside the other. In the big one, you put ice and salt, which then surrounds a smaller container inside, where you put juice, fruits, and cream (if you want). We filled the smaller container with Odwalla and the strawberries we just picked.
It was a lot of fun, and cheap too! We got the strawberries for a dollar a pound. Since my agricultural skills were so bad (and when I say “bad agricultural skills,” I mean I was too busy eating strawberries out in the field. Ha! They should have weighed me instead of my basket), I barely had to pay anything. We did end up buying a whole extra flat of strawberries, though, and made some freezer jam.
I’m not a big toast eater, but I’m kind of excited to try it out with this jam. One thing that I learned that was good is bagels with cream cheese and jam. It’s kind of like a cake.
In other news, my roommate has discovered my copy of the PS2 game Godhand. Great game if you haven’t played it, and ridiculously cheap too (even if you buy it new). Probably the most politically incorrect game I can think of right now, though that’s what makes it so fun I think.
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The sky was so pretty!!! 8D
The rural setting through me for a loop for a sec, but I recovered. (whew)
Anyway, the spiderman ball looks pretty nifty. I hope the ice cream was delicious.
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ice cream = delicious
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Just blend the strawberries with sour cream, put them in a microwave for a few seconds and you'll have a strawberry soup. Yes, I know, I thought it sounded gross too, but it's tasty. It's like soup, but instead of vegetables you have strawberries :-)
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LOL, you're gonna love it.
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Thank you so much for the idea though! ;D
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Let's do that when I come back up!
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Unfortunately strawberry season has already passed us over there, I think D: It's always a lot of fun, with the festivals and what-not. Oh well, there's always next year! :D
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I need to go rethink my life. brb.
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You can so go back and train to become a unicorn breeder now though. You're an adult, you get to decide what that means now!
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I'm glad I got the chance to talk to someone who knows about this lucrative business ^_^, I'll start saving some money now and maybe in a few years I'll have my own....unicorn farm? :P
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PS. Organic strawberries taste better, too.
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