Yet more strawbs!

If there's one thing that is growing well this summer, it's all the strawberry plants.  Last Sunday we had enough fresh ones for 7 of us to eat,  Monday there were enough for John and me to have with ice cream in the evening,  on Thursday I puréed and froze another 400 grams.  I pour the purée into plastic drink cups, the sort you buy for picnics.  The ones we got last time are more bendy than usual and don't split, so I'm able to wash and reuse them.

We've just been up checking on the progress of our top veg patch where we have chillies, peppers,  celeriac, potatoes, sweet corn,  courgettes, squash,  apple trees - heavily laden this year - and the very productive strawberries.  Luckily I'd taken a big bowl with us.........

There are now 440 grams sliced and in the dryer,  440 grams to go in the dryer tomorrow, 360 grams which need another day to get a bit riper and a bowlful sliced and sugared in the fridge for after dinner tonight.

Last winter we put the dried ones with muesli,  or cornflakes,  some were soaked in a bit of booze and added to the Christmas trifle,  they can be soaked in water too and used in pies or crumbles,  but drying and storing in a jar is more economical than using freezer space.