Is Strawberry Time
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472078)
Switzerland
February 23, 2016 10:36am CST
Bless the Spain and their wonderful weather, the fresh Spanish strawberries have reached our Swiss shelves.
This morning, coming back from the Post Office, I have stopped at the grocery store to buy a box of strawberries.
I have tasted one, they are sweet and delicious.
Tomorrow I am going to make a strawberry shortcake for my birthday.
I will find some other ideas to use the others.
Do you like the strawberries?
Any special recipe to serve them?
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Feb 16
A very happy bday to you my friend Anna.
I bet that cake will be delicious.
Do you have lovely creme there too?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
23 Feb 16
I love strawberries but I don't buy any until I see the Italian ones on the shelves here. I don't like buying fruit and vegetables (except bananas and pineapple) from other countries. I have seen them here from Spain too but they leave me cold and I will wait.
I prefer English strawberries. The taste is totally different as they take longer to ripen but they are really sweet indeed.
Happy birthday for tomorrow! 
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
23 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Probably 
The we get the others here!
The we get the others here!1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
24 Feb 16
@mysdianait The best strawberries are the little wild strawberries that you can find in the forests, it's a long time that I do not climb up and search for them.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
23 Feb 16
Strawberries from Spain are usually tasteless in the UK. Our British grown Strawberries are the best in the world and are beautiful to eat in June.
Here is a recipe for you Anna.
Slice the strawberries add black pepper and balsamic vinegar a spoon of sugar mix in a bowl and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours. They can be served as a starter or a dessert. When done this way they are delicious. ENJOY!
Happy Birthday tomorrow Lovely lady!
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
24 Feb 16
Thank you Gary, I know that the best strawberries come from my garden, but until May they are not ready to be picked up. I was able to grow the small wild strawberries that have a very different taste from the big one. I know that balsamic vinegar and strawberries are now popular around the world, this is what my grandmother prepared for us when I was a kid (my Mother family is from Modena)... I have never liked the taste.
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Aug 17
I wish you a happy birthday in advance
It seems it is not the strawberry season here as I hardly see them in the fruit stores. Now it is the season for watermelon, mangoes, dragon fruits and so on. And the straberries are usually very expensive here. I may want to try to use it to make the ice cream
It seems it is not the strawberry season here as I hardly see them in the fruit stores. Now it is the season for watermelon, mangoes, dragon fruits and so on. And the straberries are usually very expensive here. I may want to try to use it to make the ice cream1 person likes this
@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Feb 16
Happy Birthday @LadyDuck Oh those look so perfect! I love strawberries! We can get them all year 'round - but you can definitely taste the difference when it is and not in season. I like them as is. We also like them in a strawberry spinach salad with almonds (with a sweet Chinese salad dressing).
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@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I am wondering if our ripened strawberries will come in earlier since we went straight into warm weather! It's usually about May-ish when we hit the strawberry fields at a local farm - but with this strange weather we just may be able to go sooner. But for now they are still not at it's sweetest point. I would love to find some wild strawberries!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Feb 16
I slice them and marinate them in Grand Marnier. Then I layer them with sponge or pound cake and whipped cream in a crystal glass. Quite delicious. A little orange zest is nice in the whipped cream too!!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I wish I was there to enjoy it. We don't have any local good looking strawberries in the store yet, soon I think though.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
24 Feb 16
Sometimes I marinate them in orange juice with a tablespoon of Grand Marnier (or Cointreau), but my husband does not like the taste of any kind of liquor. I will prepare an orange syrup with fresh orange juice and zests for the sponge cake.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I have prepared the cake and I made an orange syrup, it was delicious.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
23 Feb 16
I slice them, add sugar, that's how I like them best. They are not in season quite yet here, maybe in a month or so.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
23 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I bought those ones because this Spanish farm is the best.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
23 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I bought some at the store the other day - they didn't look perfect, but they were very good, so it was a nice surprise. I will wait for the Mennonite farm to open, theirs are the best.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Feb 16
those look lovely, I like them with chocolate pudding and whipped topping
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Feb 16
@LadyDuck so birthday today? I missed that last time as I was focused on the tasty fruit! Well happy birthday!
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt Thank you, it has been a good day.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Feb 16
strawberries grow in the summer capital of our country where it is forever cold. I would always love to have strawberry jam on my bread.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
27 Feb 16
@ridingbet Strawberry jam with rice? I think that in your country you eat a lot of rice.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Feb 16
@LadyDuck the strawberry jam sold here are so sweet that I can even get a spoon of it and have that eaten with rice
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
16 Aug 17
Happy b'day ..hope your guests will enjoy with your self made cake and other stuffs
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
24 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I like strawberries.It is a little difficult to get fresh Strawberries here.Mostly what we buy are not very sweet and they are not fresh either .
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