NATIONAL STRAWBERRY DAY – February 27
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY DAY
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While the best season for strawberries is from late April to August, now might be a good time to scout out strawberry festivals and pick-your-own farms or plan to plant your own strawberry patch. Imagine sitting in your very own patch eating sun-warmed, sweet berries you picked or even grew yourself under clear blue skies.
1. There was a lot of info that I just eliminated from this post (above), but on this 🍓National Strawberry Day🍓, do you have a favorite recipe for strawberries? Would you share it with us? I don't have a 'favorite' recipe because I just like to clean them, quarter them, and put them over some cake with whipped cream... strawberry shortcake is the best!
2. Some people think the smaller, northern varieties are sweeter than the larger berries that grow in the south and in California. What are your thoughts on that? My grandmother (mom's mom) grew strawberries in Ohio and she always said they were the sweetest but she never turned down a Florida strawberry when she was down here in the winter!
3. There is a Strawberry Festival right here in Plant City, Florida (next town over from Lakeland) and it is a huge event that lasts 11 days with headliner acts each day. Have you ever been to a Strawberry Festival? I have attended the Plant City Strawberry Festival but we haven't been in years. It is very crowded and is more like a county fair than a little festival. It is huge and traffic is backed up for miles. We avoid going that way during the festival.
4. Strawberries are grown in every US state. Have you ever grown them in your garden? When I lived in Maryland, I did indeed have a strawberry patch in our garden. They just kept coming back. You have to thin out the plants now and then, but they just come back each year. Yumminess!!
5. Strawberry is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside, and technically it is not a berry but rather a fruit, and would you be surprised to learn that strawberries belong to the rose family? Do you have any strawberry trivia to share with us? Americans eat about 3.5 pounds of fresh strawberries a year. I think I am nearly there with our first batch, which was gone in less than a week!
6. Tell us something random about your week!! Not very random but we had Joe's pre-admission yesterday and are reporting to the hospital this morning at 6:30. Oh my gosh! The good part of that is that we may get to come home and not have them keep him overnight for observation. Fingers crossed! Prayers appreciated!
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Thanks for your visit today! Peace & hugs!!
God bless you!!
This was fun, Terri. I am a big strawberry fan! Prayers said and sent! Good luck, Joe!
ReplyDeletePrayers for Joe, keep us posted when you can. Love strawberries in any shape or form!
ReplyDeletePraying for Joe and hope it goes even better than expected.
ReplyDeleteI think the best strawberries I ever had were the small wild ones we picked in the PA farm fields when I was a kid. xo Diana
Oh wow. Hope all goes well for Joe. Will be thinking of you and waiting for updates.
ReplyDeleteMmmm strawberries. I hope everything goes well today and Joe gets to come home.
ReplyDeletePrayers for Joe, Terri. I'm sorry I couldn't join in today. I'm rushing to get a baby blanket sewn for the imminent arrival of another grandson. The fabric I ordered was taking forever to arrive, then finally out of the blue I simply got a refund, no explanation. Grrrr. So I had to start over and go shopping. You'd think it would be easy to find cute flannel, but I'm kinda picky that way. Lol. Have a good day. 💗🙏✝️
ReplyDeletePrayers for your hubby, sweet friend.
ReplyDeleteMy Flynn LOVES strawberries!
She would eat them all day everyday!
Hugs!
Prayers for Joe and that they do everything possible to strength that heart! I hope he gets to come home - I know you will take good care of him! Your strawberries look so delicious, I could eat the whole container full just as they are!
ReplyDeleteI was not a big strawberry fan until I was an adult. I really like them plain with a little sugar on them. Add a banana or two snd it is like dessert.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you get to come home as it is impossible to rest in a hospital; however, any time a procedure is done to the heart, it is not a bad idea to stay for more observation. Hoping he won't need that. I read about your strawberry festival and it does sound like a huge week-long fair. In fact, it may even surpass our State Fair that is held in our city. I have never been by the way.
ReplyDeleteI am praying for you both this morning. Hope you are back home soon! I had good ole Florida strawberries on my oatmeal this morning! YUMO! Sweet hugs to you both, Diane
ReplyDeleteMy word, if Tom saw your fresh berries he'd be in 7th heaven! More often than not, he enjoys mashing frozen strawberries and pouring atop a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Yes, I well recall the crowds at Plant City; like y'all, my in-laws opted to leave that to the tourists.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your GOOD news from Joe's procedure!
How I love strawberries, Terri, and will eat them any time and any place.
ReplyDeletePraying for Joe and for you!
Blessings!
Praying praying praying today for Joe!! Hope you all get to make it home tonight!!!
ReplyDeleteBeloved and I are praying all goes well with Joe's test today, will add a PostScript to that prayer that Joe gets to come home today, too!
ReplyDeletePraying for your husband, and you.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Praying. Hoping for great outcome.
ReplyDeleteAll this talk of fresh strawberries makes me a little jealous of your weather ;) We got a few new inches of snow today in Michigan! Hope Joe makes it home quickly without an overnight stay.
ReplyDeleteThose strawberries look so good! I like to just cut them up and eat them too.
ReplyDeleteI am praying for Joe! Keep us posted. Loved your answers! Have a nice week.
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My mom made a sweet, biscuit-like shortcake...SO good! Prayers for your dear hubby that all goes well!
ReplyDelete3.5 pounds? I think I'm below average...mostly due to the fact that when the strawberries turn up in stores here they don't seem to be very nice and I refuse to pay for something that's already half rotten before I even bring it home.
ReplyDeletePraying for Joe!
ReplyDeleteStrawberries are one of my favorites and strawberry shortcake is the best!
Prayers for your husband! And thanks, as always, for hosting.
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