Summer strawberries?

Ol had a school holiday today, so we've been busy. Read: I am now pooped, and we've been down a man since Jack stays for chess on Wednesdays. Yo! The party is just about to get started. At some point this morning, we headed to the market (I don't live there despite how it must sound) and were thrilled to run into what look to be actual farm strawberries; fresh, local, just-picked. I'm sure some of that description is a romanticization, but you know how agri-companies' (Driscoll's, etc) berries are giant, uniform, lacking in scent, too white near the stem, and have no flavor? Well, these don't look, smell or taste like that. Also, local berries means enough warmth has finally trickled into our area to ripen these babies to maturity. Yippee!

I can't wait to get going on these and am thinking strawberry-rhubarb pie jam!

The cake was a hit

This cake is one I'll make again! The rosemary was extremely muted; in fact, where was it? I think I'll put some more next time just to see if you get a back-end flavor boost as I think it'd be nice with the lemon in the cake and glaze. The recipe called for an 11" springform pan. I only had a 9" and smaller ones; naturally I forgot to pour less of the batter into the 9" and thusly had to scoop out the undercooked bit in the middle. Once again, flow with the need for improv, folks. The divot made a great bowl for fresh strawberries!

The cake was a hit

This cake is one I'll make again! The rosemary was extremely muted; in fact, where was it? I think I'll put some more next time just to see if you get a back-end flavor boost as I think it'd be nice with the lemon in the cake and glaze. The recipe called for an 11" springform pan. I only had a 9" and smaller ones; naturally I forgot to pour less of the batter into the 9" and thusly had to scoop out the undercooked bit in the middle. Once again, flow with the need for improv, folks. The divot made a great bowl for fresh strawberries!