Freezing berries

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 30 Jul 2013, 21:28

http://www.chrisgreaves.com/Cooking/FreezingBerries/FreezingBerries.htmI strolled through the local Metro (Old Dominion) Supermarket yesterday evening around 6 p.m. and what did I see but plastic punnets of berries on sale, three (punnets) for five dollars. A punnet of strawberries is 454 grams, one pound imperial. Hence a pound-ette of berries, get it?
I'm no fool!
I grabbed three punnets of strawberries, paid five dollars, raced home and froze them and went to bed quite dis-satisfied, kicking myself, in fact.
Why oh why oh why didn't I hand over every dollar in my pocket and lug home several pounds of them?
They freeze well, one of my friends tells me. etc. etc. etc.

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PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 30 Jul 2013, 21:37

Funny looking strawberries, Chris!

Post by **HansV** » 30 Jul 2013, 21:40

That's what happens if you freeze them...

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 01:13

PaulB wrote:Funny looking strawberries, Chris!

Well, that's the last straw!
That photo was only a sampler.
The FIRST batch of strawberries can be seen bagged in the SECOND photo date-stamped 11:22;
FWIW the FIRSTphoto date-stamped 11:22 shows traces of strawberries on the wax paper.

Oh.
Never mind.
Go watch "Unfinished Song", and watch it by yourself in a movie theatre; it'll take your mind off berries.

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 01:14

HansV wrote:That's what happens if you freeze them...

Hans? There's a difference between freezer-burn and sun-burn ...

Post by **Rudi** » 31 Jul 2013, 04:23

Here's the remnants of the lone strawberry in the group...

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Claude · Post by **Claude** » 31 Jul 2013, 04:38

This is how I solve the problem of frozen berries. Inerestingly,, it's a lot cheaper too.

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 19:25

Claude wrote:This is how I solve the problem of frozen berries. Inerestingly,, it's a lot cheaper too.

Oh no.
I prefer them fresh, right from the store shelves (sick grin!)
(later) I notice they have a WA page.
Next time you're chatting, ask them if they ship to Toronto a.k.a. "The Frozen North"
Thx
(even later) Please also ask if there is any danger of the strawberries being hijacked en root (sic))

Post by **Rudi** » 31 Jul 2013, 19:36

Wow...these two threads are becoming entwined, entangled and hard to make apart...
Who would have ever thought that freezing berries and magnetism on USB drives could be combined...

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 19:52

PaulB wrote:Funny looking strawberries, Chris!

Hi again, Paul.
This page might help you.
But there again, it might not!

Argus · Post by **Argus** » 31 Jul 2013, 19:59

ChrisGreaves wrote: Next time you're chatting, ask them if they ship to Toronto a.k.a. "The Frozen North"

No wonder, if you all are eating frozen berries.

BTW, last time I checked Toronto was on the same latitude as the French Riviera, Monaco etc.

(BTW 2, there was a food poison alert on imported frozen berries this summer; so, I guess it's either a. DIY, as above, or b. buy products from your own country; unless you live in the country exporting the frozen berries, that is ...)

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 20:07

Rudi wrote:Who would have ever thought that freezing berries and magnetism on USB drives could be combined...

Who? Oh, just about anybody who has spent more than ten minutes reading threads on Eileen's Lounge!

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 31 Jul 2013, 20:11

Argus wrote:BTW, last time I checked Toronto was on the same latitude as the French Riviera, Monaco etc.

Quite so; I was having this conversation yesterday morning with Shane (he of the French Fries enquiry).
San Diego CA is pretty well congruent in all respects, including latitude, with Perth WA, but I think Perth has higher humidity in summer time.
I could be wrong.
My trips to San Diego have been two-week affairs at various times during the year.
I think I'd need to spend a few years there to make a better comparison.
Anyone wishing to fund my trip should send money via a Nigerian bank account I plan to open Real Soon Now ...

Post by **Rudi** » 01 Aug 2013, 04:50

ChrisGreaves wrote:
PaulB wrote:Funny looking strawberries, Chris!
Hi again, Paul.
This page might help you.
But there again, it might not!

Wow...that was a wonderful picture story with some very creative captions...

Very amusing.

Just one thing - Who was the superhero in the story? Usually these picture stories have superhero's?

Claude · Post by **Claude** » 01 Aug 2013, 05:13

Looks like you need a new tool to cope with your strawberries Chris. I can highly recommend this strawberry knife to help making your task a bit easier.

BTW, the blade is incredibly sharp !

Post by **Rudi** » 01 Aug 2013, 05:38

Claude wrote:I can highly recommend this strawberry knife to help making your task a bit easier. BTW, the blade is incredibly sharp !

And I recommend this superhero to wield that incredibly sharp knife...(Meet "The incredible Strawberry Man")

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Post by **HansV** » 01 Aug 2013, 05:44

You look dashing in that suit, Rudi!

Claude · Post by **Claude** » 01 Aug 2013, 05:45

HansV wrote:You look dashing in that suit, Rudi!

It suits him

Post by **Rudi** » 01 Aug 2013, 05:58

HansV wrote:You look dashing in that suit, Rudi!

Awwh! I knew it...
I knew that incredibly tiny mask would not hide my identity!

I should've listened to my mama and taken the full headed balaclava

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