Thursday, June 11, 2009

Strawberry Time in New Jersey

It's Strawberry time here in Central New Jersey--the time of year when I really know why they call us the "Garden State" For a brief shining moment, my local farm market will have small succulent, flavorful, fresh picked local strawberries for sale and I will be gorging on them every day until the season is over ( which, sadly, will be soon)

Yes, I can buy strawberries all year long at the super market, but I don't bother. I don't like the cardboard taste of those huge, over fertilized, under ripened things that are flown in off season from California Mexico or even Chile and Argentina. No taste and too many food miles for me. I just wait until June every year and go wild.

And now a plug for my local farm market. The Homestead Farm Market in Lambertville, NJ. Right now they not only have baskets of yummy locally grown strawberries, but a home baked strawberry rhubarb pie that is to die for. Stop by and pick one up if you're in the neighborhood.

photo by http://www.ferdas.com/ Thanks

6 comments:

Lisa said...

Yum Yum!! My mouth is watering! Send some here....

Unknown said...

Wish I could-- but I'm eating all I got:-) Thanks for stopping by though

solargroupies said...

I just cut up some native VT strawberries for shortcake tonight and my hands effuse sweet berry floral scent! Hmmmmmm, can't wait to taste my first bite of the season!

Unknown said...

It's that time of year -- pass the whipped cream please:-)

Unknown said...

Oh, yum. Strawberry season...does it get much better than this?

Unknown said...

only when the peaches and tomatoes ripen in August LOL