When its spring (or summer, what do I know about season changes!) in some parts of the world, the berries start appearing in all the food blogs. Strawberries are the most dominant I suppose, with the fruit being used in all possible ways – in cakes, ice-creams, sorbet, drinks, salads, you name it! Then come the blueberries in muffins and pancakes and fruit tarts and stuff.
For me, the one living in a place where the only season change is when I step out of the air-conditioned train onto the blistering street and vice versa, spring is when I see strawberries in the super market, I guess.
Needless to say, they are expensive. So usually I can only afford one or two boxes until they stop showing up on the shelves. As much as I’d like to use them in various strawberry recipes, here’s how they eventually get used up.
A box of as-fresh-as-it-gets-in-Singapore strawberries. Yum.
I take one in my hand. I whisper “you precious baby, so cool (out of the fridge) and so bright! I hope you realise you cost me a bomb”.
I take a gentle bite so as not to hurt it. Slightly sour, not really sweet. But I guess this is how strawberries are supposed to taste, right?
Then I place it down, admire it for a few seconds. Sigh a couple of times, even.
Then I put it back where it belongs, with the others, although with a bite.
Then I flip it around. Ah there! Now I can pretend I have an entire box of strawberries still. And that all of them are as good as new, no bites, no nothing. A boxful, just like how I started out.
Is this normal? Ok, don’t answer that. Just tell me how you like your strawberries.
Beautiful pics 🙂
Cheesecake, smoothie for me!
That was interesting… Strawberries are pretty abundantly available here even in winters (though expensive), Anyway, I' like mine with whipped cream or dipped in chocolate.
Well, needless to say, the pics are awesome!
LMAO… You forgot to mention the Clicking part;-) Beautiful pictures!!
In my home Strawberries are treated like Enemy number one. They are butchered, lynched, dipped in boiling liquids and often bitten with sharp teeth. The poor guys never get enough time to sit and enjoy the comforts of a fridge and rant about the Sexy who waves a knife all the time 🙂
Ok I know the post was to show off the photographs…it's awesome!
I like mine with balsamic syrup. Whipped cream's great too. 🙂
Wow lovely clicks. BTW I have got some awards and tags waiting for u at my blog pls pick them.
Ha ha, I second what Sig says! They're nice dipped in chocolate too!
Nice header!
Nice clicks
I think this post was mainly to show off the pictures and the header.
*bite* 🙂
Loved the glossy pics. This time they are very different from your other pics. beautiful combination of red & white. btw, the header is also nice. 🙂