What to do with a glut of strawberries?

jcr16

now i not tried this but a mate of mine said she melted chocolate , covered the strawberries then froze then. and eats them straight from freezer as a litte snack. not sure how long they will last or hoe to store , but i guess trial and error. i just eat strawberries straight from pot or with cereal. yummy

Horasio

Allexie wrote:

Thanks T2S
Actually I phoned a local Nursing Home this afternoon but was told they are only allowed to use foodstuffs from approved suppliers...the person I spoke to was very apologetic but said they have to abide by the rules! Will try the warden of the Sheltered Housing complex tomorrow...you wouldn't think it would be so difficult to give stuff away would you.....

Wonder if you can advertise foodstuff on the Freecycle thingy??

I have a glut of apples but feel I can't give them away, because people are so snotty, so I WON'T!!:p

Pink.

CCStar wrote:

I have a glut of apples but feel I can't give them away, because people are so snotty, so I WON'T!!:p

These older threads might help you:

loads of apples!!!

Storing apples??

Pink

fizzel81

got 5 punets from market this afternoon for the bargin price of £1.00 but after sitting in bottom of buggy in the sun some look worse for wear (or eating) they are currantly sitting in water, im looking for some nice tasty ways to use them up asap

i was think of jam but you need lots of stuff for that (i think) never made jam before

any other ideas apart from smoothies/milksakes etc as both the boys have turned there noses up after taking a bite out of one

Fiona

AussieLass

I made strawberry jam for the first time last year and it wasn't that hard at all. You don't need any special equipment, just a saucepan and clean jam jars. By memory it's equal weight of strawberries and sugar and lemon juice. Look in the recipe index as I think there is a good microwave recipe for strawberry jam. HTH.

Once you taste home made jam, the shop bought stuff will never taste the same.

thriftlady_2

I bought a whole tray of strawberries last year and this is what I did with them.

Puree them with some sugar (icing sugar dissolves quickly giving a nice texture) . Add to plain yogurt, pour over fruit salad, mix with whipped cream and crushed meringues, if you've got an ice cream maker churn with cream or yogurt for ice cream (or without either for sorbet). Another good idea is to pour it into lolly moulds for the kids.

boo81

Strawberry ice cream!

Little_Miss_Saver

How about a strawberry flan. I made one the weekend and it was delicious!!

If I'm not able to use strawberries up straight away I'll freeze them and use them in smoothies when I need them

LMS xx

Justamum

I'm afraid I'd just pig out on them! I love strawberries. I haven't bought any this year because they are so flippin' expensive.

Chipps

AussieLass wrote: »

By memory it's equal weight of strawberries and sugar and lemon juice. .

ummmm... so, a pound of strawberries, pound of sugar and
:rotfl: maybe a bit less than a pound of lemon juice?:rotfl:

Sorry:o