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Florida Table Magazine / Barb's Kitchen / February 2010 / Plant City Strawberries: Cut some up now..

Plant City Strawberries: Cut some up now..

One of the very best foodie things about living in Florida just has to be the super sweet strawberries we get down here when the rest of the nation is socked in with ice and snow and the memories of sweet strawberries are vague... Not here. Florida strawberries are in the stores now, and they are super. I worried about the very cold snap we had here--farmers had to harvest fast before they lost everything, and it seems to me they succeeded. I recently bought a couple of pints--I thought they looked maybe a little not-quite-right, but when I bit into them, after I'd cleaned and trimmed them and left them in the fridge ready to eat the next day--I had to double check to make sure no one had added sugar to them without me knowing. I am not exaggerating that. I have a favorite strawberry shortcake (you'll have to wait til our spring issue is out to see that) and I just love to slice strawberries into a green salad (just toss with greens and your favorite balsamic vinaigrette) OR check out the Florida Strawberry Growers Association for some other recipes: http://www.flastrawberry.com/recipes.aspx Whatever you do with them? They will be fabulous.