Comments on: Giant Strawberries

By: Mik

Mik — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:41:21 +0000

Hey Lori :) It wasn’t too hard because strawberries to me are the same as banana cream pies are to you :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:29:44 +0000

Lori, just splurge and buy the things. Rinse carefully and chill ever so slightly (though their aroma and flavor are best when the berry is at room temperature or even slightly warm, as in off the field in sunlight… then close your eyes, bite, savor and swoon and repeat quickly… it’s just 3 cans of diet coke, it’s just 3 cans of diet coke…heehee.

By: lori

lori — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:10:41 +0000

Good for you, Mik! I envy your powers of persuading yourself!

By: Mik

Mik — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:16:32 +0000

Like Lori, saw these beautiful things at Rustan’s (Makati nga lang)… I had to walk around the grocery for a full 30 minutes debating with myself, before deciding to eventually get them! :)

By: lori

lori — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:02:06 +0000

What a coincidence that I saw this post today. While blitzing thru Rustan’s at Rockwell today for last minute baking ingredients for a V-Day dinner, I saw these temptations in the chiller. P707! Mercy, me. I was very tempted — a hair’s breadth away from plopping down the moolah. After reading your post, I feel that I will go back tomorrow and see if they’re still there.

By: HD

HD — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:50:30 +0000

Thanks MM. I will try that next time we visit Baguio. :)

By: peng

peng — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:56:21 +0000

Oh yes they grow strawberries in Canada. They mostly come from British Columbia and we can buy them in the summer. They actually taste better than the one from California.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:38:34 +0000

Mel, I once grew straberries in our garden in quezon city when I was 7 years old…don’t remember if I got any edible fruit! Would I love to have a strawberry patch in our backyard like you do! Wysgal, stay tuned, you are reading my mind… peng, no one grows berries in Canada? HD, when you buy them do not have them put them in baskets. Bring cookie trays with 1/2 inch sides and line with paper towels then put the berries in one layer and stack without squishing. Do NOT wash you berries until you are ready to eat them. Washing them earlier hastens the spoiling process…

By: MEL WOOD

MEL WOOD — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:06:17 +0000

Hi MM!

We grow our own strawberries here in New Zealand, but they are not as sweet as our own strawberries from Baguio. My husband loves them on his cereals in the morning, or as dessert with ice cream or cream.

By: wysgal

wysgal — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:15 +0000

I’m now entertaining dreams of chocolate dipped strawberries — yum. I’ve never tried really good ones anywhere in Manila though, the strawberries they use are usually too small and not sweet enough.