June 6, 2010
Strawberry picking season opened at Schartner Farms here in Rhode Island and Ingrid headed out early on Friday AM to load up on the red berries. She managed to pick 8 pounds in a relatively short period of time…our empty containers are ready to be filled for freezing…and there is a bowl on the counter filled with berries for random snacking…
-Josh
January 25, 2010
So Josh and I had kicked around the idea of doing the 100 Mile Challenge in February. We like the challenge in the summer and we thought we could try it out in a colder, darker month. However, we did pick the shortest month of the year. This past weekend we decided that we are definitely going to take the plunge – the 100 Mile Challenge in February. Those 20 pounds of frozen strawberries in the freezer will come in hand next month! I’m already planning for the first week – February 1st is one week from today. I’m not sure why but the first few days catch us off-guard when we have done this in the past but not this month. I have some of Kenyon’s white corn meal and flour from UpinGil Farm so this Sunday, I’ll be making blueberry (also in the freezer from this past summer) corn muffins to have for the first week.
June 24, 2009
It’s me Ingrid – and I am eating one of my favorite desserts. I’m not sure I would have come across this particular dessert if not for our 100 mile challenge last July and August. At the time, we were eating a lot (and I mean A LOT) of Narragansett Creamery’s ricotta cheese for lunch and dinner. I really wanted something sweet one night and I remembered seeing, trying, and liking ricotta pie. I had never made ricotta pie and I couldn’t make the real thing during the challenge because of the whole crust/flour thing but I thought, I’ll add some sugar to the ricotta ( I still had some sugar therefore I was playing by the rules) and I’ll put it over some fresh berries. It became our favorite dessert last summer and I have served it over various berries throughout the year.
Well, with the pounds and pounds of strawberries mom and I picked last Friday, there were still some sliced berries in the fridge tonight. And, I still had a little ricotta left from a previous trip to Goddard State Park. So now I am happily eating (scarfing is probably a better description) fresh strawberries with some sweetened ricotta on top. It really tastes like summer for me.
-Ingrid
June 20, 2009
…so high water came and Ingrid and her parents headed out to Schartner’s to pick berries. While her Dad smartly stayed in the car listening to an audio book, Ingrid and her mom managed to pick 19 pounds of berries while trying to dodge the raindrops.
All laid out to dry..
It took her a while, but Ingrid got all the berries washed, dried, cut and into the freezer. She even delivered a bunch to a friend!
Ready to eat!
Soft shell crab sandwich.
Mussels and bread.
