I took off early yesterday and left the mountains to stock my larders. I am doing most of my shopping in Amish country because most of the shops are open and on the side of the road. The Amish are being very careful with sanitation and mask wearing and if you time it right, you can be the only one shopping.
I just love driving here and seeing all of the changes that each season offers.
We have had very dry weather so no problem picking a day to cut hay.
It's strawberry season and though I wanted to buy flats of them to make jam for all of my friends, I'm too busy so I only bought a few quarts. I bought twelve dozen eggs and rolls of Amish butter.
Why are the strawberries so sweet this year? Do they do better when they go through a mild winter?
I was so disappointed to find that the asparagus season is over. We ate it every day for 2 months. I will gladly ease into scape season though. Today I will make lots of scape butter and this is the beginning of scape omelets. And of course, some more strawberry jam. I love these trips but I sure miss my daughter accompanying me. I hate this virus.
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I haven't bought any strawberries yet this year, they were thee times as expensive before midsummer because no workers were allowed in to Sweden to pick them, mostly people from eatern Europe since Swwedes are too lazy to take jobs like that.
Now when they have been allowed to get in to pick the berries the price is as it should be but there are never any left by the time I get to the store after work :-) :-) :-)
Have a great day!
Christer.