Lesson learnt application.

[hannah]

Yesterday at the greenmarket, I saw a woman buying her baby some strawberries, who didn't even wait for her to pay for them to start reaching out and grabbing at them. It made me think - sweet, brightly colored, the right size to fit a baby's hand, no wonder they're grabbing at them.

I said this out loud, and the baby's mother and farmer ringing her up both liked it, especially when the baby did get a strawberry that fit their hand exactly.

Then I said how great it'd be to have a strawberry big enough to fit into an adult's hand.

We all moaned at the idea.

Meanwhile, tonight I couldn't find my cherry pitter - I have no idea where it is, this is a closed system of an apartment - but didn't let that deter me and used a skewer to pit a basket of cherries before digging in and chowing down on a bowlful of pure cherry flesh. And it was glorious. On the first cherries of the season. Come their ripeness peak, it'll be even more memorable.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I don't know, a few of the strawberries I regularly get at the grocery are pretty big. Not fist sized perhaps but almost the size of my palm. However they are not as tasty as the small ones of old from our garden.

Yum, I look forward to cherries too. I haven't gotten any so far but these are some of my favorite fruits as well. A bowl of them is a definite treat.