Oregon strawberries

Ever since we arrived, we've been expecting the strawberry season, which typically starts early June. Our friends, Louisa and John, have told us wonderful stories about Oregon strawberries and its superiority to any other variety in the country. This spring has been a cold one, so the strawberries came in a little late.

I also discovered that Nike campus has a farmer's market in the summer season. I need to find out the exact frequency of occurrence so I can better prepare for it next time. Today is summer solstice and turned out to be a beautiful day to kick off the summer. Everyone was eating outside.

I saw the strawberry stall and checked out their samples and immediately determined that these are in fact the same strawberries John and Louisa have told us about. They are on the smaller side with more tender flesh than typical commercial strawberries from California. The berries are also red throughout. I got a couple pints.

After dinner, we stood by the sink and ate the entire pint of it. No wonder Haagen-Dazs would buy an entire valley of Oregon strawberries just for their strawberry ice cream. The unfortunate thing is the strawberry season is only a few weeks. So we have to eat a ton of it now, or can them for later consumption. I'm already looking at strawberry jam recipes...