Strawberries & More Strawberries

Okay, I may have overdone it this week. I picked up my box (that had strawberries in it), went strawberry picking while I was at the farm, and went to the Arlington Farmers Market and picked up a flat of strawberries from my favorite farmer there.

So basically, I ended up with a lot of strawberries. When I got back from the farm (where I also played with the new baby pig Wilbur), I got to work. I immediately started a batch of jam, started two batches of strawberries macerating for strawberry sour cream ice cream and strawberry granita (like a grown-up snow-cone). More than 15 lbs. of sugar later, I ended up with 36 jars of strawberry jam, strawberry ice cream, and strawberry granita, and I still had strawberries left for my yogurt all week.