{"id":4555,"date":"2011-08-01T09:17:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/2011\/08\/strawberries-a-guest-post-and-a-quick-and-easy-pastry-recipe\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T09:17:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:17:05","slug":"strawberries-a-guest-post-and-a-quick-and-easy-pastry-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4555","title":{"rendered":"Strawberries- a guest post and a quick and easy pastry recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strawberries- a guest post by Robin Loretta Hrubik<\/p>\n

( First let me introduce the post.\u00a0 Robin wrote a small book of memories<\/p>\n

for me on my 40th birthday.\u00a0 She was going to be on a tour of Europe over<\/p>\n

the weeks before and after my birthday- so she wrote me a collection of<\/p>\n

essays, made up a marvelous treasure hunt for Jordan and me to follow, and<\/p>\n

put together a campaign of birthday wishes from almost everyone who knew<\/p>\n

me and orchestrated a birthday party at a friend\u2019s home- it was amazing<\/p>\n

how very much she was there <\/strong>without actually being there.<\/p>\n

This is the entry she wrote about strawberries and our childhood.)<\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love them?<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe my small patch will produce while I\u2019m in Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stop over and pick a handful, wipe off the dirt and pop a sun-kissed warm berry<\/em><\/p>\n

into your mouth and close your eyes to remember\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

those delectable teeny-tiny seed covered WILD strawberries that grew<\/em><\/p>\n

on the bank on the other side of the dirt road.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

We were children of the Earth more so in those days.\u00a0 We\u00a0 probably had ” chores\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WORK- that four letter word- assignments awaiting us.\u00a0 But oh, when those<\/em><\/p>\n

berries were ripe- we Picked!\u00a0 Such work it was- adults were too impatient to spend<\/em><\/p>\n

precious time at such a labor-intensive job.\u00a0 Yet to us it was a gift straight from heaven.<\/em><\/p>\n

Smell the sweet breeze- the delicate scent of slightly crushed berry mixed with grassy,<\/em><\/p>\n

earthy aromas and the hot pungent waves of hot tar and auto exhaust.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

We tuned out everything to focus on our worthy task and reward to come.<\/em><\/p>\n

When we had finally picked\u201d enough\u201d, we would run to the house and prepare our feast.<\/em><\/p>\n

Between the bank and the house something must have happened to our handfuls of <\/em><\/p>\n

berries.\u00a0 I always felt we had more outside and somehow lost Large amounts by the time<\/em><\/p>\n

we were ready to add the sugar and mash, mash, mash!<\/em><\/p>\n

Who can forget that tart\/sweet full flavor of\u00a0 those few spoonfuls of wild\u00a0 berries?<\/em><\/p>\n

We savored them quickly- by now someone had come upon us and assessed our<\/em><\/p>\n

childishness (they said stupidness)\u00a0\u00a0 and broke into our play\/work.<\/em><\/p>\n

All of a sudden we saw (we were forced to see) the kitchen as it really was-<\/em><\/p>\n

dirt tracked on the floor,<\/em><\/p>\n

water splashed and dripping,<\/em><\/p>\n

berry stems and leaves scattered,<\/em><\/p>\n

sugar spilt everywhere- <\/em><\/p>\n

our hands sticky<\/em><\/p>\n

our faces smeared.<\/em><\/p>\n

But we had had our adventure, our fun!<\/em><\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t take it away!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you, Lord, for not allowing us to be \u201ccaught\u201d until we had finished our<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

moment of \u201cbe-ing\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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And thank you Lord, for this book of memories I can still share with my sister,<\/p>\n

it helps deal with the loss of her for so many years.<\/p>\n

Here is the quick recipe for Almost strawberry pie!<\/p>\n

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This is quick to put together, but you need some of the ingredients to already<\/p>\n

be prepared.\u00a0 First wash and cut up a pint of strawberries and lightly sugar them<\/p>\n

(about 1 TBSP per pint of berries).\u00a0 Then stir 1\/3 cup of strawberry frozen jam- I<\/p>\n

use the recipe on the pectin package- into the berries.\u00a0 This works better than<\/p>\n

a glaze and adds sweetness, color and flavor.<\/p>\n

Finally, you need several pieces of pastry, sprinkled with sugar , baked ahead and<\/p>\n

cut into pie shaped pieces.\u00a0 I usually do this with any left over pie dough and store<\/p>\n

it in the freezer for just this purpose.\u00a0 Put them all together on a plate, add whipped<\/p>\n

cream and you have a little bit of summer delight sitting on the table in front of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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