Anyone think the strawberries are awful this year?

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rainrain1, Jan 3, 7:26pm
And the pond frogs, they've disappeared too
uli, Jan 3, 7:37pm
Ahhh morticia - so glad you are still around :)
Remember those old days when we used to play around in the hogs thread? - How are you doing :)
firefly001, Jan 3, 7:39pm
well just to keep this thread going - are you talking about crawlies (I see we are practically neighbours lol).Anyway that's what we call those fresh water critters not that I would eat them but I would definitely eat raspberries out of a chip even...
uli, Jan 3, 7:40pm
Well - in case you want some - let me know and I will put up an auction for tadpoles for you. The frogs will always come back to the place where they turned from tadpoles to frogs - so if you want some to stay ... you have to start with tadpoles...
rainrain1, Jan 3, 7:50pm
Tadpoles first.....You're a cool kid Uli
cookessentials, Jan 3, 7:58pm
Hi ibecreative, it was not aimed at you or anyone.
rainrain1, Jan 3, 8:07pm
Uli, were you the first old frog that would a-wooing go?
vintagekitty, Jan 3, 8:09pm
how many carbs in frogs uli?
prawn_whiskas, Jan 4, 6:23am
0g in frogs legs.Are you planning on adding them to your diet Vintage? I have seen a few dishes done on TV and they actually look very nice.
nfh1, Jan 4, 7:34am
Why only legs I wonder - what happens to the rest?
prawn_whiskas, Jan 4, 7:51am
I'm not sure, but from what I have seen of the chefs preparing the frogs, there doesn't appear to be much meat anywhere else.
firefly001, Jan 4, 2:24pm
OMG i have carrot envy!my daughters and i had a great laugh at our carrot but i won't show them yours!
buzzy110, Jan 4, 5:16pm
Lol. I've never heard that term before. I think the 'Aucklander' may have been in Australia for a while because they definitely have yabbies over there. What I do know though that 'kura' is what we call the freshwater lobster you are talking about.

Somehow 'kuraing' just doesn't sound right though.
uli, Jan 4, 5:26pm
Right - so who wants tadpoles?
I can put up some auctions.
As they are all fungus free the start price will be pretty high ... maybe 20 dollars ... or more ... considering they have no carbs it should be much more ... really ... let me think about it.
christian2, Jan 7, 5:04pm
I am from the Waikato and our strawberries have been fantastic, personally i feel its because we have had a lot of sunshine which makes a difference to the sweetnesss of the fruit, so if you havent had much sunshine they are inclined to be sour.
uli, Jan 7, 5:19pm
The top part and the front legs keep hopping about usually - until the whole frog dies - pretty gross ...
nfh1, Jan 7, 8:27pm
No - sometimes you just should not ask questions!
trish441, Jan 9, 3:14pm
Bought strawberries have been lovely.My garden ones have been crap!
vashti, Jan 9, 3:30pm
Years ago strawberries came in littlelight wood chip type slatted containers. I think, maybe I'm dreaming it is a hot day.
vintagekitty, Dec 29, 8:19am
I wonder where ours come from then!, I am going to plant some for next year ive decided.
ibcreative, Dec 29, 8:23am
I have found the strawberries this year better than in the past. I bought 3 punnets on Christmas Eve and we only used 1 on Christmas Day. We used the other 2 yesterday (3 days after purchase) and they were still beautiful. I had forgotten about them so was expecting them to be past it but they weren't at all.

These were bought from a fruit and vege shop rather than a supermarket. I wonder if that makes a difference.
lizab, Dec 29, 8:47am
vintage kitty, I've been thinking the exact same thing! They seem to be selling them slightly over ripe and they're not keeping well.
uli, Dec 29, 8:52am
Just another person who has no clue to what the hot humid weather is doing to the fruit .
amsandlant, Dec 29, 9:04am
Supermarket ones have been manky and awful - have discovered it's worth the short trip out to the strawberry farm to buy direct from there, theirs are MUCH better!
buzzy110, Dec 29, 9:06am
Oh dear uli. Is it right that you raise the spectre of weather conditions and how they are negatively affecting soft fruit ripening, brix and storage! In the el nino years strawberries have been just great so why should the present weather conditions alter that. Just so unfair and it must be all your fault.