Anyone think the strawberries are awful this year?

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tehenga288, Jan 3, 3:34am
I've always known them as "chips" - 60+ yrs - Proabably because the container was made of very thin sheets of wood back then, lovely they were too,it's only in the last few yrs I've heard them called punnets.
rainrain1, Jan 3, 8:25am
A bit like the Aucklander who came in and asked if he could go yabbying on our property a couple of years ago.Eh! We call them lobsters down here.Most of the lobsters have gone now, we think it's due to too much super washing into the creeks
rainrain1, Jan 3, 8:26am
And the pond frogs, they've disappeared too
uli, Jan 3, 8:37am
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, 8:39am
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, 8:40am
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, 8:50am
Tadpoles first.You're a cool kid Uli
rainrain1, Jan 3, 9:07am
Uli, were you the first old frog that would a-wooing go!
vintagekitty, Jan 3, 9:09am
how many carbs in frogs uli!
prawn_whiskas, Jan 3, 7:23pm
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 3, 8:34pm
Why only legs I wonder - what happens to the rest!
prawn_whiskas, Jan 3, 8:51pm
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, 3:24am
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, 6:16am
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, 6:26am
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.
uli, Jan 7, 6:19am
The top part and the front legs keep hopping about usually - until the whole frog dies - pretty gross .
uli, Jan 8, 8:29am
And here we go again - another year of rotting strawberries - due to the rainy weather .
southerngurl, Jan 8, 8:34am
the ones we've been getting down here are fabulous. big, sweet and delish.
I went to Vege boys and they were 1.99 a punnet omg fabulous!
terraalba, Jan 8, 8:47am
In late November, I was staying north of Sydney. There is an organic fruit and vegetable outlet in Avalon on the coast. I bought a punnet of the strawberries and wondered how these could be so perfect, so tasty and absolutely just right. Strawberries that spend time in cool stores even at the farm where they were grown are not that great. Strawberries that have green and white aren't sweet. I have also bought strawberries that have been as described above this year. I have come to the conclusion the best way to get decent strawberries is to grow them myself. I imagine thathome garden strawberries fully ripened on the plant that has been appropriately cared for, picked just before they are needed and perhaps not of a commercial variety bred for size and colour etc are so superior that people who manage to do this would never buy a punnet of them at the supermarket.
vintagekitty, Jan 8, 9:45am
what a difference a year makes, they were outstanding this year. I planted 30plants, but they were eaten sitting in the garden straight off the plant. I had to buy them almost everyday, they were soo good.
cookessentials, Jan 8, 5:46pm
Ours at home have been wonderful, even though last year they were not to bad. Bought ones from our local strawberry farm are also gorgeous and HUGE with lots of flavour.
jbsouthland, Jan 8, 6:51pm
Yummy .we have had great strawberries down here .poss the heat I'm guessing .The shop ones I always store on a paper towel single layer.we never get any that don't weep and go mouldy otherwise.
punkinthefirst, Jan 8, 7:40pm
No, they were chips when they were sold in really thin wooden baskets, stapled together.waaaaaaaaay back.
I had a good run with strawberries up til Christmas. Haven't bought any since then, but had a chip of strawberries last from Christmas Eve until January 4th, when I ate them. That must surely be a record, though!
survivorr, Jan 8, 8:05pm
I tasted some a few days ago - home grown - could NOT believe the difference in taste to the ones I bought at the supermarket.those had very little taste whereas the home grown ones were sooooooo flavoursome.
samanya, Jan 9, 12:55am
Fixed your post for you& btw, if you are going to poke a stick at people making spelling mistakes .it might pay not to make any yourself .such as 'ubane' .in my South Island world it's 'urbane'!