Strawberry Season

I went strawberry picking yesterday with one of my friends and my boyfriend. We went in the afternoon, so it was hard work (a case of the early birds getting the worms), but we still had quite a good haul.

Yesterday, we canned strawberry jam (left) and strawberry-rhubarb butter (right). The strawberry-rhubarb butter recipe comes from Food in Jars, a nifty canning blog. I think I like it much better than regular strawberry jam: more flavor, less sweetness.



I'm also making strawberry-balsamic ice cream today. The balsamic vinegar is a souvenir from our trip to Italy in January. It's three-medal grade and amazingly good. Makes me wonder what five-medal balsamic is like.