Strawberry fields forever....

[divinemissd]

Went to Jean-Talon market on Saturday and did not refrigerate strawberries (a bushelful) or store as I should have (though I am not very familiar with how to treat strawberries). They are going to have to be used quickly, as some are starting to spoil. Any great tips on a rescue recipe that calls for lots of strawberries?

[Emme]

macerate them in balsamic vinegar and black pepper... then serve over ice cream w/ or w/o shortbread cakes

[souschef]

I had suggested that you make jam or puree them and freeze the puree to make ice cream later. However, my post disappeared as you had posted the thread 3 times, and in the cleanup my post got wiped out as it was the first post in one of the three.

[Ruth Lafler]

The ones that are in good condition will keep quite a bit longer -- a week or more -- in a glass jar(s) (with lids, no you can't use plastic) in the fridge. So you can keep some for "fresh" and/or until you decide what to do with them.

[torty]

Slice into a big bowl, lightly sugar, cover and let macerate till you get a nice bit of juice. Spoon into freezer containers. The kids like it straight out of the freezer with a quick pass thru the microwave to loosen it up- like a chunky sorbet. Great defrosted and spooned over any thing like pound cake, oatmeal, vanilla ice cream, etc.

[Campofiorin]

Pie, turnovers, some sort of cake, jam, ice cream, all of the above.

[divinemissd]

thanks for the suggestions.