A Summer Craving Fix

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Between my need for fresh herbs and one of our readers "The Divine Ms. MMM's" craving for green grapes that are now a whopping $9...for grapes...that's right...$9 FOR GRAPES! (It's not like they are already pressed, fermented, and bottled! Or like they are figs or something...now I would pay $9 just to get a fig...I NEVER SEE THEM! GRRRR. ) Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. What were we talking about? Oh yes, summer cravings. Well, thank heavens that the Florida Strawberries made an appearance at my local grocery last night. I mean lets face it...it's winter, we are down to a very small variety of apples ( can I get a Fuji?), and my favorite citrus (the Clementine) has for the most part come and gone with Christmas. But I always look forward to the winter strawberries from Florida. They taste almost as good as the Indiana summer berries. They are small and packed with strawberry punch. I enjoyed them on my cereal this morning and on my strawberry short cake last night. I adore shortcake. The hint of salty flavor in the bread with the sugary juice of the strawberries is perfect.

-Shelly

Shortcake/bread Recipe

You can make these in a biscuit or in a loaf...I used a loaf pan for this particular one. Also, this is really good if you drop it in biscuit form on top of peach pie filling in a small casserole for a quick cobbler.

1C flour

2 T. sugar

1 1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

3 T shortening

1/2 cup milk

Mix it up and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 mins....you may need to go longer if you do it in a loaf pan...check the center with a toothpick till it's done.

Comments

[Kimberly Ann]

Funny, I've been craving summer too. We took out the raspberries that we froze over the summer and made raspberry shortcake for Christmas. I try to eat local but Florida strawberries might convince me to stray.

[MMM]

"Divine?!" Ooooh, I have such a big head right now!

I loved my towels, also, and pimped your site over on my blog. Email me with your email addy if you want me to add you as a reader. (It's private)

[Sylvia]

I am in summer, a hot summer actually.and I have fresh strawberries, tight now in my fridge. I must try this yummy recipe

[Hummingbird]

Yummy place you have here! :)

[Shelly]

Kimberly Ann...I have never tired raspberry shortcake, that sounds wonderful...I can't wait till spring

MMM...Glad you like your towels!And we appreciate the "pimp" ;)

Sylvia...are you just rubbing it in? Lucky!!! :)

Hummingbird...Thanks for stopping by!!

[Sorina]

I got hungry by just reading the recipes and looking at the pictures :)