Whenever I think about summer months when I was a child I see big baskets of strawberries. At the beginning of a summer I would eat strawberries straight from a bush, but as the days went by my eagerness towards them would die out slowly. One of the reasons would be the abundance, they were brought over from an allotment every single day. My mom would encourage me to eat them as a snack. If we don’t eat them, they get spoiled – she said.
So every day my mom would set up an example, she would place strawberries into a bowl, add some thick cream and sprinkle it with sugar. Then she would smash it with a fork and in this kind of smoothie texture she would dig into it. I’ve never liked it. I was always a minimalist. I would eat them with no additions, or if strawberries weren’t super sweet I would have sprinkle them with some sugar.
Last year when we visited Tuscany, we were served strawberries with honey and mint. I don’t know why I haven’t thought about it before. Such a simple upgrade took them into new level.
I know none of these is a proper recipe, but I thought it maybe interesting to learn how do you eat strawberries. Maybe there is some brilliant trick you can share with me?
We were traveling a lot last week. It means a lot of photos and stories from my favourite places from Dublin and surroundings, but it also means I wasn’t really cooking for a while, so hopefully soon I will make some real, delicious recipe for you. 
Simple strawberries
- strawberries, hulled and halved
- sugar
Place the strawberries in a bowl and sprinkle them with some sugar. The amount depends on strawberries sweetness and your liking.
Strawberries, honey and mint
- strawberries, hulled and halved
- honey
- mint
Place the strawberries in a bowl and drizzle them with some honey. The amount depends on the fruit sweetness and your liking. Stir in mint leaves.
Strawberries, honey and rose water
- strawberries, hulled and halved
- honey
- rose water
Place the strawberries in a bowl and drizzle them with some honey and rose water. The amount depends on the fruit sweetness and your liking.
Strawberries, cream and sugar
- strawberries, hulled and halved
- sugar
- double cream
Place the strawberries in a bowl and sprinkle them with some sugar. Add a few spoons of cream. Smash strawberries with a fork lightly.
Those were my ways for strawberries, what are yours?
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