AUGHhhh that's tart!

Sorry, folks. It's been a while since I've updated--I went on a week long road trip through most (minus 2 states) of the Pacific West of the states AND Canada. Srsly. Also, I've been lazy and tired from the trip. It's exhausting but fun!! I recommend road trips! Don't worry, I didn't forget about this blog. You're in for a special treat!!

So, when we came back on Monday, my brother immediately said, "Lots of strawberries...lots of strawberries." I'm like, strawberries...? We have lots of onions (YES 14 lb bag! And maybe I'll blog about it, but it's not a fruit! Maybe I should add veggies for veggie haters out there!) but strawberries? After semi-unpacking, I opened the refrigerator and WOW! He was right, A LOT of strawberries!!! How much? You know those little green bins strawberries are found in at the market? There were 32 half full baskets of strawberries. Serious. No joke. My brother said they were FULL when he got them.

Sorry, I was too lazy to take a picture of them and by the time I felt like taking pictures, they were dying. Who wants to see dying fruit?! I don't. I hate to see fruit or food wasted. I wouldn't want to add that to my collection!

We had approximately 4 baskets of strawberries left. Geez, that's a lot of strawberries and if we don't finish them, it's such a waste! And I didn't want to eat them because we were having durian that night!! Yes, FRESH durian in California!!!! Who cares about measily strawberries?! We have tons of those in California. Although, many strawberry farm lands in SoCal have turned into WAREHOUSES. Epic fail. So, instead of devouring them all in one sitting, I decided to make Strawberry Sorbet! That's right. HOME-MADE-ICE-CREAM.

What inspired the idea??! Well, for one, the dying fruit. And two, I love ice cream. And three, I was browsing through a "How to Cook Thai Food" Cookbook. I looked at the recipe and saw they had sorbet; good thing I have a pretty good memory when it counts. I made a very strawberry sorbet! It lacks a lot of sugar, but, too much sugar is bad for you anyways! My sister didn't like it because it's more tart than store bought sorbet! But I like how very real it tastes. Good thing about homemade, you can always change/fix the recipe. Sorry, I made up the recipe. :)

Enjoy! I know I am! Nom nom nom nom



Fruit: California Strawberry
Color Before: A mixture of deep rich red, bright red, red and a few green/white
Color Now: See picture
Texture: A little bit icy, has seeds
Taste: Tart, mildly sweet
What does it taste like? Real fresh strawberries