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Strawberry season is not forever

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Friday, June 17, 2011 - noon

I just got off the phone with Joe Skelly of Skelly's Farm Market. This weekend and next week will be primo strawberry picking, and he was sharing some tips.

In yet another very serious moment in journalism, I asked Joe what is his favorite way to eat strawberries.

He didn't miss a beat.

"Shortcake. But it's got to be the kind made with Bisquick. Not the angel food cake kind."

That made me laugh and sent me back to Grandma's kitchen for a moment where dinner this time of year would certainly have included homegrown berries with shortcake. The Bisquick kind.

Watch for berry-picking tips in Saturday's Gazette.

Do you pick your own, or buy them already picked?

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aames
Jun 20, 2011 at 3:04 p.m.
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Gary -

I'm sorry, it was not a contest.

Note to self: more contests.

garyprimer
Jun 18, 2011 at 6:06 p.m.
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Strawberry season forever... (sitar riff)
(repeat 2x)

janesvillecomments
Jun 18, 2011 at 2:04 a.m.
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I'd like a county-by-county strawberry shortcake luncheon. If they can do dairy breakfasts and pork chop dinners, they can do strawberry shortcake luncheons - but they better offer the Bisquick kind. Spongecake or Angel-food cake don't do full justice to the strawberries.

garyprimer
Jun 17, 2011 at 6:06 p.m.
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"Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever."
Was this a contest,
do I win a prize,
was it coincidental,
or was it subconscious?

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