Dorie Greenspan's Strawberry Mousse Shortcake featured at Driscoll's Berries (scroll to bottom)

Getting a famous name doesn't mean the strawberries will have more taste. Or any.

I'm heart-broken that even the organic Driscoll's have no taste. But it's nice to have a Dorie recipe if you're lucky enough to find "real" strawberries out there.

I'm talking to you, charlie.

 
Like insipid tomatoes, I've had good luck roasting strawberries to boost flavor. That would work .

for the puree.

 
I finally found two growers at our local Farmer's Market who grow the strawberries that are red

all the way through and have great taste. Driscoll's has not had any taste for years. So you have any local Asian strawberry farmer's in your area? They do the best.

 
The ones at WF's the other day were WONDERFUL...

I actually bought strawberries at three places

1) Whole Foods
2) The all organic, all local place that supports farm students
3) Trader Joe's

I bought TJ's because they looked the best (and I was there last so grabbed some), but actually they were the worst - not sweet. The other two places had fabulous tasting berries. I won't buy Driscoll's because their taste is blah, also I will only buy organic berries because of the thin skins + pesticides.

All the big companies like Driscoll's breed berries that ship well vs. taste good. If you see an off brand - taste them, they are likely to be local and will be much better.

This is why I'm starting to grow my own, because you can plant something that doesn't need to be shipped and get a much better tasting berry. Besides the hard to find Fairfax I'm babying, I'm looking at planting the Chandler and Seascape strawberries.

 
maybe this is a good spot to recommend the movie "Farmland". I saw it last night and it was great

It's a documentary about the young farmers---the kids inheriting the family farms, or those passionate about farming and trying to start out on their own. Organic and non-organic, ranching, poultry and pigs were all included in this. Such a great film. and the really great thing was they were all very supportive and respectful of each other and their different farming methods. there was no bashing of the big non-organic farmers. GMO was brought up. It was really heart-warming to see these young college educated folks be so passionate about their farming and explaining how different---and how alike their farming is now in comparison to their parent's or grandparent's farming. Made me tear up in places and be proud of our great farming communities. we had some youth from the high school and college talk before the movie. so encouraging to see the youth still be interested in the land and the hard work---and sometimes heartbreak--- of farming/ranching.

http://www.farmlandfilm.com/

 
It was just released to theaters May 1. too new. but keep it in mind. or catch it locally if you

can. it was worth seeing on the big screen. I saw it at our local independent movie/pub theater. movies are just $4, up from $3, and you can eat drink. good food, good movie.

 
This looks wonderful..!

I'm only one generation away from farming - mom grew up on a farm, which is why she has a green thumb with everything she touches (and I don't). Half of our yard was from plants mom took cuttings from Golden Gate Park.

 
looks like AZ, CO and TX have some showings in June. good new maybe that if it has played in all

the states, then maybe it will be released to Netflix or Amazon or libraries etc etc.

 
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