[dh girlie]

succulent, lucious, juicy, delicious, mouth-watering, sweet as candy ginormous strawburrrries! Dude in the bank parking lot always has the mad crazy strawburrrrries...

To put into perspective I'm holding two here...they are HUGE...

I'm enjoying some now... :love:

 

[Westy]

The one thing I really like from my travels to Ca is the abundance of tasty fresh fruits an vegetables. They can be found here at home but requires extra $$ and drives to specialty stores.

 

[JRB]

meh...we have those in So Texas too, and it kind of sucks living down there.

*by lighter, did you mean HUGE????

 

[dh girlie]

The one thing I really like from my travels to Ca is the abundance of tasty fresh fruits an vegetables. They can be found here at home but requires extra $$ and drives to specialty stores.

Well...to get the kind you have to buy from roadside fruitstands or the dude in the bank parking lot...I saw him yesterday and crossed 6 lanes of traffic on the wrong side of the road and nearly ran over an old lady with a walker to get to him...

 

[JRB]

Well...to get the kind you have to buy from roadside fruitstands or the dude in the bank parking lot...I saw him yesterday and crossed 6 lanes of traffic on the wrong side of the road and nearly ran over an old lady with a walker to get to him...

Are you drinking and driving again???

 

[dh girlie]

Are you drinking and driving again???

No...I was just kidding...but I did make a rather abrupt turn into the bank parking lot when I saw those beautiful yellow boxes of red!

 

[dh girlie]

meh...we have those in So Texas too, and it kind of sucks living down there.

*by lighter, did you mean HUGE????

no...I f'd up the pictures...there is another picture where its much lighter and the red from the burrrrries is blinding!

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

and nearly ran over an old lady with a walker to get to him...

How did you miss? Was she too fast for you?

 

[dh girlie]

This batch is especially tasty...last time he had the strain of strawburrrrrry known as 'white diamonds'....the meat inside is white...they still taste great, but this batch...the meat is red and jooooooooocccccyyyyy!

 

[DRB]

Maybe they aren't so big, you might just have really tiny hands.

 

[Zark]

Umm So-Cal as Strawberries too DHG

Can you say Daquiri time?

 

[dh girlie]

Hmmm...here is some interesting facts on strawburrrrries:

<> the strawberry <>

facts
<> member of the Rosacea (Rose) family
<> botanical name - Frugaria, which means "fragrance" in latin

possible name origins
<> practice of placing straw around the growing plants for protection
<> over 1000 years ago because of the runners which spred from the plant
<> derived from the Angl-Saxon verb to strew (spread) and the fruit came to be known as streabergen, straberry, streberie, straibery, straubery and finally "strawberry" in english

places
<> Wepion, Belgium - "The World Capital of Strawberries"
<> Plant City, Flordia - "The Winter Strawberry Capital of the World"
<> Strawberry, Arizona
<> Strawberry, California
<> Strawberry Mountain in Oregon
<> Mansikkala, Finland - translated it means "The Place of the Strawberry"

foklore
<> provincial France - strawberries were thought to be an aphrodisiac of the highest quality
<> Victorian language of flowers - strawberry represent absolute perfection
<> medival times - strawberries were carved on altars and around the tops of pillars of churches to symbolize perfection and righteousness, and strawberries were served at important occasions to ensure peace and propsperity
<> strawberries were considered scared to the Goddess of Love and the Virgin Mary
<> double strawberry - lengend says that if you break it in half and give half of it to the member of the opposite sex, you will fall in love with that person

 

[bikenweed]

The smaller ones are even better and sweeter, at least in the Santa Cruz area. While the big ones are nice because they prevent arm pump from having to reach into the box every 2 seconds, the smaller ones make up for the extra effort with the same amount of sweetness in a tiny package. Mmmmmm. Cali is where it's at. Especially NorCal. We need to blow up LA.

 

[dh girlie]

Umm So-Cal as Strawberries too DHG

Can you say Daquiri time?

Right...but uh...so cal sucks! hhaha! just kidding...but for some reason, Watsonville near Santa Cruz pumps out the MAD strawburrrries!

I went to this SWANKY martoooni bar and they had this strawburrrrry infused vodka with lemonade...I had like 5 or 6...stuff creeps up on you...my bloodsugar was high as hell for a bit, but goddamn...those were GOOD!

 

[dh girlie]

The smaller ones are even better and sweeter, at least in the Santa Cruz area. While the big ones are nice because they prevent arm pump from having to reach into the box every 2 seconds, the smaller ones make up for the extra effort with the same amount of sweetness in a tiny package. Mmmmmm. Cali is where it's at. Especially NorCal. We need to blow up LA.

Cali is where they put the mack down! Yeah sometimes the big ones aren't that sweet...in this case, the entire batch is sweet...most of em are huge, but they do bury the smaller strawburrrrries on the bottom...but thats ok...as you said, they are just as tasty and joooooooooooooooocy!

 

[TreeSaw]

Now I want strawberries and I have to wait until June/July to get them around here

 

[dh girlie]

Maybe they aren't so big, you might just have really tiny hands.

Well, I certainly don't have big man hands, but I wear a small fox riding glove, and a womens medium snowboard mitt.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Good strawberries are the fruit of the Gods. Growing up in Michigan we had kickass strawberries for about a month each summer.

Wife and I had some spectacular strawberries on the way from Sac to Monterey just along the side of a road.

CostCo has lately been getting super-tasty berries from Mexico and Cali. Sometimes it's a crapshoot, though.

-S.S.-

 

[Zark]

Right...but uh...so cal sucks! hhaha! just kidding...but for some reason, Watsonville near Santa Cruz pumps out the MAD strawburrrries!

I went to this SWANKY martoooni bar and they had this strawburrrrry infused vodka with lemonade...I had like 5 or 6...stuff creeps up on you...my bloodsugar was high as hell for a bit, but goddamn...those were GOOD!

Oxnard and Camarillo have huge fields and roadside stands, its pretty kick ass.

Strawberry margaritas kick some serious butt too. I have a feeling Towelie could whip some mean ones, that guy is the Margarita king

 

[dh girlie]

Now I want strawberries and I have to wait until June/July to get them around here

That sucks. I have been waiting for this guy in the bank parking lot since the last batch of strawburrrrries last summer. I was so stoked a couple of weeks ago when I saw him there...it's like 8 bucks for that whole box. Its such a same that the window of opportunity is so small for great strawburrrrries. A shame indeed.

 

[dh girlie]

Good strawberries are the fruit of the Gods. Growing up in Michigan we had kickass strawberries for about a month each summer.

Wife and I had some spectacular strawberries on the way from Sac to Monterey just along the side of a road.

CostCo has lately been getting super-tasty berries from Mexico and Cali. Sometimes it's a crapshoot, though.

-S.S.-

Hmmm...probably in Stockton or Watsonville...was it closer to Monterey? As I said before...Watsonville has the fattest mad strawburrrrries I've ever had.

 

[dh girlie]

Oxnard and Camarillo have huge fields and roadside stands, its pretty kick ass.

Strawberry margaritas kick some serious butt too. I have a feeling Towelie could whip some mean ones, that guy is the Margarita king

Yep...roadside stands are where its at with fruit...I wouldn't waste my time, effort or money on that garbage they try to pass off as frooooot in the grocery store...I have been getting some decent anjou pears and red deeelishus apples at the grocery store recently...I never thought you could f up red deeeelishus apples but Albertsons manages to do so. this dude that sells in the bank parking lot has mangos on occasion too...he pimps the mad frooooot!

 

[MMcG]

how come you keep calling them Strawburries?

 

[stinkyboy]

Arizona Strawberries are by far the biggest and baddest!

 

[Wumpus]

Yet another reason I love living in Nor Cal...

I thought you lived in San Jose. That isn't Norcal.

 

[dh girlie]

I thought you lived in San Jose. That isn't Norcal.

Yes it is...it is the northern part of the state. When you get down toward SLO it's more central california.

 

[dh girlie]

how come you keep calling them Strawburries?

Say outloud...strawberries. Not that fun...now....say out loud...STRAWBURRRRRRRIES...now THATS fun!

 

[Wumpus]

Yes it is...it is the northern part of the state. When you get down toward SLO it's more central california.

Not according to these guys:

California is easily divisible by three, so why is it that most people struggle with the math? Using coastal landmarks as boundaries, the long division is basic: Northern California begins at the Oregon border and ends midway across the Golden Gate Bridge. Everything from the Golden Gate to Point Conception is Central California. From Point Conception to the Mexican border is Southern California.

Three easy pieces, right? It's not so easy.

Ask any 10 surfers where Santa Cruz is and the majority will respond: "Northern California." The same goes for San Francisco. "NorCal, dude." The confusion is understandable. Most of the Santa Cruz guys would call themselves NorCal, and there's a NorCal Surf Shop in Pacifica.

But the truth is, none of these places are NorCal. Santa Cruz, San Francisco and everything in between are all south of the Golden Gate Bridge and well within the Central California boundary.

http://www.surfline.com/travel/surfmaps/us/sanfrancisco_monterey/index.cfm

 

[dh girlie]

Not according to these guys:

California is easily divisible by three, so why is it that most people struggle with the math? Using coastal landmarks as boundaries, the long division is basic: Northern California begins at the Oregon border and ends midway across the Golden Gate Bridge. Everything from the Golden Gate to Point Conception is Central California. From Point Conception to the Mexican border is Southern California.

Three easy pieces, right? It's not so easy.

Ask any 10 surfers where Santa Cruz is and the majority will respond: "Northern California." The same goes for San Francisco. "NorCal, dude." The confusion is understandable. Most of the Santa Cruz guys would call themselves NorCal, and there's a NorCal Surf Shop in Pacifica.

But the truth is, none of these places are NorCal. Santa Cruz, San Francisco and everything in between are all south of the Golden Gate Bridge and well within the Central California boundary.

http://www.surfline.com/travel/surfmaps/us/sanfrancisco_monterey/index.cfm

One day it will be divided into two. We'll be like the dakotas and the carlolinas...

 

[narlus]

Say outloud...strawberries. Not that fun...now....say out loud...STRAWBURRRRRRRIES...now THATS fun!

does this axiom apply to "hayer" too?

 

[dh girlie]

does this axiom apply to "hayer" too?

Yes! very good...now say hair out loud...now say HAYYYYER...kinda like the beastie boys...with long brown hhhhaaaaayer....I also prefer FROOOOOOT to fruit...I dunno...I'm really bored at work.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Yes! very good...now say hair out loud...now say HAYYYYER...kinda like the beastie boys...with long brown hhhhaaaaayer....I also prefer FROOOOOOT to fruit...I dunno...I'm really bored at work.

Shuddup, ya Okie.

-S.S.-

 

[dh girlie]

Shuddup, ya Okie.

-S.S.-

I yain't no okie...hell even my grandma from Oklahoma doesn't say y'all...another thing I think I picked up from the beasties...

 

[SkaredShtles]

I yain't no okie...hell even my grandma from Oklahoma doesn't say y'all...another thing I think I picked up from the beasties...

Friggin' Okie...........

-S.S.-

 

[Wumpus]

One day it will be divided into two. We'll be like the dakotas and the carlolinas...

I was trying to find the initiative when they were trying to get the split vote on the ballot, but no luck.

 

[dh girlie]

I was trying to find the initiative when they were trying to get the split vote on the ballot, but no luck.

That's ok...I suppose if you sliced the state into 3, this area would be Central California...however, if you sliced the state in two...it would fall into the northern region...I don't take too much stuff surfers say seriously. A lot of the santa cruz surfers are just tools from elsewhere and not really from santa cruz and they all fight each other in the water.

 

[dh girlie]

Friggin' Okie...........

-S.S.-

friggin tool from some godforsaken crappy state thats trying to fit in with Coloradans.....

 

[MMcG]

Say outloud...strawberries. Not that fun...now....say out loud...STRAWBURRRRRRRIES...now THATS fun!

I beg to differ.

Strawburries sounds like something you'd hear at a Jeff Foxworthy comedy show or something.

 

[dh girlie]

I beg to differ.

Strawburries sounds like something you'd hear at a Jeff Foxworthy comedy show or something.

Oh...yeah, huh...thanks for taking the fun out of it for me...I just picture that cable guy dude, I think...the one with the plaid shirt with the sleeves cut off and a goatee and truckers cap.

 

[dh girlie]

My dad has this AWFUL sounding midwest accent when he says certain things...like fresh...he says FREYESH...