Comments on: strawberry short cake (WTSIM…! #17)

By: Jude

Jude — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:25:48 +0000

A good shot of whipping cream huh? In my case that’s going to be a LOT.

Heh… that’s the beauty of not specifying in the recipe just how much cream, Jude. That was exactly what my husband said when he was assembling the plates: “We need lots of cream!” -Elizabeth

By: ejm

ejm — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:06:01 +0000

I’m too lazy to go berry picking (doesn’t it hurt your knees, Brilynn?) except to take the occasional raspberry from a roadside bush when bike-riding in the Niagara region. Good idea to freeze fruit for later use though. Do you have to blanch it first?

It’s really good shortcake, isn’t it Paz?

Jeanne, those biscuits aren’t scones because of their shape. Scones are triangular…. But whatever their name, they’re great with strawberries and cream. (WHAT second “i” in aluminum are you talking about )

-Elizabeth

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:58:32 +0000

Yay- great to have you at WTSIM again! And this recipe fascinates me – I think of strawberry shortcake as being strawberries and cream with shortbread cookies – never thought of having it with biscuits (or what we would call scones). Oh yes, actually I have thought if it, only I’d call it scones with strawberries and cream Tomay-to, tomah-to… it looks glorious anyway and thanks very much for joining us this month.

PS – buried rhyming with hurried?? Noooooooooo! Next you’ll be telling me there are some people who don’t pronounce the second i in aluminium )

By: Paz

Paz — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:12:49 +0000

I’d really love to taste your strawberry shortcake. Thanks for the recipe.

Paz

By: brilynn

brilynn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:53:00 +0000

I usually go berry picking in the summer so I can freeze tons of fruit for later but haven’t been yet this year. The strawberries have been lacking too, I guess the weather didn’t cooperate with them this year, the farmer I usually get them from doesn’t have any. That shortcake looks great though and even better done on the bbq!

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By: CAM

CAM — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:45:33 +0000

I’m way too lazy to make cake or biscuits! Here on Vancouver Island the strawberries are very late this year. But they are large, sweet — fabulous! I had to test a few when washing them etc, and they were just delicious. But I couldn’t resist doing something to make them fancier, so I sloshed a bit of Cointreau over them and left them for a couple of hours. Covered with whipped cream! Mmmm. Alas, there were none left for a snack today. Berried treasure indeed!

edit 8 July 2008: Ah but biscuits are perfect for the lazy baker. They take about 2 minutes to mix (if you’re going very slowly) and about 10 minutes to cook… Mmm!! Cointreau-laced strawberries sound great. Perfect to go with cream on biscuits! I might even be tempted to scatter a little orange zest overtop of the cream. (But the zest addition is definitely not for the lazy person; that might add another minute to the preparation. ) -ejm