We went to visit family and friends over the weekend (May 26-27), and went on both Saturday and Sunday to a pick-your-own farm. The strawberries were bright red, sweet, and juicy. Best enjoyed while in the field, although the jam turned out extremely awesome, if we do say so ourselves!

Between the rows was filled with chamomile, so the whole experience smelled great. Naturally, flowers were plucked and dried for tea.

This was the first time I have been to a pick-your-own farm that had a covering, but the strawberries were by far the best we have had in the past two years. The tinier the better.

We each ate several kilos fresh, but we also made sure to get an extra basket to make jam. We used 500 grams of strawberries (cleaned and hulled), and about half the sugar suggested (and we were already using a reduced sugar-pectin blend).

Crush strawberries with sugar.

Bring to a boil, stir constantly for a couple minutes.

Enjoy!

Our jam was a bit on the runny side, but we think if we used more sugar it would have “gelled” however would have been too sweet. It tastes perfect to us!

On Sunday night we met Bjorn and Jenny for dinner at Punjab Indian Restaurant in Karlsruhe. Lots of fun and the best Indian we have had in a very long time!

Happy Birthday Dad! Happy Birthday UB!