Strawberries...

That first batch that shows up at the grocery store, the first organic USA grown strawberries are intensely awesome.

WF had them on sale this weekend $2.99/pound. I bought two pounds. I used about 1.5 cups of them to make some strawberry ice cream. The recipe said "the ice cream may barely be a shade of pink, you can add red food coloring to make it look correct." HAH. That mo fo batch of ice cream was PERFECTLY strawberry pink when it went in the mix. REAL STRAWBERRIES! F'YEAH. Hell real food.

These are the perfect example of the difference between big conventional ag and big organic ag. Now extrapolate the differences between the white flavorless pulpy strawberries and these seasonal organic red juicy rubies of fruit to any other crop.

Point gets made pretty easily.

The ice cream is pretty f'n intensely awesome. Going to have to pick up some more cream tomorrow and make a few more quarts of this stuff.

I've been going to ice cream a bit more, dropping the alcohol out has freed up some caloric overhead, and that nice organic sweet creamy goodness has hit the spot lately.

On the stove right now is a bit of corned beef (WF in house stuff) with potatoes, carrots, cabbage and onions. The CB has been slowly simmering since 1. Just about fork tender. The veggies went in 20 min ago. Should be looking at a bit steaming plate of a wonderfully indulgent meal soon. Haven't been hitting the regular potatoes at all much, sticking with the sweet variety when adding something as a side to dinner. The girls love the mix of Garnet and Hannah yams mashed up with some butter, cinnamon and olive oil. Honestly, I love it too.

Had a great ride this morning. Funny when a 48.5 mile ride feels short. At least after the last two and only other two group rides of the year. Only managed to hit 46.5 turning the 46x12 today. Pretty disappointed. But I'll take it I guess. Avg HR for the ride was 20 beats lower than last week, and being almost 30 miles shorter, it was a much easier ride. Very social and fun. A good group of 6 team mates (we hit Tower Hill). I wasn't spun out though at 46.5 (cadence just under 150) so i'll take that as a positive. But still thinking it is better race with the big boy gearing when it comes time to the Chris Hinds and Rick Newhouse races.

I keep forgetting to call Murat to wish him a Happy Birthday, i would take a break but when you have a window to get on a computer w/o interruption, well I tend to take it. I've got to get back to cooking and loading the dishwasher and cleaning up all the prep. So Murat, HAPPY F'n BIRTHDAY (old man).

Getting ready for a whole week of solodadness. Starting tomorrow. Not sure if I'll get any commuting in. Might try and sneak something in during the day if the weather is good, a quick jaunt up to Tower Hill maybe, or a fast loop out doing the short Tim Horton's Ride.

I am getting excited about the RdR. Can't wait.

Time to get back to cooking and associated chores.

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