![]() ![]() Just because I could, you know.Īnd then there were the strawberries. I’m a huge fan of redcurrants and blackcurrants – their dainty size has always been an attraction factor, and I couldn’t resist picking some. I am now officially a gooseberry convert, and I only wish they were available for more months of the year! The skin is slightly sour, but beneath that sour outer layer is beautifully sweet flesh. But you know what? Fresh gooseberries are amazing. Which is why on the rare occasion that I saw gooseberries being sold in Waitrose or Marks and Spencer, I would overlook them and reach for something else instead. I’d only ever eaten dried gooseberries in cereal, and I did not like it. Time for an admission: I’d never eaten a fresh gooseberry prior to this. (Those white ‘stalks’ are why raspberries have that cone shaped ‘hole’ down their middles!) The “before” and “after” of raspberry picking. One can never have too many raspberries though, so all was good. The original plan was only to pick half a box of raspberries, but unsurprisingly I got carried away, and we ended up with a whole boxful. Might have done some silly jumps in the air, but let us not dwell on that. I admit that I morphed into a 5 year old child, and was in a state of utter excitement. In the corner of my eye I spied some raspberry bushes, and the lovely red dots between all the green drew me right over. In fact, it was so big that I had trouble deciding where I should head for first. I can’t really say why, because now that I’ve been I’m kicking myself for missing out on the experience in previous years! I visited Garsons Farm in Esher, Surrey which is apparently one of the largest pick your own farms in England. Somehow though, I’d never paid one a visit. Now, I’d heard a lot about pick your own farms in the last few years. So, can you imagine my excitement when I came here and found that there were other berries in existence? Blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries… Ahhhh. Growing up in Malaysia meant that I rarely ate anything other than strawberries (strawberries are actually grown in Cameron Highlands, which is a holiday spot famous for their tea, strawberries, vegetables and flowers). The days last longer, it’s less gloomy (and therefore I’m less lazy), I get to wear floaty summery dresses… and best of all – the abundance of berries. Revisited: Chinese New Year Pineapple 'nastar' tarts.My grandma's bak chang / zong zi (glutinous rice dumpling).Pierre Herme chocolate raspberry mini tarts.Almond London cookies (Biskut almond London).Chinese New Year: Almond cookies, with crunch!.
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