fuz22 ([info]fuz22) wrote,
@ 2006-06-29 14:08:00
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Strawberries with no wires.
1) Last night I replaced my wired router with a hybrid wired/wireless router (the D-Link WBR-(numbers), if you care).

The router was very easy to install, came with an E-Z configurator for Windows which I did not use, and had straightforward configuration for Linux and MacOS and expert Windows users, which I did use. Grade: A+

Ubuntu was fairly easy to set up - it did not auto-detect that there was a wireless network, I had to type in the SSID, and I had some issues with WEP passwords and requiring hex instead of ASCII, which ate about 15 minutes of annoyance. It did end up working with a minimum of effort, however. Some slight explanation of the fact that Ubuntu only works with Hex WEP passwords would have been nice, and saved me that 15 minutes. Grade: A-

2) Whole Foods is having a sale on strawberries - $1.25 a pound for v. tasty organics. What should I do with them?
    Update/Clarification: I wish to buy a large quantity, do something to them, and then freeze them.

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[info]kiwitayro
2006-06-29 06:17 pm UTC (link)
cover them with chocolate!!

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[info]fuz22
2006-06-29 06:35 pm UTC (link)
I should clarify. I want to use at least 5 or 6 pounds somehow, and then freezing them. So choco-covered, while hella tasty, is only good for a pound or so.

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[info]glyf
2006-07-10 02:51 pm UTC (link)
If the sale's still going on, how about making jam? Then you can freeze that and make ... jam-sicles. or something. (I'm not very good with food.)

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[info]fuz22
2006-07-10 02:57 pm UTC (link)
um.. While making jam is what I ended up doing, and may well do again, the entire point of jam (as far as I am concerned anyway) is that you don't have to freeze it. So there you go.

Home made strawberry jam is substantially tastier than storebought though.

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[info]rumorofrain
2006-07-12 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Well, technically you can either can it or freeze it. :)

I know I'm far too late for suggestions, but I'm a big fan of simply coring them, cutting them up (if necessary), and freezing them on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Then I bag 'em up and leave 'em in the freezer for later use in pies or what have you. That way they don't become a big frozen lump - you can shake out as many as you need.

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