Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Reminds me of that time I thought I'd earn some extra holiday morning during a uni break by picking strawberries. I lasted one day @Determined. There were easier ways to supplement my income.

@Catcakes, they're lovely soft fleshed white peaches, so no, I don't think they'll need cooking. I want to make up another batch of peach icecream while we've got them available too. It's always a scramble to pick and preserve the peaches when they're in season, and always a bit sad when they've finished. I'm hoping to put some into Fowlers bottles tomorrow so that I can pull some out for a midwinter treat.

Fruit in your Mum's smoothies sounds like an excellent idea. It would make it a bit less monotonous.

I didn't have much choice @soul lol
My parents were into strawberries for a number of years,

In reality @Anna88 - hot, sweaty, back breaking work for very little money. At least that was my experience.

Best job I ever had during uni was delivering flowers - bouquets and single ones at clubs and restaurants. The tips were amazing. Before the days of EPTPOS.

@Anna88, given that orchards need to pick fruit underripe so that it doesn't go squishy before it reaches the supermarket, you'd be spending all day picking fruit that was inedible and hard. Is much nicer planting a tree or two or three or ??? of your favourites and picking the ripe ones for yourself/family/friends. Or if there's no room for a tree, a big potful of strawberries?

zucchini and button squash were the worst... prickly things (the plants that is)