Adrian made strawberry pancakes, blueberry pancakes, and raspberry pancakes, partly because we have all these strawberries to use up, and partly so I could try cooked strawberries, after the fresh ones made my lips itch on Friday.

I ate a bite of a strawberry pancake, and found it bland and uninteresting. I didn't react to the berry, but it was one small piece of strawberry, and I don't know whether a larger amount would have been a problem.

I may yet try something like a strawberry sauce over cake or ice cream. Adrian noted that raw and cooked strawberries are almost different fruits, but it also seems possible that a strawberry sauce will taste more like raw berries than like strawberries baked into pancakes.
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From: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith

Try this ...


Look for dried strawberries or especially freeze-dried strawberries. They have more concentrated flavor. Sometimes storebought fresh or frozen ones have very little flavor. A bit of freeze-dried strawberry can perk up blander ones.
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From: [personal profile] minoanmiss


ugh, adult-onset allergies are so bloody unfair.

Yeah, from what I know of cooking, the starch and dairy of pancakes would dull the flavor of strawberries as much as being cooked.

When making the strawberry sauce try adding a drop of rosewater and a splash of lemon juice and a pinch of black pepper.
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