strawberries! and more strawberries!

I ended up with 4 quarts of fresh strawberries today.  Many of them were already getting mushy so I had to do something with them before they went bad.    

So this:

Became this:

(strawberry-mint sorbet)

*recipe coming...later...

Which left me with this:

So I made this:

(pure, unadulterated, strawberry ice cubes)

Which left me with this:

So I made this:

(pure, unadulterated, strawberry pancake topping)

and this:

(strawberry-mango lemonade...with some Tullamore Dew...just for fun)

and here's some more pictures...just for fun

contemplating strawberries...so many possibilities...so little time

I had to cut so many tops...off so many strawberries...

mmm can't wait for this to freeze into sorbet!

 I could drink this syrup straight out of the jar...but I'll save it for my chocolate-chip pancakes!