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Strawberry Shortcake Day
"🎶 Let me take you down,
'Cause I going to, Strawberry Fields,
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about,
Strawberry Fields forever"
~ "Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1967
“Strawberry Fields is just anywhere you want to go,” John Lennon once mused in a 1968 Rolling Stone interview. Fortunately, that dreamy sentiment can travel with you, in the vibrant hues of this beautiful tartan - a celebration of high summer and its sweet abundance. And if you’re lucky enough to have a basket of fresh strawberries on hand, why not also indulge in a timeless favorite: strawberry shortcake!
The earliest known recipe for strawberry shortcake appeared in an English cookbook in 1588. By the mid-19th century, it had evolved into a beloved dessert in America - fluffy biscuits layered with fresh strawberries, butter, and sweetened cream, served warm. By 1850, it was already a familiar treat, and its popularity only grew. Strawberry shortcake parties became fashionable summertime gatherings, especially after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, which made it possible to ship California strawberries packed in ice across the country.
So as we pass the recent June Strawberry Moon - named by nearly every Algonquin-speaking tribe to mark the brief but bountiful strawberry harvest in northeastern North America - take a moment to enjoy the season’s sweetness. ❤️ 💚 💛 ❤️ 🍓 🍓 🍓 🍓
Named after classic Beatles song of the same name (from their 1967 Magical Mystery Tour album ), this tartan, designed by Dan Shackelford, was inspired by "making strawberry liqueur today while the old tune 'Strawberry Fields Forever' ran through my mind with memories of the strawberry fields of Oxnard, CA."
Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home close to John Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, where Lennon and his friends played in the nearby garden. The song, featuring backwards cymbals, cascading Indian harp, guitar solos, timpani, bongos, trumpets and cellos ... and a weird Mellotron opening to a fake drum forward reprise where John's voice could be heard saying "Cranberry sauce" ... confused critics and fans and heavily influenced the psychedelic music genre.
If you have access to less psychedelic strawberries, you can make a favourite American classic recipes, Strawberry Shortcake.
The first strawberry shortcake recipe appeared in an English cookbook as early as 1588. And by 1850, strawberry shortcake was a well-known biscuit and fruit dessert served hot with butter and sweetened cream.
In the United States, late 19th century strawberry shortcake parties were popular and fashionable celebrations of the summer fruit harvest, especially after the new transcontinental railroad in 1869, allowed the shipment of California strawberries on ice to the rest of the country.
It wasn't until 1910 that French pastry chefs replaced the topping with heavy whipped cream, and with the advent of home refrigeration, it became a standard topping. And though today's shortcakes are usually of the biscuit or sponge-cake variety, original American recipes called for pie crust in rounds or broken-up pieces, a style still popular in the South.
For more on the history of Strawberry Shortcake, click the ripening berries.