I was on a “discover your neighborhood” mission today with little L squirming and whimpering in her buggy (sorry bub but I can’t control the weather). I found out that there is a Rewe about a 10 min walk from my flat on Chausseestraße, yippee! Can’t face another visit to Lidl! I found a bicycle store which means I can get a child seat attached to my bike this weekend and then as I was walking along quite innocently I saw a strawberry stall.
Karls strawberry stall to be exact. Although, Karl wasn’t there – this smiley young woman was. I bought a kilo 1/2 a kilo of strawberries for €2.10. They are monsters, the size of little L’s fist. Red all the way through. I am sporting a big stain on my new shirt because we had to try them there and then!
Not really sure what to make of all of that. But stumbling on to a strawberry stall in the middle of a congested street has been the high point of my day so far.
Hello! My name is Suzy. This blog is about discovering Berlin through its eateries. I take it one restaurant or shop at a time and post on the blog once a week. I vary where I eat to have a have a mix of high and low end places. My goal is to find the special places, the ones worth seeking out and show and tell you all about them. 
I love these huts. But I didn’t know prices went down with the season- although, to tell the truth, I find the current strawberries to be over-ripe.
You do mean 2,10€ for a half kilo, as in the picture, no? The price has come down from 5,20€/kilo at the beginning of the season to 4€. Which is pretty nice, since the strawberries don’t travel very far, are picked the night before, and are not sprayed with pesticides. Well, at least that’s what they told me when I asked.
I am very much enjoying your blog- you discover Berlin for the first time only once!
Ooo, yes indeed it was 1/2 a kilo I bought. I was typing too fast! I didn’t realize they weren’t sprayed with pesticides, that’s cool. Apparently this guy – Karl – has entire amusement parks and corn mazes (or something to that extent, I babelfished the German website).
We go and pick the berries on the field about 10 minutes away. M really likes it and does quite well. We also have stands along the road. But then again, we don’t really live in a metropolis as you do.
You should try making that strawberry pepper jam now 🙂
We used to do “pick your own” in London. In fact last year we picked black currents and made home made Cassis out of it, which I gave as Christmas presents. They must have similar things in Germany but I have to find them and I don’t sprechen Deutsches…yet!