You Should Pick and Pickle Green Strawberries
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I hate picking strawberries. I love the berries themselves, and I romanticize picking them every year until I’m there, crouched on the ground, reminded of my age and proclivity for back pain as I aggressively flip over leaves looking for ripe berries. I used to get angry at the green, unripe berries—at their…