Pre-op, I was not strictly a meat and potatoes kind of dude. I truly liked my fruits and vegetables. When cherries were in season I’d go through a pound bag in an evening while sitting at the computer. Blackberries were one of my favorites, and the fresh spring strawberries were always good.

Being a single dude posed a few problems, especially for fruits like strawberries. You get them home and if you turn your back for a minute it seems like they start going bad. I could barely ever get through a whole container of them wthout having to toss a few moldy ones in the garbage. And now… when a single large strawberry is more than I can eat in one meal… well, let’s just say I should have been preserving extra fruits this way years ago, I freeze them.