Are you a sugar addict?

In Finland there are certain times of the year when prices of some commodities come tumbling down.

Now is berry preserving time. Strawberries prices start to come down as the harvesting continues.

This means that the price of granulated white sugar comes down dramatically.

This week I have seen as low as € 0.65 per kg.

If you use a lot of sugar, like I used to, and I do find several of my friends consuming so much sugar in their coffee that the fluid is so thick that the spoon stands up in it, then this is the time to buy your sugar.

I noticed, as before, that if you buy a whole carton of this sugar, the prices is even lower. Look around for this best buy.

Also remember, that you can go to some strawberry fields and pick strawberries and pay for it directly to the farmer. Much lower price than what you pay in the shops. In my younger days, I used to go with Annikki, and while she plucked the strawbwerries, I crawled around finding the best ones and eating them - FREE. This is allowed!!!

The berries you find in the forest are free for picking, but not from cultivated fields. Cloudberries, Linganberries, Blackberries, Red berries, and many other types!

I am not a berry fan except absolutely fresh strawberries which reminds me of my boyhood days (early 1950s) when we used to go as a family to a small hole-in-the-wall shop at the bottom of Brigade Road in Bangalore and eat strawberries and cream or ice cream.

The name of that hole-in-the-wall shop was NILGIRIS!

Some Indian guys went around last year in Helsinki and plucked strawberries and did not pay for them, causing a great controversy!

Mushrooms are also free for picking but PLEASE GO WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT MUSHROOMS. MANY ARE DEADLY POSIONOUS.

Have a great summer.