John,
I try to make the best of my many trips...it just happens to be strawberry season on Long Island...I happen to be on LI now so...Tuesday morning I will be happily picking strawberries.
I did pick up a flat of berries in Poteet, Texas
http://www.strawberryfestival.com/ in April and just sugared and froze them.
I get back to Six Shooter Junction late Tuesday, then run down to deep South TX. on Wed. get back home Sat. and go to Russia on Sunday for a week ( to work on bringing home a kitchen slave

)so I fear that I'm probably going to have to make the freezer version this time...my wife informed me that I must make two batches of Marilyn's world famous toffee to take as gifts.