This morning while slicing up some strawberries for a decadent little dish of strawberries and cream, I noticed that some of them were bruised and a bit mushy. In my humble opinion, it would be a sad state of affairs to waste strawberries. So what's a girl to do? You could eat them right away (problem solved), use them in a baked or cooked dish, or employ this method when they're too bruised or mushy to eat fresh.