Strawberry hints! Eat up! it's Strawberry Season!

Date:   5/2/2006 1:03:54 PM ( 18 y ago)

Buying strawberries

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_strawberries.shtml

Two words sum up the advice here: buy British. There are numerous reasons why British strawberries taste better than imported fruit. First, Britain has a climate that's ideally suited to growing soft fruits. Also, if you buy freshly picked fruit from local farms, you'll be getting produce that's picked when it's approaching the peak of ripeness. Imported fruit is likely to have been picked early and sent long distances, for which both flavour and texture will both suffer - not to mention the negative effects on the environment caused by long-distance shipping.
Read the labels on the fruit carefully, though. Local fruit isn't always marked as clearly as it could be; what's worse, fruit grown in the Mediterranean - or even South America - is sometimes sold at lower prices than locally grown fruit. By buying locally, though, you're not only buying high quality, flavourful produce, you're also supporting local farmers.
Indeed, local farmers are the best place of all to buy your strawberries. If you want the best quality available, and don't mind getting your hands a bit dirty, pick-your-own farms are the place to go. Apart from the obvious, another benefit to pick-you-own farms is that you're likely to find a wider range of varieties. Take the children and make a day out of it.

Strawberry varieties


Here is a great web site about
the Perfect Strawberry and what to do with
it:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/StrawberryHints.htm

Buying Strawberries:



Naturally the best strawberries are the ones you pick yourself from your local strawberry fields. In the stores, always choose locally grown strawberries during the harvesting season (they are sweeter and juicier than those that are bred for shipment). Remember, your local strawberry season only lasts 3 to 4 weeks

When purchasing berries from the grocery store, shop with your nose. Always pick the plumpest and most fragrant berries. They should be firm, bright, and fresh looking with no mold or bruises, and fresh green caps. The caps should be bright green, fresh looking and fully attached. Berries should be dry and clean; usually medium to small berries have better eating quality than large ones

Strawberries do not ripen after they have been harvested, so choose strawberries that have been picked fully ripened.



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