Pick of the Season: Strawberries
Written By Lesley Porcelli
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Play With Your Food
Make strawberry faces on pancakes or cereal: Use lengthwise slices for eyes, nose, and mouth.
Hull and halve strawberries and you've got heart-shaped stamps. Let the berries stand at room temperature a few minutes after slicing to get the juices flowing.
Fun Facts
Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside of their skin, about 200 on each berry.
Strawberries are members of the large, diverse rose family (Rosaceae) which also includes blackberries and raspberries.
In some parts of Europe, people once believed elves could control how much milk cows produced and that the elves loved strawberries. Farmers tied baskets of strawberries to their cows' horns as an offering to them.
The largest strawberry in history weighed 8.17 ounces and was the size of a big apple.
Plus:
Strawberry Pizza Recipe
How to Grow Strawberries
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