interesting facts about strawberries

Ü there is 200 seeds on one strawberry.!

☺There are more than 600 varieties of strawberries,

each with their own size, shape, and color.!

☻Over 80% of the strawberries produced in the

United Sates are grown in California.

♫Strawberries grown best when the days are warm

and sunny and the nights are cool. That’s why the

California coast is perfect!

♥Strawberries are picked by hand because they are
very fragile and bruise easily.

strawberry nutrition :

1 serving = 1/2 cup sliced strawberries

calories = 25

Fat = .5g

protein = .5g

Fiber = 2g

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Where strawberries come from

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What we now know as the strawberry is a European-created hybrid between varieties found naturally in North and South America.

the strawberry's history.!

I already kinsda explained this... remember.? when i was saying how they got there name.? yeah PEACEE.!

♥good strawberry recipes.!♥

  here is a AWESOMEE  strawberry shortcake recipe :3

3 pints fresh strawberries

1/2 cup white sugar

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons white sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup shortening

1 egg

2/3 cup milk

2 cups whipped heavy cream

Directions

1. Slice the strawberries and toss them with 1/2 cup of white sugar. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease and flour one 8 inch round cake pan.
3. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, 2 tablespoons white sugar and the salt. With a pastry blender cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center and add the beaten egg and milk. Stir until just combined.
4. Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool partially in pan on wire rack.
5. Slice partially cooled cake in half, making two layers. Place half of the strawberries on one layer and top with the other layer. Top with remaining strawberries and cover with the whipped cream.

this is where the recipe is fromm.!

How strawberries got their name.!!

The name is derived from Old English strēawberiġe which is a compound of streaw meaning "straw" and berige meaning "berry". The reason for this is unclear. It may derive from the strawlike appearance of the runners, or from an obsolete denotation of straw, meaning "chaff", referring to the scattered appearance of the achenes.

Interestingly, in other Germanic countries there is a tradition of collecting wild strawberries by threading them on straws. In those countries people find straw-berry to be an easy word to learn considering their association with straws. (In fact, in almost all other Germanic languages besides English, the name of the fruit corresponds to "Earth-Berry", so this claim is dubious.)

There is an alternative theory that the name derives from the Anglo-Saxon verb for "strew" (meaning to spread around) which was streabergen (Strea means "strew" and Bergen means "berry" or "fruit") and thence to streberie, straiberie, strauberie, straubery, strauberry, and finally, "strawberry", the word which we use today. The name might have come from the fact that the fruit and various runners appear "strewn" along the ground.

Info from:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070613004321AAxhWnX

why i love strawberries.! :3

I love how strawberries are a flavor in a variety foods such as milkshakes, milk,cakes,icecreams, (etc...)
But mostly I love plain strawberries.! Once i had my first strawberrie I was set.!