I hope I can be forgiven for my ignorance when I admit to the fact, but I have to say I have never heard of a Strassberry until this morning.
Waitrose has started selling the fruit, said to taste in between a Raspberry and a traditional Strawberry but still having a unique taste of it's own.
They look to me like the little woodland strawberries - which I remember picking bowl loads of in a small grass clearing in a chestnut wood in the Loire many years back.
Looking around the net, I have found a few snippets on the fruit but information is limited.
This Mail article quotes "The strasberry was "born" in South America in the 1900s but virtually disappeared for the last half century until some Dutch growers rediscovered it."
You can buy the fruit from 17 Waitrose stores in London only at the moment but this while increase to 80 stores nationwide by the summer. Mind you, at 3.99 for a 125g punnet, I think I will stick to Apples.
Does anyone have any further information or experience with the Strasberry?
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