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?
A friend gave me some Strasberries. Is there a jam recipe for it.
Posted by: Nancy Witschi | Aug 26, 2008 at 05:04 AM
use strawberry recipe, they work well.
I purchased strasberry plants a few years ago
and they are a little more tart and have some raspberry taste. I went back on line to buy more and can not find plants for sale.
I did find strazzberry plants on line. Can someone tell me if they are the same plant?
I am transplanting them to grow more from the runners.
Posted by: Barry Fitzgerald | Jan 07, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Barry - that is a good question and I hope that someone chips in with some information on Strasberry plants.
Kind regards
Phil
Posted by: Philip Voice | Jan 07, 2009 at 04:21 PM