February 08, 2009
When the Daring Bakers challenge of Tuiles was announced this month it brought back memories of my trip to Provence. Tuiles are the very thin, crisp, light cookies that resemble ...
Strawberries or garden strawberries is a sweet fleshy red fruit from the plant of the genus Fragaria.
They can be consumed fresh, dried, or made into preserves. Strawberries also have a bleaching effect on the skin and are an excellent source of vitamin C.
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Garden strawberries are a common kind of strawberry cultivated worldwide. Like other species of ''Fragaria'' (strawberries), it belongs to the family ''Rosaceae.'' Technically, it is not a fruit, but a false fruit, meaning the fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries (achenes) but from the peg at the bottom of the bowl-shaped hypanthium that holds the ovaries.http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/flower.html The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France in 1740 via a cross of ''Fragaria virginiana'' from eastern North America , which was noted for its flavor, and ''Fragaria chiloensis'' from Chile and Argentina brought by Amédée-François Frézier, which was noted for its large size. Cultivars of ''Fragaria'' × ''ananassa'' have replaced, in commercial production, the woodland strawberry, which was the first strawberry species cultivated in the early 17th century.