http://bethmcmillan.com/blog/?p=485 Updated entirely at random when I have done something interesting Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://bethmcmillan.com/blog/?p=485&cpage=1#comment-5197 Barbara Tue, 01 May 2012 05:49:29 +0000 http://bethmcmillan.com/blog/?p=485#comment-5197 Those are not seeds on the outside, but the acautl fruits of the strawberry. Quoting the excellent On Food and Cooking, by Harold McGee:"The seeds are acautlly miniature dry fruits (achenes) similar to buckwheat and sunflower "seeds," and the fleshy portion is the flower's swollen base, not its ovary." Remember that strawberries don't ripen after being picked, so get fresh quebec berries while you can, which is all summer. It is a crime to sell the unripe-when-picked california strawberry imports, which should have "UNRIPE FRUIT" located predominately on the label. Sure, it's a non-monetary trade tariff, but the right to a decent ripe strawberry that isn't a week old is a vital part of authentic living (here I am disagreeing with Andrew Potter and his recent book on the lack of acautl authenticity in the acautl branding of products as containing "Authenticity"). I was just forced to eat a retirement present of unripe foreign fruit in a decorative cut-fruit arrangement from edible arrangements. So I have a bit of a hate-on for imported fake strawberries at the moment. Those are not seeds on the outside, but the acautl fruits of the strawberry. Quoting the excellent On Food and Cooking, by Harold McGee:”The seeds are acautlly miniature dry fruits (achenes) similar to buckwheat and sunflower “seeds,” and the fleshy portion is the flower’s swollen base, not its ovary.” Remember that strawberries don’t ripen after being picked, so get fresh quebec berries while you can, which is all summer. It is a crime to sell the unripe-when-picked california strawberry imports, which should have “UNRIPE FRUIT” located predominately on the label. Sure, it’s a non-monetary trade tariff, but the right to a decent ripe strawberry that isn’t a week old is a vital part of authentic living (here I am disagreeing with Andrew Potter and his recent book on the lack of acautl authenticity in the acautl branding of products as containing “Authenticity”). I was just forced to eat a retirement present of unripe foreign fruit in a decorative cut-fruit arrangement from edible arrangements. So I have a bit of a hate-on for imported fake strawberries at the moment.

]]> http://bethmcmillan.com/blog/?p=485&cpage=1#comment-5154 Beth Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:38:18 +0000 http://bethmcmillan.com/blog/?p=485#comment-5154 In case you were curious: commenting is now fixed, so comment away! In case you were curious: commenting is now fixed, so comment away!

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