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There is a legend that strawberries were named in the nineteenth-century by English children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws and sold them as "Straws of berries".
To get berry stains out of fabric - stretch the stained section over a bowl, fastening in place with a rubber band. Next, pour boiling water through the fabric from a height of two to three feet, avoiding any splattering. This must be done immediately. If stain persists, soak in a solution of 1 quart warm water and ½ teaspoon detergent for 15 minutes. Rinse with cold water, then sponge the area with rubbing alcohol. Launder as soon as possible.
If you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you’ll soon fall in love.
Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.
In ancient Rome, people believed that strawberries healed melancholy, fainting, inflammation, kidney stones, fever, bad breath, gout, blood and liver diseases.
The American colonists created strawberry shortcake
Madame Tallien, a prominent figure at the court of the Emperor Napoleon, was famous for bathing in the juice of fresh strawberries. She used 22 pounds per basin. Needless to say, she did not bathe daily.
Strawberries are a member of the rose family.
Strawberries symbolized peace and prosperity in Medieval times.
Strawberry juice combined with honey will reduce inflammation or sunburn. Rub the mixture thoroughly into the skin before rinsing off with warm water and lemon juice.
In a test, subjects who ate nitrate rich foods like strawberries, before exercising burned 100 more calories than those who did not.
The average strawberry has 200 seeds.
In France, Strawberries were thought to be an aphrodisiac. A soup made of strawberries, thinned sour cream, borage, & powered sugar was served to newlyweds.
The strawberry you eat is not actually a fruit or a berry. It is the enlarged receptacle of the flower.
If all the strawberries produced in California this year were laid berry to berry, they'd wrap around the world 15 times. That's enough strawberries to provide every U.S. household with 12 pint baskets.
