[Sca-cooks] Berry answer found...

[Jill B]

Cool.  I forgot about that one.....did you also know that there are white strawberries?  They are yummy, too.
Thanks for sharing!
Gab

 


	


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> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 19:00:17 -0400
> From: rattkitten at bellsouth.net
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Berry answer found...
> 
> See I was searching when the last email suggest to look on the 
> internet... who knew I was one page away from getting the answer.
> 
> OK here is the critter in question.
> Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry [from the country of India] (Slide 7 
> <http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/images/7--mock_strawberry_red.jpg>, 
> //Duchesnea indica// (Andr.) Focke; see also several synonyms 
> <http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/synonyms.asp?plantID=155>) This Asian 
> weed has a southeastern range that extends down into north Florida, 
> where the real strawberry (/Fragaria/ spp.) is rare or absent. Though 
> edible, the mock strawberry is bland and will be a certain 
> disappointment to one who expects the semi-sweet tart flavor of a 
> strawberry. (This narrative relied on Bell C.R & B.J. Tarylor (1982) 
> /Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants/. Laurel Hill Press, Chapel 
> Hill and several www sites.
> 
> 
> And here is the website so that you can see why I was confused about the 
> strawberry thing...
> 
> *www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm 
> <http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm>
> 
> *Thank you this has been your botany lesson for the day.
> Nichola
> 
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