Comments on: Dietribes: Strawberries

By: Rachel*

Rachel* — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:55:44 +0000

I love the way strawberries look, but they taste weird. I would really want to try a REALLy fresh one in the future, but right now I hold them as the most overrated fruit along with blueberries.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:10:35 +0000

Ooops, went a little off-topic and forgot to mention that I love the article! Great job, Allison–I love strawberries and random trivia, so this was a winner.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:09:04 +0000

@Nat X:

Strawberry Shortcake was awesome! I live in central Oklahoma (booooooooooring!) and found out a couple of years back that the woman who created Strawberry Shortcake, Muriel Fahrion, lives nearby. I happened to meet her at an Octoberfest event, and my 10 month old was wearing SS shoes!

Sadly for her, though, she worked at American Greetings at the time and has no royalty priveleges. Just like The Man, always bringing us down.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:08:27 +0000

Can you tell me which company tried to trademark the scent?
Ever since finding out about the perfumes Demeter creates, i’ve been very interested in realistic-scent perfumes.

Thank you!

By: Lorena

Lorena — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:07:50 +0000

mmmm… strawberries.

By: Nat X

Nat X — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:00:18 +0000

I guess I’m in the minority. I absolutely hate strawberries. I was hoping this article would give me more reasons to justify my hatred. Their taste, texture, even how they look (yuck, those seeds just LOOKING at you!) You can have them. Strawberry Shortcake was pretty rad, though.

By: Renee Walker

Renee Walker — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:43:22 +0000

I am allergic to strawberries! I grew up eating them and didn’t realize until later that those small red heart shaped temptations were landing me in the hospital! Oh the sweet irony of being now deadly allergic to my favorite fruit!

By: Andie

Andie — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:21:26 +0000

I love strawberries! The sweetest ones are definitely the ones grown in your own backyard.

By: heather

heather — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:10:29 +0000

I was looking forward to this post! Can’t wait for more fun stuff. I wish strawberries were in season now, I’m really craving some.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:44:54 +0000

Fresh, locally grown strawberries are indeed one of the best treats.

On a trip to the Netherlands earlier this year, we encountered a local farmer dropping off that day’s batch of produce at the market. The strawberries were possibly the best part of that excursion.