Oh, strawberries! .. A delicious berry that beckons with a tantalizing smell and red side. Growing it yourself is not so easy – it is quite capricious, and the strawberries sold at the store often have a weak taste – these are consequences of the fact that it is grown under an artificial sun somewhere in the greenhouse.
Strawberries and strawberries are berries of one biological kind. In Russian, strawberries are called all varieties of strawberries with large berries. Strawberry is one of the few plants in which the seeds are located not inside the fruit, but outside. Each berry has space for about 200 seeds. Strawberries are covered with so delicate skin that they can be washed only immediately before they are eaten – if you do this in advance, the berries will lose their beneficial properties and quickly begin to deteriorate.
Strawberries are rich in vitamin C – 100 grams of fragrant berries contain 98% of the daily requirement of this substance. Strawberry is one of the most popular garden crops on earth. It is grown in all corners of the globe, except the poles and Australia. The largest producer of strawberries is considered to be the US state of California, where up to 1 billion tons of berries of this species are harvested each year. At the same time, the best quality in the world is considered to be strawberries grown in Britain. The first documented mention of strawberries dates back to 230 BC, when they began to plant this berry in Italy. However, the true fame in Europe, strawberries received only in the 16th century.
In one of the Belgian cities there is a museum entirely dedicated to strawberries. Thanks to the beneficial substances it contains, strawberries help to normalize cholesterol levels and serve as a preventive agent against heart disease. Strawberries may not only be red – there are varieties of this berry with white fruits on the planet. In their useful properties, they are not inferior to the red counterparts. The French consider strawberries a powerful aphrodisiac. In antiquity, strawberries were prescribed as a medicine for a variety of ailments – from fever and indigestion to depression and headache.
The mask of fresh strawberries allows you to even out the skin color, get rid of age spots, wrinkles and freckles. Fans of natural cosmetics claim that under the influence of strawberries, the skin becomes white, tender, free from dirt and dead cells. Strawberries white with red bones taste like pineapple. In some countries, it is customary to pickle green strawberries and eat as a kind of substitute for pickled cucumbers. You can not only eat strawberries raw or in the form of sweet jam, but also add it to poultry, seafood, cheese, or even fry in oil with black pepper. In the early 1980s, a record-breaking large strawberry was grown in the USA – however, the taste qualities of berries weighing 231 g left much to be desired. One of the American restaurants serves a $ 1.4 million dish consisting of strawberries, cream, mint leaf and a gold ring with a large pink diamond. More than 300 types of strawberries are grown on the planet. Studies show that strawberries improve memory and prevent premature aging of brain cells.
