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WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU SEE THESE?
If you are like most people, you immediately
think of pies or cakes, however,
they can be used for so much more. For instance, drinks, hair food and
cosmetics. Well in the few pages that follow I'll share with you
not only a few simple recipes for strawberry pie, but other recipes as
well. I'll touch on topics such as Facts, Picking, Growing,
Health
Benefits, and a Link to Festivals as well as a puzzle for the children.
This is a plant of the rose family grown for
its fruit. The fragrant
fruit, red when ripe, is popular for its delicious flavor in fresh,
frozen,
canned and preserved forms. The so-called seeds, or achenes,
are embedded on the outside of the flesh rather than the inside of the
strawberry. Botanically these are the true fruit, a tiny seed
being
contained within the dry body of each achene and they are the only
fruit
with the seeds that grow on the outside of the fruit. On average,
there are 200 seeds in a strawberry. Strawberries were first
called
strewberries
because of the way they grow, strewn among the leaves of the
plant.
As for its roots, seventy percent of a strawberry's roots are located
in
the top three inches of soil.
History
Facts
According
to the Michigan Department of Agriculture, the ancient Romans believed
that strawberries alleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, all
inflammations,
fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, bad breath, attacks of gout,
and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen. To symbolize
perfection
and righteousness, medieval stone masons carved strawberry designs on
altars
and around the tops of pillars in churches and cathedrals. Madame
Tallinn, a prominent figure at the court of the Emperor Napoleon, was
famous
for bating in the juice of fresh strawberries. She used 22 pounds
per basin. Needless to say, she did not bathe daily.
Other
Facts
According
to the University of Illinois Department of Agriculture, native forms
of
strawberries adapt to various climates and are indigenous to every
major
continent except Africa,