Strawberries are the Best

Strawberries are the best fruit for summer, sun and Wimbledon! Bring on those delicious, sweet, red mouthfuls of summer fruit.

So why do we love strawberries so much?  Perhaps because the best British strawberries are only available for a relatively short time – it’s not a fruit we can really enjoy throughout the year.  And perhaps we also love strawberries because it’s such an easy fruit to prepare?

We make them even easier to prepare with the Kuhn Rikon Strawberry Knife – it’s two tools in one, use one end to remove the stalk and use the fold out blade to slice the fruit. Take a closer look.

Strawberries are so versatile too. They are great on their own, on top of your breakfast cereal, or with a little sugar and cream. Strawberries are perfect with ice cream and meringues and there are also numerous recipes using strawberries, including shortcake, cookies, smoothies, ice cream, even strawberry soup and of course there’s strawberry jam. Here’s a selection of recipes from delicious. magazine, BBC Good Food and Country Living.

Some strawberry facts for you:-

• There are 200 seeds on the outside of a strawberry.
• Strawberries are the only fruit to have seeds on the outside.
• Just 7 strawberries contain more vitamin C than an orange – enough for your daily dose of vitamin C.
• Strawberries contain anti-inflammatories and anti-oxidents.
• The Ancient Romans knew that strawberries were good for you.
• You can visit the Strawberry museum in Belgium.
• Water spoils the cut fruit - only rinse cut strawberries when you’re ready to eat them.
• Wash strawberries before you hull them - to stop the water from getting inside the strawberry.
• Black pepper or Balsamic vinegar enhances the flavour of strawberries.
• 28,000kg of strawberries are consumed at Wimbledon.
• The really good news - strawberries are low in calories!

Enjoy the summer and enjoy your strawberries, the best fruit of the season.