Fun Strawberry Facts
Strawberry Health Benefits
Strawberry Vitamins, Strawberry Benefits, Strawberry Goodness!
Strawberries don't just taste good--they're good for you! Strawberries are full of Vitamin C, manganese, potassium, and fiber. Eating strawberries every day can reduce your risk for cancer and heart disease.Strawberries contain a phytonutrient called quercetin. This quercetin stuff inhibits the growth of cancerous cells. The quercetin bonds with damaged cells, preventing them from replicating themselves and causing damage to the body.
People who eat strawberries are also more likely to have healthy lifestyles, or at least that's what researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health concluded. Of the 27,000 women who participated in their study, they found that the women who ate at plenty of strawberries were usually physically active, didn't smoke, and had lower levels of "bad" cholesterol.
This doesn't mean that eating strawberries every week is going to radically change your life. However, it's not a bad way to start!
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How Strawberries Got Their Name
We don't actually know the true origin of the word "strawberry," but the most official explanation is that it evolved from the Anglo-Saxon word "Streabergen" that was in use during the 18th century. It means "to spread." It sounds plausible, since strawberries really do look as though they're strewn about when they're growing.There is a myth that claims strawberries got their name when children in the 19th century collected and strung them on grass straws. Possible, but not probable.
Strawberry Pictures from Flickr
Pictures of Strawberries
Here's a collection of strawberry pictures from Flickr. Many of them are just plain nice pictures, but a few of them are bizarre. One strawberry has a face, one has a bunch of green growths, and one has "hairy mold."
Following up on day 242, I tried a few of the suggestions I received.
Today is my brother Matt's 26th Birthday! And to celebrate he wanted to come ov...
Portrait of a Strawberry
A heart within a heart.
K brought dessert and it was amazing.
When I came home this evening, I found that Carin had scored some strawberries, ...
fertilizer? Something happened. Never saw anything like this before.
This is quite simply the most amazing strawberry ever seen.
Strawberries for sale near Carusel in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki.
In Slovenia, my friend Jozica took me to a strawberry patch to pick fresh, natur...
I found this mutant strawberry in my pint from H-E-B. I was afraid to eat it at ...
How to Eat Strawberries
- By themselves: Simply rinse them off and enjoy them on their own. If they're sufficiently fresh, juicy, and flavorful, they are the perfect treat!
- With cream: Chopped strawberries in a bowl of cream or half-and-half is simply decadent.
- With chocolate: Strawberries covered in chocolate, mmm.
- As a sauce: Boil them with sugar to create your own strawberry sauce to dribble on ice cream or something equally bad for you.
- As a smoothie: Blend some strawberries with ice cream or plain yogurt and ice to create a refreshing strawberry smoothie.
- In shortcake: Make strawberry shortcake! A classic indeed.
Stuffed Strawberries
Stuffed Strawberries
8oz package of cream cheese (room temperature) 1/2 cup of powdered sugar 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract 20 or more ripe strawberries with the bottoms cut so they can stand and then a cross cut on top for the filling. Top with chocolate and add nuts or sprinkles if desired if you like you can make you're own chocolate to top them by melting 16oz semisweet or milk chocolate chips on a double boiler and add 2 tablespoons of shortening Music by http://incompetech.com/
Luscious Strawberries
Strawberry Websites
Strawberry Links
Want to learn more about strawberries? Check out these strawberry websites.
Strawberries - More than a food
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Share your thoughts about strawberries!
Arizona Julie wrote
I've started blending a good size handful of frozen strawberries, mangoes, banana and a couple T. of crushed pineapple in a blender with about a cup or so of purified water. This drink is so delicious and healthy tha I am now hooked on them and make one everyday. My question is this:
Should I be concerned about all of those little strawberry seeds collecting and causing problems somewhere in my body and possibly getting something like diverticulitis???? ...or do they just, you know, pass???
Posted March 02, 2009
BigGirlBlue wrote...
I always add frozen strawberries to my blended drinks.
Posted September 13, 2008
dc64 wrote...
A great tribute to my favorite fruit! The perfect day includes strawberries, chocolate, coffee, and the perfect man. I've experienced three of these...guess which three!
Posted September 08, 2008
Judi wrote
Strawberries are terrific, especially in Ontario, Canada!!
Posted June 27, 2008
