But what’s all about the hype ?
First look at Germany’s own crop of strawberries and of the imported number of strawberries.
| market supply of strawberries in Germany | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crop in tons | 110.000 | 105.000 | 95.000 | 119.000 | 146.00 | 169.000 | 154.000 |
| Imports in tons | 149.000 | 118.000 | 118.000 | 118.000 | 104.000 | 97.000 | 81.000 |
As you can see, German’s crop of strawberries is increasing whereas the imports are decreasing. So why not trust and wait for our own regional products. Anyway it is better for our economic and for the fruits as well. Actually there is only a time period of 3 days between the crop and the actual sale (Fruitlife 2002). So I don’t think that the Spanish strawberries like we see them at the grocery store are just picked the day before I ate them. Of course not. They are treated with chemical means to extend the freshness up to ten days.
Let’s get to the real interesting things: How to eat them??
You can find hundreds of delicious recipes out there at the web or at cooking books. My general suggestions are to keep it plain. Just wash them gently and add some sugar to receive some more juice and an extensive taste.Then eat them with
- milk
- vanilla sauce
- pudding
- whipped cream
- curd cheese
These are the easiest, fastest and freshest types you can prepare.
But of course I also have some good recipes for strawberry cakes. I just found them at another blog page, called get off your butt and bake.
- a strawberry cream pie
- chocolate strawberry shortcakes
- creamy no bake strawberry cheesecakes
- chocolate strawberry streuselbars
Hm mm, can’t wait to try one of these. I still found some good pages in German about this red fruit and of course more recipes to reproduce.
Therefore enjoy the strawberry season before all fruits are eaten!
Bon Appetit,
Katleen
