So that's what strawberries are supposed to taste like!

[watervole]

I'd always had this vague feeling that strawberries should taste better than they actually do, a memory from childhood that I'd finally dismissed as pure nostalgic fantasy. Even organic strawberries didn't live up to the expectation and as for the typical product of our local supermarket...

This week, Riverford's 'Ruby' strawberries came into season.

Oh Boy!

They're delicious. Now, I finally know that memory wasn't playing tricks on me after all.

Comments

[kerravonsen]

I know, commercial strawberries are these pathetic tasteless things and I still keep on buying them in the vain hope that this time I'll get something that has some taste in it. And then I give up for a while, and then my deluded optimisim takes over again and buy some more. (sigh)

Rasberrys, however, still taste good.

[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Agreed, the strawbs from my dad's garden taste way better than anything from the supermarkets. It's probably becase the supermarket varieties are grown for their size and colour, not their taste. Probably the same goes for the tomatoes, although they're not always so bland.