Strawberries

Interesting reading - thanks all! And particular thanks for the link, NotSpaghetti ; I must have missed that when it appeared, but will remedy the situation now.

My GC take the stalks out poking them through with a straw . We get good local strawberries where qwe live and even better rasps . I will be stockpiling them soon for winter consumption .

I grow 4 different varieties of Strawberry, and the smaller ones have the most flavour. Some of the modern varieties do not have a hard centre so do not need it removed. I actually think Raspberries have more flavour, and they are just starting. Red currants and gooseberties are ready, blackcurrants are not ready yet. The only way I can keep up with all the fruit is freezing and making jam as the grandchildren who normally arrive for several weeks at strawberry time are not visiting the UK this year.

We had a few decent strawberries we grew but forgot to pick them immediately and they were eaten overnight.

Grow my own strawberries in pots.
I have in the past used hanging baskets.
Strawberries are very easy to grow.
I was going to say same as Calendargirl re staw method.

Love strawberries ????

I find the best way to hull strawberries.
Take a plastic drinking straw (I know we are not supposed to use them now). Push the straw up from the bottom of the berry to the top in the centre. If the strawberry is ripe, the stalk should pop out cleanly. ?

I've had the same problem with nectarines this year, small, quite bitter and not as flavoursome

I was just talking to my husband about strawberries the other day. I was complaining about not being able to hull them properly any more. I had to cut round the stalks with a knife to remove them.
Strawberries are not the same as they used to be!

I bought 2 x punnets of strawberries this week for £3 from a supermarket they where Scottish and very tasty.
We are lucky to have a strawberry farm not to far away and they taste delicious a short picking time but well worth the wait for them to be ready for picking with the DGCs.

Aggie I was about to say that. I bought a punnet of them from Asda on Wednesday----delicious.
It's blackcurrants which have now been in short supply here for years and I don't know why. Shops have had a glut of blueberries which are tasteless. None of those mellow gooseberries around either.

Err -Staffordshire strawberries are very tasty!

Scottish strawberries are the tastiest

I think you’ll find some varieties are much better than others. Gransnet discussed it a week or two ago...
Here’s the link which has some suggestions to help you avoid the worst!
www.gransnet.com/forums/food/1262825-English-Strawberries