Time is galloping toward peak strawberry season. Today, some facts about the glorious non-berry — and some recipes, of course!
Botanists call the strawberry a "false fruit," a pseudocarp. A strawberry is actually a multiple fruit which consists of many tiny individual fruits embedded in a fleshy receptacle. The brownish or whitish specks, which are commonly considered seeds, are the true fruits, called achenes, and each of them surrounds a tiny seed.
These achenes also make strawberries relatively high in fiber. According to the Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition, one-half cup of strawberries supplies more fiber than a slice of whole wheat bread, and more than 70 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.
carnegiemuseums.org/....
The Story of Strawberries
[12:52]
Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Strawberry spinach salad is a perfect combination of fresh spinach, juicy strawberries, crunchy onions, and soft feta cheese; all tossed together with a creamy poppyseed dressing!
therecipecritic.com/...
Recipe is in the YouTube description (scroll down). [7:56]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Rack of Lamb with Strawberry Mint Sauce
Like many Americans my age, I was raised with a jar of mint jelly in the fridge, and it never, ever, came out unless there was lamb around.
✂️
We’ve come a long way since then, and now, anything goes…. I love experimenting with new ideas, especially around Easter time, and I really liked how this came out.
foodwishes.blogspot.com/...
Recipe. [9:02]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Cold Strawberry Soup
My mother-in-law introduced me to Strawberry Soup. The first time she served it to me, I liked it so much, I had three servings. This is a dessert soup, easily made with fresh strawberries, sugar, yogurt (or sour cream), and cream (or milk). Best made when strawberries are in season. That is when my mother-in-law would make it. In the summer, with strawberries that she had picked at the local strawberry farm.
www.joyofbaking.com/...
Recipe. [7:46]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Southern Strawberry Cobbler
From everything I have read, cobblers seem to be a variation of the “pie” or “pye.” The pie was a development from the Roman idea (2nd Century B.C.) of sealing meat inside a flour and oil paste as it cooked.
whatscookingamerica.net/…
Recipe. [12:01]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Strawberry Semifreddo
Semifreddo is an Italian word meaning “half cold” or “half frozen.” It refers to a class of frozen desserts similar to ice cream but instead made with whipped cream by churning air into the mixture while it freezes. Semifreddos are very similar to mousses and are often served in the form of ice cream cakes or tarts.
www.thespruceeats.com/...
Recipe. [9:43]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Super-Easy Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie
Cream cheese was invented in 1872 by American dairyman William Lawrence of Chester, New York, who accidentally stumbled on a method of producing cream cheese while trying to reproduce a French cheese called Neufchâtel.
In 1880, Lawrence began distributing his cream cheese in foil wrappers under the auspices of the Empire Cheese Company of South Edmeston, New York, where he manufactured the product. However, you might know it better by the more famous name Lawrence came up with for his "not Neufchâtel"—Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese.
www.thoughtco.com/...
Ingredients are in the YouTube description. [12:02]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
Strawberry Lemonade
[E]vents of the 19th century gave lemonade its popularity.
The temperance movement brought it to the forefront in the United States….
At the end of the 19th century, circuses played a huge part in making lemonade the national beverage. A growing number of people attended the circuses that traveled around the country. The concession stands that served lemonade were as popular as the acts under the Big Top.
venturamuseum.org/....
Recipe. [2:14]
*
🍓 🍓 🍓
So c’mon in the café and grab a cuppa...
...and a nice nosh...
...and join us!
New Day Café is an open thread. What do you want to talk about today?