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JODI KIMBALL "Doubtless God could have made a better Activity Director berry, but doubtless God never did." Over [email protected] All hail the mighty strawberry! They are 400 years later, this quote still reRects the KILEY CULKOWSKI so delicious and nutritious; no wonder we high esteem most people hold for Dining Room Manager celebrate them for an entire month. strawberry. Its fragrant aroma, delightful [email protected] So…let’s talk strawberries! sweet Ravor, and brilliant color make Did you know there are an average of 200 strawberry nearly irresistible. ELLEN MATTESON Throughout history, the strawberry has Housekeeping seeds per strawberry? Or that (according to botanists) strawberries are not really seen many different uses other than as a PETE MOLINA berries at all, but rather are a member of food source. It was used as a symbol for Maintenance the rose family? Maybe that explains why Venus, the Goddess of Love, because of strawberry essence is so popular, even if its heart shape and red color. The ancient you don’t actually eat strawberries Romans believed that strawberry had themselves. great medicinal value; they used it to Strawberries are incredibly versatile and alleviate the symptoms of a wide array of are grown in all 50 states in the U.S. as maladies ranging from melancholy to well as many other countries (and kidney stones. Medieval stone masons climates) around the world. That is due in carved strawberry designs on altars and part to the fact that if you add in all the around the tops of pillars in churches and different hybrids, cultivars and subspecies, cathedrals to symbolize perfection and there are over 600 varieties of righteousness. strawberries. Strawberries’ Ravor is In one of its most bizarre uses, Madame inRuenced by several factors including Tallien, a prominent Qgure at the court of weather, the variety and the stage of the Emperor Napoleon, was famous for ripeness when they are harvested. Once bathing in fresh strawberry juice. picked, these berries will not continue to Reportedly, she used 22 pounds of ripen, so don't pick them too soon! strawberry fruit per bath. STRAWBERRY JOKES Fruit is an important part of a balanced ❥ Why was the baby strawberry crying? diet because they contain a variety of Her mom was in a jam Restaurants and bakeries showcase the vitamins and minerals. Eating more fruit ❥ What do you call a sad strawberry? season's star fruit with classic iterations can help reduce the risk of diseases, high A blueberry like popsicles and pie, plus creative blood pressure and even some cancers. ❥ The vegetarian did not like the new variations such as babka and a milkshake There are many ways to get your strawberry jelly... It just wasn’t his jam beer. From shortcake to rhubarb to daily dose of fruit, and strawberries are ❥ Why couldn’t the strawberry shoot it’s waTes, there are dozens of sweet and one of the best choices. Strawberries have gun? Because it was jammed savory ways to eat strawberries today. a ton of health beneQts, and whether ❥ What happened when the strawberry Meanwhile, mixologists create spins on you’re eating them or rubbing them onto attempted to cross the road? classic cocktails with strawberry mojitos, your teeth, they should deQnitely become There was a traSc jam mules, margaritas, and of course, sangria; part of your everyday life. ❥ How does an elephant hide in a while non-alcoholic strawberry lemonades, strawberry patch? ❤ ❤ ❤ cold-pressed juices and even ginger ales Nutritional bene?ts of Strawberries He paints his toenails red (duh). STRAWBERRY QUOTES are available at casual eateries. Vitamin C is essential for many Have you ever seen an elephant From strawberry buttermilk sherbet to ❤ ❤ ❤ biological functions, including proper in a strawberry patch?!? "I got a sweet tooth and strawberry youth." strawberry galettes to strawberry ❥ What do you call a crayon that looks wound healing and immune health. One — Jeffree Star cocktails to strawberry vinegar, there's like a strawberry? A cranberry. serving of strawberries contains more ❤ ❤ ❤ enough recipes to keep you properly ❥ What do you call strawberry jam that vitamin C than a medium orange. "Happiness, I have grasped, dosed all strawberry season long. plays the trumpet? Tooty fruity. Potassium is important to balance is a destination, like strawberry #elds. What's your favorite Strawberry Recipe? ❥ A man goes to the doctor and tells him electrolytes, aid muscle contractions, and Once you #nd the way in, there you are, Share with us during Baker's Corner as we he has a strawberry growing out of his maintain a healthy blood pressure. and you'll never feel low again." try creating our own strawberry dishes. head. The doctor says “I’ll give you some Folate is one of the B vitamins that helps — Rachel Simon ❤ Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie with Grandma's cream for that”. make red blood cells. It is important for ❤ ❤ ❤ Rhubarb straight from the Glendale ❥ I’d tell you the joke about some infants, children and during pregnancy to Getting your hands dirty garden, this strawberry rhubarb pie is strawberry jam on a piece of bread but prevent birth defects. in a strawberry #eld classic and perfectly tart-sweet. you might spread it. Fiber has well-known health beneQts is the best mess you could ask for ❤ Make 4-Ingredient Strawberry Caprese ❥ Why can’t you make a crumble with such as lowering blood cholesterol and when the season's right. Salad that’s the perfect combination of 3.14 strawberries? promoting a healthy digestive system. With a carefree mindset on a Sunday, Ravors. Sweet, juicy strawberries paired Because that would be a pi. Antioxidants play a role in reducing you're always picking a winner. with fresh mozzarella, chopped basil, and inRammation and promoting optimum ❥ How do you make a strawberry ❤ ❤ ❤ a simple honey balsamic vinaigrette. turnover? Push it down a hill. health. In a recent study, strawberries All your dreams are made ❤ And Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs, the ❥ How do you Qx a broken strawberry? ranked second among the top ten fruits in of strawberry lemonade. most simple, easy, fun and low-cal With a strawberry patch. antioxidant capacity (TAC). - Noel Gallagher dessert! STRAWBERRY VARIETIES STRAWBERRY FIELDS There are more than 600 varieties Although strawberries are naturally a wild of strawberries, stemming from Qve or six plant, the garden strawberry was Qrst bred original wild species that are a member of in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross the rose family. If you get a chance, go to of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North a local farmers market during the America and Fragaria chiloensis, which was strawberry season in your area brought from Chile by Amédée-François (usually April through June in the U.S.) and Frézier in 1714. sample a few types; you’ll be surprised how The wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), different they are in shape, color, and taste. a native of eastern North America, is a Typically, the larger the strawberry, the pioneer plant that thrives where trees and juicier it will be; the smaller the strawberry, other vegetation have been cleared or Strawberry festivals have been a part of the greater the intensity of Ravor. For the burned. Such an environment was spring and summer celebrations marking May’s Full Flower Moon most local of treats, nothing beats the prevalent here before widespread European the transition from the cold and dreary May’s Full Moon, known as the Ravor of strawberries picked fresh from settlement. In landscapes with no human wintertime to a time of renewal, life, and “Flower Moon,” arrives on the 7th. In your own garden. inRuence, Qres set by lightning quickly color. Strawberries are the Qrst crop ready most areas of the northern hemisphere, Varieties are cross bred to get speciQc eliminated trees and brush. Indians for harvest in most temperate regions. Rowers are abundant in late spring. results. Some strawberries can be larger frequently burned the groundcover around When they are ready to be picked, it is a Blossoms of brilliant color burst forth in than your hand, others come in a rainbow their villages to make hunting and traveling signal that scarcity is about to give way to both tree and meadow. Thus the name of colors like blue, yellow, purple, and even easier. abundance. And, that is cause to of May’s moon, the Full Flower Moon. black! The purple strawberries have an odd When European settlers arrived and celebrate! There are scores of strawberry May also marks the end of hard frost, plum style of taste and the white began farming, they often abandoned their festivals, and most have long, storied making this the time of year when strawberries taste like pineapple! agricultural Qelds after the soil nutrients histories of community involvement, farmers begin to seed their Qelds. This ❤ ❤ ❤ were depleted, a practice that also integration of all people into the led to May’s moon also being known as Strawberry varieties found in Ohio: encouraged a strawberry-friendly enjoyment, and fun activities. the Full Corn Planting Moon. Delite, Earliglow, Guardian, Kent, environment. Early travelers and writers Holland, Ohio, located near the western Ironically, June's Full Moon is called Lateglow, Lester, Midway, Redchief, described locations with hundreds of acres area of Toledo, has strong community the Strawberry Moon! Surecrop, Tribute, Tristar. of strawberries that Rourished in these roots and booming businesses which favorable conditions. began in the 1860s with a blacksmith The fact that the ground-hugging plant shop, general store and hardware store. STRAWBERRY PATENTS produces berries that appear to be Holland was named in 1867 and California is a leading producer of both scattered or “strewn” among the leaves, led incorporated in 1923. The citizens of fresh and processed strawberries, to the idea that the original name was Holland held the very Qrst Strawberry providing more than 87 percent of the “strewberry,” which evolved into strawberry. Festival in 1938. It is now held every June strawberries consumed in North Before the name “strawberry” became in Homecoming Park. This event features America. California strawberry distributors, popular, the fruit was known to colonial a parade, amusement rides and, of course, Qle complaints in federal court frequently Americans as the “scarlet berry.” The Qrst strawberry edibles including desserts. MAY BIRTHDAYS against each other alleging patent settlers quickly discovered that the fruit While much has changed since a group of infringement and conversion of its had an attractive color, a delicious taste, strawberry farmers organized the Qrst Linda M. 5/4 proprietary strawberry varieties. Strawberry and - as the scientiQc name implies- Qlled Holland Strawberry festival, one thing has William G. 5/7 varieties developed at UC Davis, California the air with a pleasing fragrance. Open not: the strawberries. Berry Cultivars, and Driscoll’s generate $2.5 Donna B. 5/10 Qelds of wild strawberries attracted Join us for our own Mini Strawberry billion a year. Norma H. 5/30 numerous people to the colonial version of Festival at the Glendale on May 27th! pick-your-own berry farms.