I'd rather have tasty strawberries than perfectly shaped tasteless strawberries

Fact 1 - Fruit need warm temperature and sunlight to grow nice and sweet.
Fact 2 - England doesn't offer much of those two factors.

Brilliant reduced price for something that is perfectly fine. This is one item I'd hoped was added to the supermarkets 'wonky' ranges

75p obviously, not pounds! Can't....seem....to.....edit.

I think you have the price wrong in your title! - £75 seems a bit steep!

imperfect......what those tasteless Spanish ones.

I'd rather have tasty strawberries than perfectly shaped tasteless strawberries

I haven't had "super tasty" strawberries for about 35 years, from Chile, Israel, Spain OR England. The texture of radishes but sour with a slight hint of sugar is about as good as they get, at least these are cheaper :-(

Thats a long time to wait for a decent strawberry! What about those lovely sweet sherbet like ones you get, I love them.

Brilliant reduced price for something that is perfectly fine. This is one item I'd hoped was added to the supermarkets 'wonky' ranges

They may be sweet, but I am old enough to remember strawberries not having a "crunch" like a Granny Smith apple when you eat them! You can leave them, but they never get to the soft stage, just to rotten.

need to grow your own, they always taste better :smiley:

a lot depends on the variety you buy these are elsante which are in my opinion one of the best imperfect or 1st grade

700g for £1 at Morrisons so cold for me

got some a couple of days ago nice :smiley:

i was in morrisons yesterday and apparently they do 'wonky' cauliflower, nearly half the price of regular collie.

This is why I love our polish strawberries! <3 bought during the season (definitely not in april!), on the street market or the side of the road, grown in the sun, each of a different shape! :wink:

​​​This is why I love our polish strawberries! <3 ​bought during the season (definitely not in april!), on the street market or the side of the road, grown in the sun, each of a different shape! :wink:

I would nominate Elsanta as the absolute worst variety.

I replied to your first post, before you corrected it.

I've had these too, very sweet, lovely strawberries, just a bit oddly shaped.

Shocking to think what happened them before? I've had a few punnets and they are grand, odd shaped and a little green at the tops but grown in the UK

T'was a joke, hence the smiley face.

Fact 1 - Fruit need warm temperature and sunlight to grow nice and sweet.
Fact 2 - England doesn't offer much of those two factors.

English strawberries always taste better than the Spanish ones.

Jeez, super fact man, you're hard to please. We all think they were really tasty, kids have eaten 2 punters this week, will definitely be back for more.

posted this other day haha

Not online what a shame

400G Strawberries online for £1.35

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292248060

I still have a very old strawberry plant that I got cuttings off and have kept repotting the off shoots...there amazing

These were posted a few days ago
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tesco-perfectly-imperfect-strawberry-s-227g-just-75p-2440412

How strange, it didn't seem come up in the search I did.

good find op, heat added

My daughter (who is two, so hardly a strawberry expert) thinks these are great. I chop them up for her, so it really doesn't matter what shape they are and it's a good way of getting her 7 a day. What's not to like.

Yeah till you cut them open and their white inside, avoid tesco strawbs as they are picked too early, money grabbing b++++++$!

Had these with cheap bubbles. Sweet as.

225g works out more expensive than most other shops 'Normal' Strawberries. I thought they had stopped with the rip off prices.

No they don't. Morrisons have a fab offer on of £1 for 300g, this works out more or less the same price as 75p for 225g! I've had both and prefer the imperfect English ones.

​i second that. elsanta are tasteless and grown as an early crop. Wait a week....eat vibrant

but they're perfectly imperfect

tried these today and they're delicious. ugly but delicious. yes its a bit of a rip price wise for the quantity but I only buy food for myself so a smaller quantity means bone go to waste

It used to manage to ripen it perfectly well in the 60s and 70s; even further north, Scotland was a centre of fruit production too, no-one rates that for blistering long lasting summers and long daylight hours.
The trick was using varieties that tasted of something and that grew in the season they are meant to grow, not for most of the spring and autumn too. We get quantity, firmness to cope with processing and long shelf-life; not ripeness, soft texture and intense taste.

It is notable that Spain where it has those factors produces some of the poorest strawberries you can buy.

So now the supermarkets are selling us "wonky" or whatever the hell they want to call food that was only fit for the bin a year a go. 75p for a few dodgy looking strawbs. Why not sell them for 35p?

Btw ive always been in favour of selling miss shaped fruits etc but at a much reduced price not near normal prices.

Whats next? Meat thats just slightly off for slightly less than the godd fresh meat ?

As long as they call it wonky or some other trendy name they will probably get away with it.
Anyone want to buy some "green" chicken ? It was really fresh last week so it will be ok and nviromentall friendly too!

Oh to have a garden....

Can't tell if serious....

I think the ones which are like perfect shape are just fine. They have some nice juicy taste rather than tart/sour or no taste other expensive ones.