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Originally Posted by allen73
Regardless of what variety, I heard that the alpine varieties are always much tastier (sweeter) than standard non-alpine strawberry.
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I'm not sure they're sweeter (in fact I think they're probably less sweet), but it's a very intense flavour, overlain with an almost scented taste. As an addition to yogurt, salads etc, or eaten a few at a time straight from the plant, they're great, but I find a full bowl of them overwhelming.
They retain their taste very well when frozen. I usually pick all I can find, leave them in the fridge for 2 days, and any not eaten go into the deepfreeze. We finished the last of last year's a few days ago.
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