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Wild Strawberries

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Hiya

I have a garden full of wild strawberries and just wondered if I could do anything with them? Can you eat them?

thanks

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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    You certainly can eat them ;) Best thing is just to serve them up in a bowl with sugar and cream. You may not want too much sugar depending how sweet they are.
  • How about making a flan with them (mmm love strawberry flan), or make a smoothie, or maybe your own jam :confused:

    Wish I had a garden full of wild strawberries, wouldn't be able to do anything with them cuz DS and his mates would have probably eaten them before I got my hands on them :rotfl: :rotfl:

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  • jennybb
    jennybb Posts: 228 Forumite
    Mmmm divine - they are too good to make jam or anything out - i'd eat them as they are or with a bit of cream
  • Miró
    Miró Posts: 7,120 Forumite
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    I tried making jam with them once thinking it would be something really special....it wasn't!!!! :o Best eaten as they are!!
  • Justamum
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    We have wild strawberries in our garden, but the fruit is so small it's not worth picking. You would need an awful lot to make anything from them.

    We do have loads of raspberries though, so I might make some jam from them. I've still got pounds in the freezer from last year, so don't want to end up with a freezer full!
  • Bexstars
    Bexstars Posts: 365 Forumite
    thanks everyone!

    we have hundreds and hundreds so would probably take me ages to pick enough to make anything with them! At least I now that I cen let my 17 month old loose on the garden now and not worry about her eating them which she has been trying to do :D
  • looby-loo_2
    looby-loo_2 Posts: 1,566 Forumite
    Ours never reach the house! Much too tasty
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  • powie69
    powie69 Posts: 297 Forumite
    I have a patch of wild strawberries in my garden, and in the past I have done the following with them:

    Made a rhubarb and wild strawberry crumble.

    Frozen the berries, and used them as "ice-cubes" in a glass of fizzy peach archers:D .

    Put them in jam recipes

    Used then in a strawberry jelly, and on a trifle (for decoration).
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  • meanmarie
    meanmarie Posts: 5,331 Forumite
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    We have lots of these and I find that, if left to their own devices, they get bigger each year. They are a lot less trouble, IMHO than cultivated strawberries which seem much more prone to be savaged by birds and snails. They aren't, I think, great for cooking with but are delicious just as they come off the plant, or with cream, ice-cream or yogurt.

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