1. Strawberries For
Your Health
Strawberries are as attractive on the outside as their insides - they are
filled with many necessary nutrients a body needs. No wonder they are
crowned "Queen of Fruits".
2. • Strawberries are also chosen as perfect ingredients
for salads, smoothies, bread, cakes and desserts,
especially fondues. Due to their bright, appealing
appearance,chefs also like to use them as decorations to
enhance the presentation of dishes, making them more
appetizing to the guests.
Strawberries
3. • It was believed that the word "strawberry" did not exist until 1538.
During the harvest time, children would pick the fruits and string them
on straws of grass to be sold, thus the fruit was named "strawberry".
• In the olden days, strawberries originated from the wilderness of Europe
and America. Wild strawberries are small and tend to bear fruits only
during month of June. But now the berries we buy today are much bigger
in size because they had been cross-pollinated by scientists over the
years. The scientists crossbred the wild species with the Chilean
strawberries which were so much bigger in size than the wild berries.
How Strawberry Get its
Name?
4. • Strawberries are the only known fruit to have their seeds outside,
with an average of 200 seeds per fruit.Strawberries leaves and roots
can be used for medicinal purposes such as treating diarrhea,
indigestion and gout. You'll find strawberries leaves in blended herbal
teas. The fruit juice is also useful in soothing sunburns, cure skin
blemishes and remove discolouration on the teeth.
• Nutrients found in strawberries include vitamin A, C and B6, fiber,
potassium, folate and various antioxidants and flavonoids. Your
immune system needs these fighters to protect against diseases
related to heart and cancers.
Nutritional Properties in
Strawberries
5. • Because strawberries are highly effective in fighting oxidation
activity, they are ranked the top among 12 fruits that were
analyzed. The credits go to the high levels of polyphenols and
Vitamin C in strawberries.
• Antioxidants protect your body cells from damage by
carcinogens, the cancer-causing agents. They prohibit the
development of carcinogens and delay the tumors from
growing and expanding. It was tested that strawberry extracts
actually inhibits the growth of cancerous cells.
Strawberries' Health Benefits -
Fighter against Cancer
6. Ingredients:
• 6 lemon of the country250 G of strawberries of the red and firm countries 100 G of sugar
• 150 G of pectin
• 4 balls of lemon-yellow sorbet
• 8 macaroon parts
Method:
• Peel the bark of 2 lemons. Slice thinly the zests (recette crevette royale), bleach them with
cool water and drain. Put the zests to be preserved in a made up preparation with half of
water and half of sugar. Recover the lemon juice. Add 150 G of sugar and bring to a boil.
Add pectin, remade to boil, then foam. Wash strawberries, remove the stalk and cut them in
districts.
Salad of strawberries and
lemon