Here’s a fact to drop at your next brunch to sound like a genius: a strawberry isn’t a berry. Botanically speaking, it’s a “false fruit,” or an aggregate accessory fruit. Those tiny seeds on the outside? Those are the real fruits, called achenes. You are basically cutting up a swollen receptacle that’s mugged a bunch of tiny nuts for their juice. You monster.
Also, strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. That means you’re never actually “de-seeding” a strawberry unless you’re a maniac with tweezers. And don’t wash them until you’re ready to cut! Wet strawberries get soggy and sad faster than a goldfish at a funeral. Rinse, dry gently on a towel, then chop.
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One more fun fact: there are over 600 varieties of strawberries, but the grocery store only sells one or two. You are almost certainly cutting a Fragaria × ananassa, which is a hybrid of two American species. That’s right—your strawberry is a tiny, delicious immigrant story. Celebrate its journey by not mangling it with a butter knife.
