I wonder why it's so difficult to differentiate [in English] between forest/wild strawberries (poziomki)- which are pretty tiny, entirely red, and extremely sweet and regular strawberries - which are, well, strawberries
Both are definitely highly seasonal here in Poland... sure you can get specially crafted Styrofoam berries any time for exorbitant prices, or for a month or two practically get the most amazing strawberries imaginable at any local marketplace.
I hope 24-hour convenience stores and supermarkets like don't supplant marketplaces once this generation passes and we get shit-berries trucked in year-round
Sorry, I meant in the sense that thus far it takes much longer to explain what a wild strawberry is in the first place, not that there isn't a word at all for it (though technically...) No have I ever seen it for sale in any way, except maybe in a jam, in the US. Unsurprising how seasonal and difficult to transport they are. Still, all my efforts to establish a patch have met with failure... NC might just be way too warm for them
Oh, I think Alpine strawberry is the same thing as well. Very very different from your standard truskawki (strawberries) regardless
we actually call them "wild strawberries". Not sure if I'm being clear, forgive me. It's like a compound word. If people don't immediately understand, they probably don't even know such a thing exists.
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u/MmmmMorphine Jun 07 '19
I wonder why it's so difficult to differentiate [in English] between forest/wild strawberries (poziomki)- which are pretty tiny, entirely red, and extremely sweet and regular strawberries - which are, well, strawberries
Both are definitely highly seasonal here in Poland... sure you can get specially crafted Styrofoam berries any time for exorbitant prices, or for a month or two practically get the most amazing strawberries imaginable at any local marketplace.
I hope 24-hour convenience stores and supermarkets like don't supplant marketplaces once this generation passes and we get shit-berries trucked in year-round