What I thought were wild strawberries were not
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52199)
Staten Island, New York
August 27, 2020 11:20am CST
I went to a nearby park yesterday for some hiking. While there I spotted what looked like a wild strawberry. They are my favorite berries. I got very excited and started looking for more. I managed to find a handful of them.
When I got home, ready to eat them, I smelled them but there was no smell. I washed one berry and tried it. It was firm, dry, and tasteless. I found that shocking.
I looked it up online and found out that these were not wild strawberries but mock (fake) strawberries. These are odorless, tasteless, firm, and dry. And they don’t have seeds on the outside like wild strawberries do. Supposedly, they are not poisonous and are okay to eat, but why do that when there is no taste or juiciness. I threw them out.
I had no idea that there are berries that look like wild strawberries but are not. Now I know. Lesson learned! So much for wild strawberries...
The picture is of the mock strawberries.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
27 Aug 20
@lovebuglena That's all that counts!
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
@DianneN And I was doing that with hubby so that was even better.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
Well, I had fun searching for them, so that's a good thing.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
You sure they weren't the real thing?
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
Nope. And I don't know 100% that nothing will happen after I eat them. Better not chance it, especially if they are tasteless and flavorless.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 20
@lovebuglena That's true - you don't want to get hives or something. But it must've been fun picking them anyway.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Aug 20
@much2say Yeah. I really enjoyed myself. It was exciting finding one and then another and another... And I wanted to keep on looking, even after hubby said it's time to go. Perhaps it is good that I had no idea they were not wild strawberries because I would have missed out on the fun of searching for them. I wouldn't have picked them up had I know there were not good to eat.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
They have no taste or flavor at all.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Aug 20
@kanuck1 Could be. Some of them that were supposed to have the berries were empty.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Aug 20
I'm just glad to hear that they are not poisonous, since you went ahead and tasted one.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Aug 20
I tasted it and spit it out. No point in swallowing tasteless, flavorless berries.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Aug 20
They look like wild strawberries, which is different than strawberries.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Aug 20
Yep. And I spent a lot of time looking for them. Hubby helped too.
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
28 Aug 20
I've never heard of these before. Interesting. Have a great Friday.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Aug 20
Now thinking about it, I think I've seen them in that same park last year. But I don't remember if I had picked them up or not.
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