$24.99 Strawberries

Wow, that's a lot for french fries. Wild!

@PhredWreck Dang - that much? Food is going up just like gas prices .

@PhredWreck prices worldwide are soaring like crazy.

Right - I cannot justify paying that much for fruit !

Ok, now that might work. I wonder who else would be willing to get in on this ! I'd want to take one to plant the seeds . . . think I can grow some? With your gardening expertise . . . maybe we could!!

@much2say As long as the berries are ripe, we could try it and see. Something should grow.

@DaddyEvil You are going to roll your eyes on this one: So I saw a video on taking half a strawberry and just throwing it in the soil. I did that but with a bunch of strawberries that were getting kinda bad - just for the heck of it - in a medium container. They were planted pretty close together. Initially nothing happened, but then all this green sprouted - oh yah, a lot of somethings started growing. It was a jungle and all were competing for space . . . eventually none survived. Yep - another one of my "experiments" .

I wouldn't pay even half of that, nor even a quarter of it for that matter. I've had tasty strawberries without paying that kind of price!!

@much2say I have, too. Even if I did have the money, I do believe it could be better spent.

@MarieCoyle I think so too. This is a luxury item - totally unnecessary to have (or eat!).

At this price, I would expect them to be absolutely perfect - but what does that mean because we can find perfectly good "normal" strawberries at a "normal" price . Yes, Japanese products can be crazy expensive.

@much2say - I would bring back any strawberry that is not perfect at that price. They also have the white strawberries (white Jewels) sold at $ 10 each. I seeded and I got nothing.

@LadyDuck Ohhhh, that was another one they were selling but I didn't catch the price. I know other stores (non-Japanese) have stocked them too. I don't know if it's the same as the one you mentioned, but they look like underripe regular strawberries. I saw some comments about that and someone said they taste like underripe strawberries too . $10 . Not even a teeny sprout??

I would think they are imported - though I think they are expensive in Japan as well. If you were my guest here, I think I would splurge and buy them so we both could try it out together!!

@much2say I would go halves on it with you

@RebeccasFarm I would take care of my guest - this one would be on me .

Our jaws did drop . Oh thank you for looking that up - I didn't realize it was an acronym. The word for sweet is "amai", so I thought it was a play on that.

@much2say In fact,I know nothing about Japanese ,though there are many Chinese characters in it.

@changjiangzhibin89 There are same and similar characters used, but the grammar is completely different. This is off topic a bit, but I got into watching another Chinese singing show. Two singers sang a duet and I liked the song . . . I wanted to look for further information or videos about it. The only clue I had about it was the title . . . which was in Chinese characters . . . but I knew it because I could read it (same as Japanese). It was "water" and "hand" - shui shou . . . which later I found was the word for "sailor".

Wow you tried them!!! Ohhhh, I would have thought they would be sweet to a perfection. Interesting, I guess I would have to try them for myself (not sure how I would have that opportunity except to actually buy them). Did they have the green part on them (these are upside down and I didn't even check).

@much2say Yes, just like strawberry on sale for 3.99. But these gourmet food, is very pricey.

@oahuwriter Crazy pricey. Did you see that box of Crown Melon? I didn't check that out thoroughly . . . but I sure wouldn't pay 199.00 for that .

You and I are bargain hunters . . . we could get a whole lot more for that price . . . lots of snack cakes .

@much2say We could eat for a week on $25 And eat well.

@JimBo452020 Right - these would only last for 1 dessert!

When they are in season, they can be so wonderfully tasty - and not cost an arm and a leg. How much of it do you grow in your garden? We have 3 plants in a pot . . . small and does not yield much, but pretty sweet. I love picking them straight from the farm though - they certainly can grow produce better than I can - that's why I'd kinda be afraid of planting these strawberry seeds - which could be an expensive loss too . Ohhhh, your strawberry desserts sound divine. And 3 pounds of asparagus for that price - wow, that's very cheap!!

@much2say I have an 8x8 raised bed filled with strawberries. I get two crops per year. I have several different types all mixed together from thirty plus years here. I usually get several quarts every year. I lost the first crop last year because some bluejays were nesting in the climbing roses directly above the bed. Evil birds. I grow asparagus too but I kind of neglected the bed and it doesn't produce as much as it once did. I'd like to try and grow that variety of strawberries too. I wonder if seeds or plants are available somewhere online. Hmmm.

@Vikingswest1 You seem to be quite the farmer! That's a nice sized raised bed dedicated to strawberries. It must look amazing by summer ! My little pot has miraculously lasted about 5 years now . . . besides our little yield, the squirrels seem to help themselves. Yah, I have heard of the birds stealing them . . . bluejays are quick !! I honestly don't even know what asparagus plants look like . Wow, just how many garden beds do you have? Serious green thumb! I don't know, but I did read that these strawberries are slow-grown, whatever that exactly means. We figured they were somehow grown in controlled areas (we saw a docu on the many farms in Japan that are under huge greenhouse tents - perfect looking produce!).

Right - for that price, I want to find a nice prize inside - or maybe see fireworks come out !

@much2say Me too lol

@Gillygirl

And we absolutely didn't!!

@much2say , Good for you

@marlina

But you could use them on that cheesecake for your neighbor .

@much2say Yes I could. An expensive cheesecake.

@CarolDM VERY expensive !

We could get tasty strawberries for much, much less!!

@much2say I bought a pound carton at Aldi for 1.69 . That’s more my style.

@RubyHawk That's a great price! Here, I think it was something like 2.59 (yesterday at our Aldi).

I don't even know if these are organic . . . if they're not, I don't even want to know how much the organic ones would be .

I think I'm good with the ones I buy, at least they're under $10.

@rebelann I do think organic berries taste much better - none of the chemical taste - bleh.

WAY too much !

@much2say I hope they tasted good

@KityCat We didn't buy them . . . but maybe someone else did . We just ate strawberries that were a lot cheaper - and they were sweet and tasty enough .

Can you get strawberries there? But of course at a "normal" price . . . I would never pay that much for fruit.

@much2say yes, but strawberries here aren't sweet imported from China.

@cacay1 Ah, if it's imported then it must be kinda expensive too.

These were discounted, supposedly , but these are way too much for strawberries!

@much2say They are really a little expensive

It's crazy, right? For that price I would hope to have unlimited refills!

@much2say i think yes. dear god...

We are too frugal - we wouldn't even touch these!! It is a luxury . . . but I wonder how luxurious these really are . . . can these possibly be sweeter than the sweetest strawberries we've ever had ???

@much2say I hear you.