Where did the name come from for the strawberry? Now the name itself is a bit of a mystery. Researchers have often guessed that because the offspring from the main strawberry plant scattered around it, they had "strewn" runners. Hay was also harvested simultaneously with the blossoming of the ripe strawberries, and thus these berries that were ready when the haystraw was were coined as strawberries. The old English world for hay was streaw. Yet another interpretation of the story is that in order to stop the berries from rotting, farmers actually placed straw around the plants on the ground.
For a great number of kids, strawberry is the top choice. In fact, the USDA states that over half of kids in the United States say strawberries are their number one fruit pick. And believe it or not, the strawberry is related to the rose. They are members of the same family. This is yet another reason we see the connection between the act of giving delicacies like chocolate covered strawberries and roses as romantic gifts.
A lot of people love to indulge in strawberries during the spring and summer months It's often an reflection and remembrance of simpler and more carefree days past by. Chances are if you've eaten a lot of them on the farm, on the porch, dipped as chocolate covered treats, or cut up in a fresh fruit salad, that they came from California. Nearly 75% of all the strawberries in the US are grown in the Golden State. The next largest state producer is the sunshine state of Florida. But strawberry growing is primarily a West Coast-dominated endeavor.
So where did this marriage of chocolate and strawberry come from? There's a lot of berry fruits which don't have that enveloping allure and melding with the cacao bean richness. Some of it is simply the structure of the fruit. A strawberry has a large surface area. It's dense and the seeds help keep the chocolate a bit more focused on the berry.
A melon piece, for example, is certainly succulent and delicious. But it doesn't have the surface that allows chocolate to stay put as well. It's also much more watery. It works, but it's not a perfect match. Really, the chocolate covered strawberry is still the king. The combination of red and black is also deeply sensuous. It's something that psychologically lines up with romance, passion, emotion, and intensity. This combo won't be knocked off the top ranks anytime soon as a perfect pairing for romantic evenings.
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