Pineberry
Fragaria × ananassa · Berry
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The pineberry is the white strawberry — a small, pale, almost ghostly berry that ripens not to scarlet but to creamy white or the faintest blush pink, dotted all over with red rather than yellow seeds, so it looks like a strawberry photographed in negative. Its draw is the aroma: soft, sweet and unmistakably pineapple-like over a delicate wild-strawberry sweetness, which is where the marketing name pineberry comes from.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Red to the capBuy itIt hulls and slices cleanly for tarts and salads, and keeps a few days in the fridge.
ColourRed over the whole surface
SmellSweet when you lift the lid
FleshFirm, barely yields
StemGreen and fresh, lying flat
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What you get from one
94%
Edible part
12 g · cap off
13 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Vented, never sealed wet
Airflow