So che è davvero tardi. Ma quando quest’estate ho assaggiato le fragole norvegesi (norske jordbær), sono rimasta davvero delusa. Insapore e per nulla dolce. L’ho comprato solo nei negozi di alimentari, quindi forse è per questo?
Ma quando ho parlato con il mio partner norvegese, anche loro hanno concordato che le fragole di quest’anno sono state deludenti, e hanno detto che di solito non è così. Qualche pensiero? Ho sentito dire che le fragole estive qui non vengono raccolte quando non sono legate per “massimizzare i profitti”, ma in un certo senso mi è sembrato così.
Modifica: sto parlando di quelle fragole etichettate come “norske jordbær” nei negozi di alimentari quest’estate 2024.
Modifica 2 – a quanto pare c’era un articolo su quanto fossero pessime le fragole di quest’anno! https://www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/norske-jordbaer_-hvorfor-smaker-de-ikke-like-godt-som-for_-1.16952511
Norwegian Strawberries disappointing?
byu/notgivingupprivacy inNorway
di notgivingupprivacy
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Grocery store strawberries are usually imported from the Netherlands and are picked while unripe, so they have less flavor than farm fresh strawberries.
Buy from a farm dude, not the grocery store that imports them
Gotta get them when they’re in season.
Maybe if you just called them local?
It’s like nobody is reading your post…
They’re usually great! But if you have the patience, the tiny wild ones punch you in the face with flavor
Well, I dont know where you buy yours, but I buy mine frome a local producer, Landrø in Lensvik. They are the most consistant framers I have found. There are huge differences all over the country.
Don’t judge all strawberries on just one type you tasted in a store. There are different types, different growing regions and different ways to grow them.
> I know this is really late. But when I tasted the Norwegian strawberries (norske jordbær) this summer, I was really disappointed. Tasteless and not sweet at all.
Chances are that you didn’t taste _real_ Norwegian strawberries.
Back in the day, Norwegians would go out into strawberry fields (that lasted “forever”), and pick a few cases of ripe berries. They were sweet like nothing else, and every kid between the ages of three and ninety-three would come home with red face, red fingers, and enough strawberries to last a winter.
With self-picking mostly being a thing of the past, berries are picked too soon – even if we aren’t quite at the stage Americans are, who pick them when they’re still white inside. They’re instead picked at the stage where they’re not _really_ ripe, but have just gotten the right color.
Back when I was a kid, what is sold in grocery stores these days, we would have classified as a crime against strawberries. I have, for the most part stopped eating strawberries. (Also because I think the prices, at least this summer, were on the brink of being criminally extortionate)
As a consequence of this, I have also mostly stopped eating strawberry jam, because it’s increasingly just strawberry-colored cane sugar.
I tend to buy “norske jordbær” from stalls that are typically set up near gas stations during the summer. They’re generally very sweet, but the taste and sweetness can vary quite significantly from one basket to another one based on ripeness and whatnot.
I also thought the strawberries were disappointing this year. Interesting that you had the same perception
I am Norwegian and I feel the same way. Not only have imported strawberries become better, Norwegian strawberries are not as good as they used to be.
I am not expert, but I read on Aftenposten or somewhere, that Norwegian strawberries used to be grown in fields and when they had soaked up enough sun, they were picked and rushed to market. That is still how some strawberries are grown, but according to the article more Norwegian strawberries are now grown on horizontal shelves or in greenhouses etc, new technology that makes production better, but you get less of the old school berries we used to enjoy.
And if you think about it, we all judge strawberries by the lowest price when we buy, very few ask about the type of strawberry or how it was made. Most buy it if it is really cheap, no matter how they taste less than they used to.
Agree! Noticed this too. The ones from Netherlands held up pretty well compared to the Norwegian ones this year taste wise. And comes very early as well – price is better also on the imported.
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