Mission to Save the Strawberry Tops!

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Permalink Reply by Charles on July 6, 2008 at 8:36pm

So does this mission include us saving them and shipping them to you?

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Permalink Reply by Kendra on July 6, 2008 at 9:34pm

LOL - can you imagine?

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Permalink Reply by Jef on July 6, 2008 at 10:44pm

Maybe you should dehydrate them first so they "keep"> :)

Funny, after strawberry picking with a friend several weeks ago, she called and wanted to know if you could eat the tops! I'll have to tell her!

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Permalink Reply by Pink Lady Apple on July 6, 2008 at 11:09pm

I just throw the whole strawberry into my smoothies, never removing the green stem. Added greens to my smoothie :)

Sorry, too selfish to keep them and send them off to you :)

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on July 8, 2008 at 1:05am

I just eat the tops along with the berries. I used to give organic tops to the iguanas.

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Permalink Reply by sunnied on July 7, 2008 at 4:48pm

I went to Tampa for the 4th and [obviously] didn't use my blender in the car ride over so I just popped strawberries (with tops) in my mouth. I've always been anti-waste and raw foods are only proving to accentuate this. Good to know that they actually have nutritional value.

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Permalink Reply by Peggy on July 7, 2008 at 4:56pm

I've also made tea with them. I know... not raw, but I used to save them and make a strawberry leaf/raspberry leaf tea to balance me out every month.

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Permalink Reply by Jef on July 7, 2008 at 11:20pm

So is that what strawberry leaves are? I thought they were the ones on the plant. Do you know if those work for "strawberry leaf" to add to tea too?

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Permalink Reply by Peggy on July 8, 2008 at 10:30am

I don't know what is sold in stores. I have heard that raspberry leaf isn't the berry plant leaves but a different plant. I don't know for sure though. I always bought the raspberry leaf part, which is the part that is balancing for women. The strawberry was added because I like it and they go well together.

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Permalink Reply by Jef on July 9, 2008 at 2:57pm

i saw there is strawberry leaf in "pregnancy" tea, so that's why I wondered. I got some to put in "women's tonic" tea mix.

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Permalink Reply by Rawdia on July 7, 2008 at 5:21pm

I thought they had nutritional value! I started to eat them in my first green smoothie and my mom was like "EW OMG ARE YOU GOING TO EAT THAT" and it scared me so I threw them away... :(

But not next time!

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Permalink Reply by Charles on July 9, 2008 at 10:34am

You should say that same exact line back to your mom next time you see her eating a donut or something like that.

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