7 Day Deals Australian Strawberries 250g $1.00 @ ALDI
Mod: Users in NSW/ACT reporting they are $1.49, users also reporting it's at selected stores only. Possibly the $1 price is only in QLD stores.
Australian Strawberries 250g $1.00 @ ALDI (QLD Only?)
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Generally the case with strawberries I find these days. Rarely do we get tasty ones.
The ones I got from my local fruit shop the week before were fantastic, but were $4
for 250gthey were slightly bigger, maybe 350g ?U are right on comrade. Waste of cash buying most strawbs in Oz Unless you get real lucky. They are hard lacking taste and sweetness. In a weak moment and I see some on special I cut em up and mix with some sorbitol or glucose and put on stove. Then turn heat off so they slowly stew. Its not the same as having proper strawberries but something to add to the plain yogurt. The producers need a real roasting from the Consumer people because they are not what we are paying for.
A lot are grown in hydroponic industrial set ups and are selected to remain hard to allow easier handling and transport. Even ones grown in soil mainly in Queensland are boosted to death. Artificial fertilisers and water woosho up they come but not enough time to develop a natural sweetness.Dont forget those that are grown in hydroponic conditions can have pesticide solution added to the water supply with the fertiliser.
Last decent strawberry I ate was in South Canterbury south of Christchurch. Home garden low heat slow to ripen soft and oh so sweet.
Youngsters of today don't know what good tasting veges are. Eg Swede, brussels cucumbers etc all different in England or NZ.
Stop eating sweets and you'll be able to taste the strawberries again
I don't eat sweets.
taste some heirloom varieties and they're as sweet as lollies and more flavoursome. The commercial varieties have been developed for appearance, transportability and shelf life not taste. Even the better ones you occasionally get at green grocers pale in comparison to less commercial varieties that were developed for flavour and sweetness.
taste some heirloom varieties and they're as sweet as lollies and more flavoursome.
who sells them?
@jv: Think the only place you might be able to get them is a berry farm that lets you pick your own.. or if you want to buy the seeds and plant them yourself. You also might have some luck at farmer's markets.
As soon as you pick one up you'll realise why supermarkets can't warehouse and stock them.. they're usually quite soft, juicy and easy to squish compared to the firm commercially grown ones.
they're usually quite soft, juicy and easy to squish
Also smell divine, the ones in supermarkets have no smell and taste like acidic water.
Same with tomatoes.
@jv: You grow them yourself - best way of getting decent strawberries. Smaller, but heaps of flavour. I used to be a member of the Diggers Club which sells all of the heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetables.
I didn't think strawberries were supposed to be sweet. They are technically a tart/tangy/acidic fruit, like oranges. They actually pair well with creme fraiche, sour cream and (believe it or not) balsamic vinegar. They tend to be prepared by smothering them with sugar to counteract the acidity.
@endotherm:
Chat to elderly people from Europe who remember the strawberries they ate before supermarket supple/distribution chains took over. Or anyone who ate strawberries in Japan. Or even try some wild alpine strawberries. All of these, you'll find, are extremely aromatic and far sweeter than what you can buy commercially (which makes them match well to acidic condiments by way of contrast). A lot of the fruit you buy these days are very acidic, but this is a new development in the history of strawberry cultivation.In fact in an heirloom patch the only strawberries that will taste similar to the supermarket ones are ones that are picked underripe - they'll be similarly firm in texture, acidic, low in sugar and lacking in aroma/flavour.
Which leads to the other cause of the problem - commercially strawberries are generally picked slightly underripe because it makes them even easier to transport.
commercially strawberries are generally picked slightly underripe
Strawberries don't ripen after picking though, so how do they get them so red?
@jv: I don't think they pick them when they're totally green.. just not quite ripe.. don't know if they can redden them with ethylene or if they're a variety that goes red before the sugars have fully developed… they definitely taste underripe though.
I grabbed a punnet yesterday and they were pretty good, I've had better but I've had much worse. Plus there were no hidden manky ones in the punnet which was a nice change.
Money for Jam
Probably rubbish. They breed them so they look big and red and shiny, not for taste.
I've heard of lemons going at it but I'm pretty sure they grow strawberries
Plant breeding is the art and science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics.
Breeding in general is sexual reproduction that produces offspring. The process applies to animals and plants.
It's all about the smell, you can normally smell if they are sweet or not. Same thing with mango's and peaches.
Coles has some now, 3 x 250g for $4
taste crap though.
Tastes nice to me. There seem to be two types, small ones and big ones, with three different brands.
I also tried yesterday, they taste nothing, was thinking about return but I have finished them all.
What's that? You want strawberry? Well how about RAWBERRY?!?
Chocolate? SHOCKLATE!
One of the shops has had them @$1.99 per 500g punnet for a month now - velly velly sweet
Correction, berry berry sweet.
The last few times I've checked Aldi strawberries they didn't look that great. The ones from Woolies have been especially tasty though. Bit pricier at $1.75 for 200g or so if I remember correctly.
$1.80 for 250gm at Woolies at the moment. Price details came through in an email. Supposedly save $3.10.
My email says $1.90. (I'm in Sydney.)
That Sydney cost of living strikes again!
saving of $ 3.50
indeed
Wollworths must believe we are all idiots because so many choose to shop there
Good price, but I hope the farmers get paid fairly.
hopefully its one of those situations where they make a slight loss or break even as they hope you will purchase more products in store.
The local growers sell em 3 kg tray for $5 at local market :)
Farmers get paid fairly
Illegally paying backpackers to pick them for them @$5 an hour.
backpackers usually get meals and accommodation included as well.
but yes, they still get screwed.
Do they taste crap because they are not organic?
I always appreciate some expensive water.
How Australian are they?
You are berry special…
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Selected stores only. Not available at Melbourne CBD
Nor Chatswood NSW
$1.49 @ North Sydney
The last time I bought something 'fresh' from Aldi it turned out to be rotten upon opening (chicken). Not sure I'd trust their strawberries.
N=1 is a poor sample size and Aldi has very generous return policies in addition to your example which is clearly covered by Aus statute.
$1.49 in nsw.
Ditto - $1.49 @ Leichhardt.
Ditto
the title should be changed to qld.
Our local grocery store 'Farmer CHarlies' had 500g for 1.29 last week (2.60 a kilo) and they were amongst the sweetest,tastiest strawberries I've ever had.
This strawberry season has been awesome I have tasted some very good strawberries from woolies and Coles. The citrus variety is also pretty amazing. Much better than previous years.
My local aldi sell for $1.29 so not available at all store
Same here.
Does aldi strawberries taste better than COles?
Yep, $1.49 in Majura Park ACT. Had to tell my mum I made a mistake reading the post.
sunny coast strawberry heaven :)
oh cool $1.20 for 250g at Woolworths, think this is the cheapest for NSW
How do they taste though?
Got some from Coles the other day, 2 for $3. They looked great but had no flavour…