Ever Wondered About Food Series Four
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- Episode
- Berries
- Broadcast Info
- 2006 (29 mins)
- Description
- Did you know a strawberry isn’t technically a berry, but grapes and kiwi fruits are? Botanists and chefs may quibble over definitions but the fruit we think of as berries are more popular than ever - last year almost five and a half million tonnes of them were produced world wide. Succulent, sweet and sometimes sharp they tempted early man, seduced Louis XIV and are now entrancing us as a superfood. Paul Merrett discovers how the strawberry went from a tiddler to a giant and how the gooseberry may have got its name. In the kitchen he makes fast and fabulous berry muffins, as well as the ultimate summer pudding. There’s a berry race to see just which one is best for you, and we reveal how it’s now possible to buy these seasonal fruits every month of the year.
berries strawberry gooseberry Louis XIV - Genre
- Nutrition; Science
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The Open University, "Ever Wondered About Food Series Four". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/7325 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)