Get the Juice on Berries

El verano está llegando a su fin, y con la entrada de la nueva estación, conoceremos en este post los diferentes tipos de frutas del bosque que te puedes encontrar en la campiña inglesa. Seguro que más de una vez te has echo un lío con los diferentes tipos de berries. Conozcamos a continuación, la variedad de estos jugosos frutos, que por cierto son muy tradicionales en los partidos de tennis de Wimbledon, normalmente acompañados con nata.... mmmmmm 

Strawberries

Strawberries are naturally sweet and can be served on their own.(solos/as) A popular summer day out in Britain involves a day in the countryside picking (cogiendo) strawberries. It is difficult to resist the temptation to eat them when you are picking! You can pick as many as you want and then pay for them when you leave. When buying strawberries in the supermarket, look for bright (llamativas) red ones and leave the green top on them until you are ready to eat them.

Going Blackberrying

Everybody loves free (gratis) food, and a large number of people go “blackberrying” in the autumn – looking in the hedgerows (seto vivo) for this dark, black berry. Until recently you could only find them in jam. Now, like most things, they are commercially grown (cultivados) but most people say that the ones collected in the countryside taste (saben) much better.

      

Raspberries

These are quite a delicate berry and when you buy them, make sure (asegúrate) that they are a bright colour and that there is no excess juice in the container. You can also buy them canned (enlatadas) and frozen.(congeladas)

To blow a raspberry: if you are not happy with something, for example your local football team, then you can show this by making a noise (ruido) which has a rude (grosero) sound! There are also some awards (premios) called the Golden Raspberry Awards or “Razzies”. These are the opposite of the Oscar Awards because the worst actors and film directors win them!

       

Blueberries

As their name suggests, blueberries are almost always blue, but they are occasionally black with a slight (ligero) silver colour on their skin.(piel) It is quite difficult to find fresh blueberries, but it is more and more common to find them in fruit juices. They are native to North America but are now being cultivated in other parts of the world, like Australia and South America.

Cranberries

What would Thanksgiving Day (Día de Acción de Gracias) be like without this berry that the Americans love so much? They serve them in a sauce (salsa) to go with the turkey. (pavo) The flavour (sabor) is sweet with a slightly acidic taste. You can buy them in a jar (tarro) or as a juice, and cranberries are especially recommended for the treatment of urinary infections. Cranberry juice added along with grapefruit juice to a measure of vodka makes a delicious refreshing cocktail called a Sea Breeze.