You can taste May's rain in July's strawberries
Your strawberries are not as sweet as usual? Blame the rain.
Quebec strawberries — known for their sugary, even cotton-candy like sweetness — are missing their signature taste so far this season. Producers say the rainier than normal weather since the growing season began is to blame.
“They look good, but they’re not as sweet as usual,” said Charles Gingras, one of the owners of Chez Louis, a store at the Jean Talon market. “That’s all the water (rainfal
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