Would you put sugar on Strawberries?

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Just been to see a friend l haven't seen for ages.
( just to take her some old photos). She had 3 of her Grandkids there and was huling Strawberries.
Asked me if l wanted some.. l accepted. She divided between 5 bowls.. then got the sugar bowl and started spooning sugar on top.
I said no sugar for me please..
She looked at me as if l was mad .. handed me the bowl.
Her and three Grandkids ate their Strawberries with a good amount of sugar atop each one.
Anyone else?

My mum always did this and strawberry sandwiches sliced with sugar - so much nicer but yeah not good for you 😂

Yes, because it's how I was always given strawberries as a child. And it tastes nice.

I don't, much to the surprise of DP.

However, I also like salt and vinegar on chips and would always refuse a dessert in favour of all of the cheese (maybe a couple of dates or some grapes to go with them). DD2 was always more like me than DD1, who couldn't eat anything that had an element of sourness; didn't like yoghurt, wouldn't touch a grapefruit, couldn't stand lemon cake, said that vinegar burned. DD1's tastes matched her father's.

If you look at it another way, some people are Haribo Sourmix and some are Starmix. Your friend and her family were Starmix people, you're a Sourmix through and through.

We used to as kids (but don't now). We also used to get sticks of raw rhubarb from the garden and an egg cup of sugar to dip them in, which was delicious!

Yes I put sugar on mine. Not a lot though.

Agreed on all points! I also loathe artificial sweeteners. I'd rather have something that wasn't sweet, as I don't have a particularly sweet tooth. Plain water every time over a drink full of aspartame.

Same here. My DM often put sugar on ours as kids. I don't see the need but I know it's pretty common and I would still eat and enjoy them if given them with sugar on.

Yes I often put sugar on, and it's best if they're left to sit in the sugar for a little while before you eat them. Usually I'd taste a bit of one to decide whether they need sugar or not.

I remember an 1970s advert for Silver Spoon sugar, a closeup of fresh strawberries with granulated sugar raining down on them.
You wouldn’t see that nowadays…

I make a syrup with lemon juice and sugar if I’m chopping and macerating strawberries but fresh ones just get rinsed and eaten like sweets.

Yes always with sugar it's normal same as bananas.

🍓 Yes, l sometimes put a sprinkle of sugar on strawberries,
🍓 ....or a grind of black pepper or pepper syrup,
🍓 ....or a dash of balsamic vinegar.
🍓 Or sometimes I drizzle over strawberry liqueur!

What a wild and dangerous life I live! 🍓 🍓 🍓 🍓 🍓

Yes if they aren’t sweet.

I always had strawberries in milk and sugar when I was a child in the 70s. Now I sprinkle Xylitol on them, although I know they don't really need any extra sweetener.

My MiL puts sugar on strawberries. I can't stand crunchy sugar on mine. A drop of pouring cream is more to my liking. I think it's more an old people thing.

Ah this has just unlocked a childhood memory. My grandma always used to serve us strawberries with a tablespoon of sugar on the side to dip into. . I don't have sugar with strawberries as an adult but I don't think I'd be horrified if someone served them to me that way!

We put lemon juice on ours!

I've never heard of this with Strawberries before.

I used to cut oranges into quarters and dip them in a sugar, though i knew it wasn't healthy, even as a young child.

A small amount of black pepper. The heat enhances the sweetness.

Yes. It's how we used to eat them in the old days. We also used to eat brown sugar sandwiches, and also golden syrup sandwiches too. And dip fresh rhubarb in sugar to eat.

I really want a bowl of strawberries with sugar and evaporated milk now. Oh childhood memories!

Lots put sugar on them, u didn’t get some on yrs, strange u think they rnt allowed sugar on them.

My Gran used to make these for me (I'm 47), they were delicious 😋

we do that when the strawberries are past their best. it sort of draws out the juice.

I wouldn’t add sugar for my own DC but it was completely the norm when I was a kid. We even used to sneak a Tupperware pot of sugar when we went strawberry picking so we could eat our fill while we picked - again, not something I would ever allow my own children to do! I remember my mum scrubbing the stains from around our mouths before we went to pay for our punnets.

That takes me back. Seems mad/gross now, doesn’t it?