Strawberry pet peeve

Well, I asked my wife and oldest son (who went to the HS culinary program) and they thought I was setting them up for a joke, and no matter what I said they laughed and asked me what the punch line was, so I guess the answer is that the calyx is a setup for a dad joke.

 

They're quite healthy and, yes, people do eat them.

 

Next thing you know, banana peels are edible.

 

You smoke those

 

@Buck Turgidson comin' in like:

 

Part of it just may have to do with removing it causes strawberries to spoil/mold faster, and like Buck said, you can eat it. I kind of like stems on strawberries when I eat them by hand because it kinda gives me a handle to eat them if I'm not eating them whole like some kind of barbaric tribesman.

 

Next thing you'll tell me is that it's bad company not to eat strawberries with a knife and fork.

 

They are. Southeast Asian cuisine uses them a bunch.

 

I think you're on to something, ATW's only complaining about restaurants because there he doesn't have servants to cut up his food for him

 

Is there a gastropub where you can inhale it's smoked fumes while eating banana peel foam?

 

Pfft. Just don't eat them like a muppet. I hear you have to act civilized at a restaurant, though. I try not to order anything with whole strawberries at restaurants, though, because using a knife and fork on a strawberry is a bit over the top for me and picking them up and eating them with your hand makes people look at you weird. It's a conundrum when you're just a regular Joe trying to mix with Buffies and Beauregards. Which, come to think of it is ironic since "Beauregard" literally means "beautiful gaze". But I digress ... lol.

That was like the time we had some consultants come in to work with us and we took them to a BBQ restaurant. They ordered the ribs and attacked it with a knife and fork. Had to tell them it was ok to use the hands.

 

..sigh

 

LAMO. Probably somewhere in Portland

 

How do you feel about leaving the tails on the shrimp in the pasta?

 

If it bothers you that much, you could always write them a letter...

 

One of my favorite songs! Originally written by Shuggie Otis when he was like 18. I was going to post NWA's Dopeman and "strawberry is the neighborhood ho", but this is far classier. lol.

 

Really?
I’ve never heard that, interesting

 

Strawberry is the only town that does not have a saloon. It's true. In order to get any liquor you have to rob the General Store at gunpoint and force him to unlock the illegal moonshine business in the basement.