It's M&S so I'm sure they're delicious but I didn't want to spend the money. They look so weird though.
Anyone here a fan? Are they just like standard strawberries in flavour?
Have you seen any other unusual fruit or veg in the supermarkets lately?

by ClemFandango9

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  2. I tried them and fed them to the birds 😂

    They might be better in summer but they were watery with little taste the last time I had them

  5. The best strawberries I ever tasted were oddly enough, Japanese. I think they were some kind of specialty cultured one. Not even sure you can get them outside of Japan. So much fruit these days doesn’t actually taste of anything, I’m assuming it’s the way it’s grown?

  6. I believe the strawberries we now see in shops were a hybrid of wild strawberries (very small but lots of flavour) and these white behemoths.

  7. They’re a bit hit or miss, can be sweet and have a hint of pineapple or can be more watery. If they have a red/pink blush they are more likely to be the former. Tbh I’d usually get regular ones instead, cheaper and more consistently nice.

  8. They are popular as a luxury treat in Japan. I’ve wanted to try them but forgot to buy them when I was in Japan.

  11. Pointless and disgusting, like snowball melons. They look fun but there’s no flavour to speak of.

  12. ‘Candy Floss’ white grapes!

    Get em in most supermarkets now, 2 or 3 times as much as seedless white/green grapes per punnet but they are worth every penny! Big juicy super sweet grapey goodness.

    There are also red ‘jelly baby/bean’ grapes that are not as nice IMO..

  13. got these the other week.

    the ones with the redder seeds were lovely, I would get them again (maybe if they were discounted). The ones in the pack with the white seeds were watery and tasted a lot like an unripe regular strawberry.

    I was curious more than anything but on the whole I guess they were kind of unremarkable

  16. Tried them the other day, took me a while to figure out what was missing. I think it’s the acidity. Strawberry flavour has a certain amount of acidity and without it, it just doesn’t taste like strawberry

  17. I’ve heard of pineberries which look like strawberries but white and are supposed to taste like pineapple.

    Don’t know if white pearl strawberries are related or not.

  18. Had these the other day. Huge disappointment.

    They’re neither sweet or tart – just in a nothingy middle ground.

  19. I’ve seen them and won’t bother. I like British strawbs in season only, it’s my one patriotic action 🇬🇧

  20. Had a friend bring these over the other week and she said they were really nice. Husband and I both tried it and were really disappointed.

    Could detect a small hint of pineapple in them, but it was very bland and with the absence of a strong strawberry flavour, they were just very blah. Certainly wouldn’t buy them again

  21. They are suprisingly tasteless. I believe they are supposed to have that pear-drop/banana/pineapple taste like pineberry but they do not.

  22. Got some the other week. Let’s just say there’s probably a reason good strawberries are red.

  23. I have an unshakeable belief that Spanish strawberries are just pretty dire. Maybe they give us the crap ones, maybe they’re just all-round watery and bad – whatever it is, I always avoid them. Always tastes of nothing. Maybe that’s at play too?

    (Kentish strawberries on the other hand.. 👌)

  24. Ohh they look weird I don’t like them. Very trypophobia inducing

  25. Thought they were shit to be honest. The ruby strawberries from Aldi are the best

  26. They are just ok, the flavour is more subtle than regular strawberries. They are worth trying once for the sake of curiosity, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy them again.

  27. I have a couple of plants for these, they grow bright pink flowers (normal strawberries are white flowers), and are nice when they’re ripe – slightly pineapple like, but pretty much just the same as a standard strawberry

  28. they are tasteless. Wait till the British ones come out, even better wait till Angus ones are out

  30. Out of season right now try them in the summer very nice

  31. They are genuine.

    I have one that’s super does white alpine ones, they have more of a creamy taste.

  32. They are fantastic unless you are a pre-diabetic sugar monster

  33. Gave them a try. Wouldn’t spend the extra money on them again just cus not that great BUT they were nice, and also I found the colour weirdly appealling.

  34. I bought some of these, quite mild taste but very nice. I probably wouldn’t try again, I prefer the stronger flavour of normal red strawberries.

  36. I once made some homemade vodka infused with fresh strawberries. After a week or so macerating, this is what the strawberries looked like…although the tasted like pure vodka. A lesson was learnt that day.

  37. Looks like and has the flavour of squash without the squash

  38. There were some small white strawberry plants growing in the grass path on our allotment when we got it.. We didn’t plant them, and they weren’t from the allotment next door.

    When I first saw them, I thought they were just “not yet ripe”, but one felt soft when I touched it so I tasted it. THEY WERE GORGEOUS! Proper strawberry flavour, small berries (more like alpine strawberries in size), hard to tell when they were “ripe” but definitely worth eating.

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