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I've also heard that while foreign strawberries are "suturaberi", Japanese strawberries, despite being the same species, are "ichigo".

• deciplex 11y ago
  To be fair, Japanese strawberries are heaps better since they actually allow the damn things to ripen before they try to sell them. Same goes for tomatoes. Most tomatoes and strawberries sold in the US taste like cold diarrhea in comparison.
  • wisty 11y ago
    That's not Japan being unique. The Anglosphere is a bit special, when it comes to fruit and vegetables in supermarkets. Go to Italy, China, France, any country with a reputation for good food, and you'll get plenty of good tomatoes.
    • elevenfist 11y ago
      Tomatoes are allowed to ripen (instead of being ripened using ethylene gas) in India as well. Most U.S. supermarkets don't sell ripe bell peppers as well, and most veggies are tasteless, when they shouldn't be if they were grown properly.
      • deciplex 11y ago
        Maybe this is partly why Americans have such poor diets? It's no good if healthy food is being deliberately made to taste like shit.