In France there is a celebration and festival where they make the biggest strawberry tart in the world would you like a slice?
About the biggest strawberry tart in the world
Nobody loves strawberries more than the French. They adore this fruit so much that each year they hold a festival and celebration to show just how much they love it. During the festival they make a gigantic tart, the biggest in the world and there’s plenty of it to go around.
Strawberries were brought to western Europe by the Romans thousands of years ago but they were not a sweet as the varieties we can all enjoy now.
The french claim that they are the ones to take credit for the strawberries popularity.
They have more than enough strawberries here for tarts, boats and simply to eat.
Who would bother going to such a festival?
Well each year many thousands visit the town to celebrate.
The sweet strawberry or as we know them garden strawberry was first cultivated back in 1750 in Brittany. It was a cross between 2 varieties one from Untied stated and one from Chile.
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