Strawberries: Why Do Tradies Drink Strawberry Milk? Roll-Up Pickle Challenge

Strawberries seem sweet and delightful, but are they really? Em dives into some science around how strawberries are tricking us and also manages to extract some DNA from a strawberry (then we eat the DNA of course). She also explores the classic combo of strawberries and cream — in real fruit and lolly form. Ben buys a box of strawberry roll-ups and puts them to excellent use for TikTok’s fruit roll-up pickle challenge; meets the fruit-picking robots who work around the clock; and explores why its acceptable for adult men (ok, tradies) to drink strawberry Big Ms. 

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