Marnie Chesterton
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And my grandma's strawberry pie is an old family favourite.
It's literally called a straw berry.
Botanically, a true berry has to develop from a single ovary of a single flower.
Strawberries come from a different part of the plant, so they're not true berries.
They're technically called aggregate accessory fruits.
If it makes you feel better, raspberries and blackberries aren't berries either.
Why would that make me feel better?
Well, someone's entered a pumpkin pie, so at least I'm not the biggest idiot this year.
Well, maybe the judges won't notice my mistake.
Do you really think that a group of pedantic science radio producers are going to miss an opportunity for fact-checking?
After last year's fiasco, I thought it would be a good idea to have multiple options.