Raspberries

The Raspberry Back to Recipe Rubus idaeus The Raspberry is a fruit The Raspberry is a fruit because it has seeds and grows on a plant like all other fruits. The ovaries of the Raspberry plant are used to make the fruit. Interesting facts about Raspberries: 1. People believe that some Raspberries are Gold because King Midas once touched them. 2.A myth is that Raspberries were once white but a nymph named Ida cut herself on a Raspberry plant and her blood spilled over them making them Red. 3.In Germany people believe that to tame a bewitched horse one would have to tie a Raspberry twig around the Horse. 4.A myth is that once a fox's fur was red but the fox ate so any Raspberries that it's fur turned red. 5. It is thought that Raspberries can prevent cancer from happening. Other uses for Raspberries Raspberries contain a chemical called Raspberry ketone which is used to make the flavoring in medicine and the fragrance in perfumes.