I heard that a straw could be used to push out the stem of a strawberry.
I finally tried this.
I poked the straw up from the bottom end of the strawberry, through the fruit. The stem is pushed out.
![](http://susanmanzke.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Strawberry-and-straw-1024x768.jpg)
This what happens to the strawberry. A hole in the strawberry is left after the center and stem is removed.
![](http://susanmanzke.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Strawberry-center-from-straw--1024x768.jpg)
Quite satisfying to do.
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