Favorite Fruit

nightscotsman · January 8, 2003

Fresh pineapple makes my tongue bleed. :sad:

macrosan · January 8, 2003

That's caused by that spiky skin it has, Scotty.

nightscotsman · January 8, 2003

That's caused by that spiky skin it has, Scotty.

Oh. That would explain the similar results I get from chestnuts. :unsure:

awbrig · January 9, 2003

raspberries, mangos, strawberries, watermelon

lamb · January 9, 2003

Jersey peaches. Eaten at the shore during the summer. Yum.

Clementines. We eat them by the crate in our house in the fall.

:wub:

ballast_regime · January 9, 2003

cherimoyas, then blood oranges.

ian

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VivreManger · January 9, 2003

The best peach I ever had was in the Turkish town of Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in the late summer. I bought a bag of them and by the time I got back to my hotel, the bag was bursting with juice. I quickly ate several of them. They were so juicy, sweet, and ripe they could not last the night. By the way I did not suffer Suleyman's revenge, but by then I had been traveling for months and my system was inured to just about everything.

Any fruit picked and eaten at the moment of ripe perfection is a triumph of nature.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to organize tours of orchards, melon patches, wild berry forests, and every other fruit growing site imaginable, timed to taste the fruit at that peak moment.

KarenS · January 9, 2003

Hawaiian mangoes (they are better here), raspberries, blueberries, white pineapple, blackberries

I like fruit much much more then steak!

Fat Guy · January 9, 2003

To those of you who answered cherries:

You're right.

nightscotsman · January 9, 2003

To those of you who answered cherries:
You're right.

But what kind of cherries? sweet? sour (mmm... cherrie pie)? red? black? yellow?

Fat Guy · January 9, 2003

Yes.

maggiethecat · January 9, 2003

Any fruit picked and eaten at the moment of ripe perfection is a triumph of nature.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to organize tours of orchards, melon patches, wild berry forests, and every other fruit growing site imaginable, timed to taste the fruit at that peak moment.

Sigh. What a beautiful idea.

Peaches are right up there with cherries with me. But so help me, I can't buy a decent peach in Chicago, and I've tried. It's as if peaches have become a seriouly endangered species here.

I was in Ottawa in August and scored a half bushel of good Niagara peaches. But it makes me sad to think that a whole generation of Americans have probably never experienced the amazing sweet sensual burst that marks a real peach. (T.S. Elliot goin' on?)The hard miserable "georgia " peaches that are available in all supermarkets...including say, Whole Foods, are a frikkin travesty. Not even good for cooking or jam.

I feel tremendous sadness because of the disappearance of the American peach. You Georgians and Michiganers...can you find them?

Sitting on the back porch in August, Dark. Fireflies. Peach juice running down our chins. The knowledge that tomorrow it was Peach Shortcake. The day after that, peaches over ice cream. Peach preserves.

Gaddamit, I'm angrier by the minute. It's as if no one played Mozart any more.

At least, for a few short weeks, there are still cherries.

Wilfrid · January 9, 2003

Rhubarb. Figs. Prunes. Generally I prefer dried fruit to fresh fruit. It is more evolved.

Edited January 9, 2003 by Wilfrid (log)

**Dave the Cook** · January 9, 2003

I feel tremendous sadness because of the disappearance of the American peach. You Georgians and Michiganers...can you find them?.

Better to ask Varmint. The best peaches in Georgia usually come from the Carolinas. :sad:

Blue Heron · January 9, 2003

Isn't it interesting how many times raspberries have been mentioned

I will also say raspberries are #1 :rolleyes: . Followed by wild blackberries, so ripe and juicy they fall into your hand when you go to pick them, and still warm from the sun. Then cherries (Rainier & Bing).

macrosan · January 9, 2003

I want to add cherries to my list, because apparently that's the correct answer and I don't want to be accused of being fructally challenged.

Wilfrid · January 9, 2003

Dried cherries are now an important component in my sauce-making repertoire - for savory dishes like duck I mean.

Jinmyo · January 9, 2003

Yes.

No.

Rhea_S · January 9, 2003

I can't buy a decent peach in Chicago, and I've tried. It's as if peaches have become a seriouly endangered species here.

That's odd when some of the best peaches around are grown in Calhoun County, Illinois. I missed peach season last summer because I was driving across the country, but the 2001 Calhoun peaches were terrific - perfectly juicy and sweet. The kind you have to eat while leaning over the kitchen sink.

guajolote · January 9, 2003

Peaches are right up there with cherries with me. But so help me, I can't buy a decent peach in Chicago, and I've tried. It's as if peaches have become a seriouly endangered species here.

Maggie - do you shop at a farmer's market in the summer. I go to the one in Evanston and they have great peaches in August and September. Make sure you buy them from a Michigan Farmer - the Illinopis ones are no good. For the six weeks they are in season I eat two a day.

My other favorite fruit is cherries (or Papaya if I'm in Mexico)

Jaymes · January 9, 2003

Any fruit picked and eaten at the moment of ripe perfection is a triumph of nature.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to organize tours of orchards, melon patches, wild berry forests, and every other fruit growing site imaginable, timed to taste the fruit at that peak moment.
Sigh. What a beautiful idea.
Peaches are right up there with cherries with me. But so help me, I can't buy a decent peach in Chicago...
But it makes me sad to think that a whole generation of Americans have probably never experienced the amazing sweet sensual burst that marks a real peach.
I feel tremendous sadness because of the disappearance of the American peach.
Sitting on the back porch in August, Dark. Fireflies. Peach juice running down our chins. The knowledge that tomorrow it was Peach Shortcake. The day after that, peaches over ice cream. Peach preserves.
Gaddamit, I'm angrier by the minute. It's as if no one played Mozart any more.

Okay, Maggie, it's decided.

You're coming to Texas in the summertime. You're coming to Texas in Hill Country peach season.

We'll go to the Peach Festival in Fredricksburg. We'll sit on the stoop and eat peach ice cream and peach preserves and peach cobbler. We'll load our shopping bags with jars of peach preserves and peach chutney and peach butter. We'll drink down buckets of peach sangria. We'll go into the peach groves and pick our own, bushel after bushel after bushel. We'll marvel at the beauty of the Peach Queen as she waves to her subjects along the route of the Peach Parade.

Oooooh, I'm so excited!

Say you'll come, won't you? Please?

maggiethecat · January 9, 2003

Jaymes: Hope you are serious! Wow, you Texans are Lucky Ducks. Peaches!

Plus, except for a wretched hour in Dallas/Ft. Worth airport, I've never been to Texas. You would seem like the perfect guide.

Aside: Why don't you organize Texas Culinary tours. You'd be great at it.

Jaymes · January 9, 2003

Aside: Why don't you organize Texas Culinary tours. You'd be great at it.

Because I "organized tours" for a living for nearly twenty years. And believe me when I say I have absolutely NO desire to ever do that again. For any reason. For any amount of money.

So, just you come. That, I can do just fine, believe me!

Steebles · January 9, 2003

We'll go to the Peach Festival in Fredricksburg. We'll sit on the stoop and eat peach ice cream and peach preserves and peach cobbler. We'll load our shopping bags with jars of peach preserves and peach chutney and peach butter. We'll drink down buckets of peach sangria. We'll go into the peach groves and pick our own, bushel after bushel after bushel. We'll marvel at the beauty of the Peach Queen as she waves to her subjects along the route of the Peach Parade.

poetry :wub:

Jaymes · January 9, 2003

We'll go to the Peach Festival in Fredricksburg. We'll sit on the stoop and eat peach ice cream and peach preserves and peach cobbler. We'll load our shopping bags with jars of peach preserves and peach chutney and peach butter. We'll drink down buckets of peach sangria. We'll go into the peach groves and pick our own, bushel after bushel after bushel. We'll marvel at the beauty of the Peach Queen as she waves to her subjects along the route of the Peach Parade.

poetry

So you're in, too, right, Steebles?? :rolleyes:

(And thanks for the compliment. And are we seeing you at the Thai dinner on Jan 19th?)

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