2 hours ago, liuzhou said:The weather here has been horrible for days now, so I haven't been out and about much. But yesterday, the rain stopped briefly and I dashed out to the nearest supermarket to pick up a few essentials. The entrance I use most often (they have two) in right by the fruit section so, of course, I took a look. Apart from what I have shown already, which they still have, they had:
Raspberries
I grew up in the soft fruit belt of Scotland where they grow what are simply, unarguably the best raspberries, so I'm hard to please. These specimens come from Yunnan province and are overripe and almost tasteless. 0/10.
Note: raspberries are all but unknown here in China and I first saw these only last month. As I was taking the picture I could here other shoppers asking each other what they were. In Chinese, they are 树莓 - shù méi which literally means "tree berries", I guess to differentiate them from strawberries.
Blueberries
I hate blueberries. But the locals love them and stick them into everything. Horrible.
Your Driscoll raspberries are probably the same as our Driscoll raspberries,* and probably just as tasteless.
Blueberries, on the other hand, are my favorite berries. I just hope the birds leave me some this summer. The ones in the market are usually like cardboard.
*Edit: except ours are usually a little moldy by the time we get them home.
