Fruit, glorious fruit....

[e_juliana]

I love fruit. There's not a fruit I can point to and say - "I won't eat that in any form" (although I've not yet tried durian fruit). Sure, I may not like some varietals - Granny Smith apples, for instance - but fruit as a whole? Delish.

My favorite fruits, the ones I can eat at any time, are stone fruits. Peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, these are all heaven-sent nummy goodness. I can quite easily eat a 2-pound bag of cherries in one sitting. I wait impatiently for nectarines to hit that 30-minute window of ripened perfection. A plum is a symphony in my mouth. The best, however, are pluots. Specifically, Dapple Dandy pluots. The right Dapple Dandy, eaten just before it starts getting mushy, has an almost spicy quality to it that reminds me of Japanese food.

Twin Girls Farm is my main crack supplier for all of these fruits. The Wedge carries plums and pluots from them, and there is no comparision between those fruits and the other kinds I find at the big supermarkets. The non-organic fruits don't have the complexity to them that the organic ones do - the Dapple Dandys are too sweet, the nectarines are bland.

We're moving out of stone fruit season, but the melons and berries are coming up strong to compensate. Minnesota is very good for growing melons, berries, and apples, even if we're a bit behind California's curve. Still, there's a nice watermelon waiting at home, ready to be messy and wonderful, and a pint of blueberries that I may eat right out of the carton. The melons will shift to apples, the apples will shift to satsumas, and then there's a slight dearth until stone fruits come back. Yum.

I love fruit.

Comments

[hecubot.livejournal.com]

Doll, I'm right there with you on the stone fruit, and fortunately Frog Hollow farms has an outlet near work and I can load up on OMG perfect peaches.

Btw, did you go to the Fringe Festival? My friend Betty reported: "This last weekend was the Minnesota Fringe festival. I will give details when I see you but I don't know that I've ever been to any type of performing arts festival where everything I see ROCKS. Man, really great stuff. Jacqueline was on my mind for some of the plays - she would love the fest. Particularly one Play we saw "London After Midnight" all about gothic literature and vampires and it was fabulous and hilarious and the main female character reminded me of Jacqueline. I think you two should come out for next years fest - ok, one more highlht "Corleone" - the story of the Godfather done in Shakesprean verse - yes, the Godfather does translate well into Iambic Pentameter."

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Peaches.

I went to a few Fringe shows, but not many. I want to go to the two that Betty listed, but I didn't get to it. I'm terrible about seeing other shows.

[hecubot.livejournal.com]

Gothic literature, Shakespeare and The Godfather and you didn't go? What the hell, lazybones, that's custom ordered to your taste. Ya might as well live in Mississippi.

[alterjess.livejournal.com]

Durian is worth trying once just to say you've had it (to me, it tasted like a rotting onion with the texture of a soft mango, and isn't something I'll be having twice unless money is involved), but DO have it outside, or in a well-ventilated room because everything you've ever heard about the smell is true.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking the texture would set me off the most. Custard is... not good for me. No.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I had a durian fruit milkshake once. It tasted nothing of the stench and everything of kiwi, strawberry, banana, custard and that unique twist of its own.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. I find that intriguing. Hmmmm.

[dre-l.livejournal.com]

Twin Girls has a stand at my local farmers market. I love their citrus, too.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

They seem like pretty cool people all around.

[bigpenguin.livejournal.com]

sigh.....

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Sorry, sweetie.