Tree ripened peaches you can smell across the yard. Never refrigerate, it mutes the flavor. Just bite or slice, with napkins because they will drip.
Hey @crandc, I'm growing strawberries for the first time (hoods, mmm). I have a little fence around them, but do I need a net on top? Sure would not be astehtically pleasing, but the critters seem hungry for my bounty.
Yes. And this is going to be hard but first year punch off flowers and fruit. Plants will put energy into strong growth so future years you will have much more fruit.
1. You haven't tried a papaya with fresh squeezed lemon juice on it. Wow. I could have said strawberries but I ate so many as a kid when I picked strawberries in the field for money that I lost an appetite for them. My strawberry appetite is somewhat back but still not what it used ot be. I feel like I ate more than I picked. I especially loved the little tiny ones that were super sweet. Now you can't find those tiny sweet ones unless you find a patch of wild ones. How about huckleberries? Have you ever had a huckleberry?
There is nothing more delicious than a cold sweet peach. I dream of eating these. Oh, I guess cold sweet plums are also pretty damned tasty. Cold fruit is the most tasty.
I've had fresh peaches right off the tree on Sauvie's island. I'm a bad boy because I pick one after another, eat them and leave just the pits on the ground. I once bought a crate of fresh peaches with no idea how to eat them all. I see them and get greedy.
Okay. Being s fruit lover i had to think about a priority list. If im eating raw fruit by itself i like watermelon, cantelope and oranges and pineapple and blueberries If im eating it in a pie then i like Marionberry, blackberry, peach and apple. If im putting fruit on my cereal, then It is rasberries and strawberries and bananas
I love those fruits in my oatmeal but I also love peaches in my oatmeal. I used to eat bananas in oatmeal but that's now been dropped out of medical necessity. I sometimes eat blueberries in my oatmeal because I've got to have a change of pace once in a while. Apple pie has to be made with a tart apple. My favorite applesauce and apple pie apple is the gravenstein but I'll substitute granny smith if gravensteins aren't available. I've been told there are other great tart pie apples but I have no idea what they are. Eating an apple out of hand is when I choose honey crisp or red delicious but they must be chilled. Funny, when I was a kid I ate a lot of fruit out of neighbors' fruit trees at room temperature and loved it but now I prefer it chilled. I have heard that chilling does kill the ripening process. Still, I like it chilled, including tomatoes. I love a chilled tomato cut in half and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Its funny. Tomato is technically a fruit, but since it isnt sweet..... I like all my fruit chilled too. though sometimes eating a nice juicy fresh peach cna be just fine not chilled. Bananas too. Everything else must be chilled though. And you are so right about the apples. Has to be a sour or tart type of apple for the pies. It makes the whipped cream that much better. lol. Also, we learned a trick a couple years ago . When making pie, make sure to spread a little butter over the top of the crust. Just a bit. Not alot. It gives the crust a nice shiny look and a great taste. If you REALLY wanna go overt he top, after spreading the butter, thn sprinkle large granuled sugar on the top and then put it in the oven. Does wonders countering the tart apples. I have a crab apple tree. It put out four apples last year. IF I can quadruple its output this year, I might make myself a crab apple pie. lol
Tomatoes can be sweet. The ones we grow ourselves are sweet. Try to buy Campari tomatoes if you want sweet ones.
Another fantastic combination - feta cheese crumbs on watermelon. That's how they eat it in Bulgaria - and it is fantastic.
You know, after I typed that, I realized I don't want them sweet. I cant stand sweet tomato sauce and what not. Fuck it. I just put Tomatoes back in the Veg Pile. LOL
Fine dining with hors d’oeuvres and appetizers are awesome. Regular dining just does'nt offer the exotics fine dining does. Was at a wedding at Royal Oaks CC yesterday. Some of the appetizers were just AWESOME!! Some exotic cracker with cubed apples and crushed walnuts with some freshet ta. I ate about 15 of those alone.........
I like fruit such as apple and pear combined with any kind of cheese and a very fine brandy. I usually buy a VVSOP Cognac which I usually get at the duty free store whenever I go abroad.
I like sweet tomatoes in a middle-eastern salad (because it works well against the salty taste of the olives) - but prefer non-sweet ones on a Burger.
Olives dont belong in salads. lol. I love my Asian Chicken Salad with an apple or mango vinaigrette. That provides me the sweet I need in the salads.
