Amazing, how super chains keep you blind to what's in and out of season.
You'll get mangoes almost round the season in a super-market. Frozen foods - ergo proteins and carbohydrates as food is commonly called here in the distant land - don't tell you what's in season and what's not. Last two weeks, hitting the road to see farms and countryside reaffirmed my belief: We mostly eat trash everyday.
Eating a packed peach from super store doesn't come anywhere close to eating a fresh and juicy peach or freshly plucked mango.
I had never tasted a peach. Last week I did. And thanks to the last remaining small road side fruit seller in Vero Beach, who travels all over Florida and Georgia to bring to his age-old customers, juicy peaches, or whatever is in season.
Willis, the only road-side fruit vendor in the whole of South Florida was out in the field, but his adopted daughter was more than happy to offer me a free peach.
I bought a basket to bring home the delicacy of this part. Peaches are in season now. In super stores, they'll be in season just when trees won't have the fruit.
I just ate my first star fruit. Don't know the name of two other fruits that I ate on the way straight from the trees. They were tasty. That's what I care about.
Hey mister, i hope u r taking about the right kind of 'peach'...be careful m watching!!
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You said it Varada! That was the first thought which I crossed my mind on seeing the photo. Keep up the vigilence... some lovely thing might discover that the peach is behind the lens ;-)
ReplyDeleteHi Jaideep! Been wanting to read your blog for a long time, but much like the (old) Punekars who informally invite you home without giving their address or phone no., nobody provided me the link to your blog... Anil did, verbally, which I promptly forgot, till Varada sent me the mail yesterday.
This is my first visit to your blog. Will save detailed reading for Sunday... also because I've already crossed my broadband usage cap for this month.
Bye for now.
Prashant