kindkit: A late-Victorian futuristic zeppelin. (Airship)
[personal profile] kindkit
Today after work I went to Whole Paycheck* to buy shampoo. (I can't stand the perfuminess of most shampoos, but WP has an own-brand one that's available unscented or in nice, light natural citrus and herbal scents that I like.) So anyway, as I was wandering through WP, looking at all the no doubt delicious but ridiculously expensive treats, I happened upon some locally grown peaches at a price that, while higher than regular supermarkets, wasn't outrageously so. They were ripe enough to be gently soft. They smelled like peaches. I couldn't resist. I bought one.

I ate it just now and was reminded that yes, I do sometimes like fruit. It wasn't even the best peach I've ever had--Washington DC, where I used to live, is southern enough to be good peach country--but it was still succulent and juicy and had flavor. I'd been forgetting what a peach is supposed to taste like, after bad experiences this summer with supermarket fruit that went mushy on the ouside while being weirdly hard/crisp inside and tasted like styrofoam that had been stored next to an open jar of artificial peach flavoring.

Yes, I know, I should shop at farmers' markets if I want good produce. But our local farmers' market is shockingly expensive and only open once a week at an inconvenient time for me.

I'm just happy I had my peach.

BTW, if you were wondering, the ankle is still hurting me a bit but is a lot better than it was. This is good, because hobbling around was getting tiresome.



*Note for the confused: "Whole Paycheck" is the not entirely affectionate nickname of a US chain of healthy/gourmet supermarkets. The name gives you a sense of their prices, which are all the more outrageous because they are relentless union-busters, but my god they carry beautiful fruits and vegetables.

Date: 2014-09-16 11:16 pm (UTC)
hannah: (Pruning shears - fooish_icons)
From: [personal profile] hannah
I got some peaches last week and left them to ripen, and ate them today. A peach that's everything it's supposed to be will stop the world for the time it takes to eat it.

Are there any CSAs you could join?

Date: 2014-09-17 03:51 am (UTC)
lilacsigil: 12 Apostles rocks, text "Rock On" (12 Apostles)
From: [personal profile] lilacsigil
Supermarket fruit is picked unripe and stored in carbon dioxide to preserve it for up to a year. I'd buy some vegetables there if needed, but fruit just isn't worth the heartbreak. (I can afford better quality fruit but I have to drive for an hour each way to get it!)

Date: 2014-09-17 07:18 am (UTC)
st_aurafina: A shiny green chilli (Food: Green Chilli)
From: [personal profile] st_aurafina
Good fruit makes bad fruit such a miserable thing. We have a berry farm just out of town, and it's spoiled me for any other strawberries.

That's really sad about your farmers' market. Ours is slowly gentrifying, if you know what I mean, all these ultra-slick boutique food businesses shouldering out the actual farmers around here.

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