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strawberries and economy |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
I feel sorry for strawberries and regret the colors of my youth. When a product is of quality, the producers want to make money, they increase the quantity and the quality collapses. Thus strawberries were so good that producers increased the quantity making the fruits without taste. I feel sorry for strawberries and regret the colors of my youth, I don’t like them anymore. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OhYann~ This month we celebrated here in Florida with the Annual Strawberry Festival held in Plant City, FL~ The strawberries were plump, juicy and so flavorful ... I wish you could have tasted them~ I am right now enjoying another bowl of those delicious strawberries ...~ We bought several flats of them, shared some with family and friends and I put up the rest to enjoy for quite some time~ YUM YUM !!! Hope you find a field of yield that will give you the scrumptiously flavorful taste once more~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
thank you marge for your kind comment, you made me jealous....I would have like to taste the juicy strawberries from Florida....In fact all the fruits i buy in supermarket in FRance have no flavour, apples, oranges, bananas and of course strawberries.... have a nice day yann |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
I understand for the supermarkets fruit is tasteless at times. For strawberries I grow them myself in large planter on my porch. Yum! I found an orange, which I NEVER buy in a store, called Cushman Honeybells another YUM! I have a little grinder-mixer called a Magic Bullet and put slices of orange in that OH....wonderful fresh orange juice nothing like you buy in the store.The flavor a delight to your taste-buds. Good Jobber BonBon  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I sadly have to agree ... thank you for these interesting ponderings. They look nice and inviting in the supermarket, but they have almost no taste at all. If you do a test and taste a little bit of a strawberry with closed eyes, it will be extremely difficult to tell what you tasted. I remember the strawberries in my childhood garden ...unforgettable!!! Just came across this quote: "One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe " But there are still places where the small little forest strawberries can be found (even though they are cultivated) and you can taste the difference. Near Rome there is such a place and we often go there for the sole purpose of enjoying a cup of true delicious strawberries. I am happy for dear Marge and Bonnie ... Love, Margherita   |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
May you find a delicious batch of strawberries...James |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
I love chocolate covered Strawberries! YUMO! ARCTIC WIND |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Just want to share a few 'homegrown' varieties that we harvest here at our place~ We grow citrus trees, Satsumas, Tangerines, Grapefruit and several varieties of Oranges, including the Navel and the Honeybell !! We grow Persimmons in several varieties too~ In the back meadow there are wild blackberries ripe for the picking~ And some wonderfully crunchy Florida Sand Pears and Scuppernong Grapes~ Also grow some of the best vine ripened tomatoes you'd ever want to eat~ Just stepped out with the camera to share one of the Pink Grapefruit trees laden with the best gosh darned fruit this side of Heaven~  Come on down friends ... there is plenty to share~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you bonnie J for your very nice comment...I think i'm gonna try to grow strawberries by myself, i have a tiny garden (300 yards square)....I will try next summer... Thanks again yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hi Margherita, i enjoyed your comment and your quotation of Goethe.... I really don't know if strawberries will be better again a day....I wrote this poem cause in fact i'm sad about that....Anyway I'm happy for marge and bonnie too... Thank you for your comment yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you James and AW for your kind commments, Perhaps i'm gonna try to chocolate my strawberries, perhaps they will taste better... yann |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Thank you again Marge for your beautiful comment, I learn a lot about the sunshine state and its people...I think however there are big producers in florida with tasteless fruits cause sometimes in france i ate oranges or grapefruits from florida.... However your comment is great and fabulous and full of colors... Kisses yann |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
yann, This is interesting - and sweet at the same time. I enjoyed this poem. Alison |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Hi it's BonBon again. Another fruit I found that was very good is an apple called Pacific Rose only certain times of the year it is available.You can look that up on the internet.The Honeybell orange is also best at certain times around January.I found the oranges on a shopping channel QVC.com. If you have a Cider Mill (apples) near you that is another option. There is another apple can't remember its name but it has a hint of a grape flavor.Different but good. See Ya BonBon |
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