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They have been at the farmer's market for a couple of weeks now, and are sweet and juicy. I never buy nectarines or peaches at the regular supermarket because they are inevitably picked hard and shipped from somewhere far away. When it comes to stone fruits and strawberries, if they are not local I don't waste my money any more. Fortunately we have a very long season for both, here. But even if it were a short season, qiuality is better than quantity.
I bought a few at Sprouts last week. They were $1.99/lb. I like hard, yellow nectarines. These were quite juicy, but small. Unfortunately, the pit breaks in two & pieces around the pit break off & make for a crunchy mix with the fruit flesh that my teeth didn't care for. The flavor was good, the broken pits made them difficult to eat/enjoy.
They have been at the farmer's market for a couple of weeks now, and are sweet and juicy. I never buy nectarines or peaches at the regular supermarket because they are inevitably picked hard and shipped from somewhere far away. When it comes to stone fruits and strawberries, if they are not local I don't waste my money any more. Fortunately we have a very long season for both, here. But even if it were a short season, qiuality is better than quantity.
I agree. If I only get one peach a year, it's worth waiting until next time if it's tree ripe, juicy, and tastes like a peach. I just had my first local strawberries, red all the way through and you can smell them as you approach - worth every penny and I usually eat most of them before I get home. If they cost too much, I don't get any more until next year. Because I have to have money when the local blueberries hit the market.
I saw nectarines and plums in the supermarket and they were, as usual, rock-hard. What a sorry waste of food.
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