Green is so yesterday, red has arrived
May 20, 2008
Posted by CindyW in : Fresh Look , trackback
This is cause for some serious celebration – kiwi season is OVER and orange season is OVER! at least for our family. Don’t get me wrong, I love both kiwis and oranges. Coaxing my kids to eat them for months hasn’t been a tremendous headache. However kiwis and oranges are after all no peaches or cherries which were spilling over a few stalls in my local farmers’ market this week.
Passing by an organic peach stand, I was amused to see people eagerly put tooth picks through cut up samples and deliver into their mouths with a great urgency. Then came the satisfying signs. People - I thought - you all were kinda nuts. But I followed suit to reward myself with the first taste of peach since last September. Oh, so good!
To kiwis and oranges that sustained my family through winter and spring, sorry, but I am so happy to see you go.
Hello peaches! and apricots! and cherries! More oowing and ahhing, and all around exhilaration. There was a general excitement in the air around me. Could the summer’s first fruit be this intoxicating?
I don’t care that the calendar says summer is still a month away. Every bite of peach heaven, apricot glory, and cherry loveliness has brought summer right in front me with all its aromas and flavors.
I don’t care that newspapers continue to fight over eating local vs. organic. At this moment, I am eating purely for joy.
For those who still have not had the opportunity to frequent their local farmers’ market, I am so sorry to say - you are missing the best collection of fruit, sweet, juicy, fragrant, and beautiful. Did I mention, mmm, mmm yummy?
Summer has definitely arrived in my little calendar-by-fruit world. By the delighted look on their faces, most people at my local farmers’ market would have agreed.
CindyW at Organicpicks
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Beautiful! I’m with you, sister! Let other people argue about what is right and how we should eat. I’ll be filling my mouth with the deliciousness of cherries, strawberries, peaches and apricots that were picked this morning and trucked 100 miles instead of 1,500 miles to my local farmers’ market.
It is funny with regard to the kiwis and oranges. Eating seasonally is so wonderful - each new fruit is welcomed just as you tire of eating the last one. This is truly how we were meant to eat.
I know this sounds like a terribly weird thing to say, but that picture of fruit is downright sexy! No wonder food can be an aphrodisiac.
On a slightly more serious note, I am insanely jealous of your access to and ability to grow your own fresh fruit. Living in Las Vegas has severely hampered my access to freshness. We have a Sunflower Market in town (except there’s just the one) where it’s a bit easier to get good produce; it’s just not enough.
What I really need to do is check out one of the weekly farmer’s markets here. It’s just that summer is upon us so quickly and yesterday it was 105 in the shade!
Anyway, just discovered your blog and I’m already enjoying.
How come your guyses cherries are all ready and ripe? We went to the farmers’ market on Sunday and a few vendors were selling them but the cherries were still clearly not ready.
I am still basically living on strawberries.
GB: we are so lucky to live in an area that these splendid fruit and veggies are readily available to us. This is actually one of the reasons that I feel tied down to the area
arduous: Interesting. I always thought we were on the same fruit schdule, since both N Cal and S Cal are probably sourced from central valley. Maybe not. Hope you get to bite into peaches, apricots and cherries this weekend!
Amy: Thanks for visiting. I am so with you regarding the sensuality of fruit, and food in general. Just curious, can you guys get fruit and veggies around Las Vegas?
Oh, you’re making me drool! Oregonians have to wait another month at least for fresh apricots and cherries!
arduous: that’s weird that SoCal doesn’t have the fruits NoCal does. Maybe the celebs have first dibs on the good produce.
I think I am finally starting to understand why some ancient people thought some foods were aphrodisiacs. I am soo thrilled at having strawberries that I want to roll around naked in strawberries. The smell of the basil I got last week was orgasmic.
Last year peaches came into season in about July. But for now I’m excited that do not having to rely on root vegetables.
Cindy -
It is possible to get some fruits and vegetables to grow here, but their season is often cut pretty short. Last year we were able to have fresh lettuce from the garden for a lot of the year, some tomatoes, peppers, and a number of herbs. It just ends up that they’re few and far between and often get fried before they’re ripe!
There is NO local fruit here from November to the end of June. And, if I ate only from within 100 miles, I would never again have a citrus fruit or banana or kiwi. I’d have to get my vitamin C in the winter from sassafrass tea, like the pioneers.
Donna: only a little over a month before peaches!
Beany: Since we get the summer fruit first, you should move to Nor Cal instead of L.A
Joyce: I don’t know how many times I count myself lucky when it comes to local yummy food. But we do have earthquakes to worry about and heavy mortgage to burden us
Man, we are still getting citrus here. However, in about a month, the CSA should start sending in melons.
I’m sure there are other fruit around but I never go to the Farmer’s Market anymore. The CSA provides enough food on its own. The last two summers, though, we did head out to a U-Pick orchard about 100 miles from us to get organic apples and peaches. We’ll probably do that again. I love fresh peaches and the ones in the grocery store don’t compare to tree-ripened.