Fruit

[shyvas]

What kind of fruit do you eat during the winter months ; locally grown or exotic varieties ?

 

[thefadedone]

I recently bought a pineapple, a container of strawberries, bananas, grapefruit, apples, and the most gorgeous pears. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding the urge to eat most of it. I ended up freezing half the pineapple and making salsa with the rest. I also froze the strawberries , some of the bananas and will probably bake with the remaining ones since they are almost completely black. It's just too damn cold for fruit to be appealing to me . I want warm comforting foods.

 

[shyvas]

I also buy strawberries, kiwis and bananas in winter and also freeze them for smoothies or ice cream.

I always have apples, oranges and avocados in my fruit bowl as I have a few pieces during the day. I'm trying to limit
my fruit consumption as I have a tendency to eat to many.

 

[Clueless Git]

The Chovie treated us both to a rather nice looking fruit salad over the weekend.

The question of how they can now extract 99% of all flavour from fruit arose but never got answered.

 

[shyvas]

The Chovie treated us both to a rather nice looking fruit salad over the weekend.

The question of how they can now extract 99% of all flavour from fruit arose but never got answered.

By extracting the water and fibre content.

 

[SummerRain]

Well, I'm allergic to most locally grown types of fruit when eaten raw, so most of the fruit I eat is satsumas and bananas because I can eat them raw and they're fairly cheap. In the summer when they're in season I buy local berries - sometimes from a pick your own place or my parents garden so then they're seriously local If I buy cooking apples or frozen berries for stewing in the winter I'll buy British.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I just buy whatever fruit I fancy or the fruit on special offer throughout the year, although I buy in season strawberries because they taste nicer.

I buy bananas weekly as I use them in all my smoothies, I also bought pears and blueberries this week. I keep any leftover fruit chopped up in the freezer for smoothies too, I have red grapes and pineapple in there at the moment.

 

[PTree15]

I eat a lot of bananas, apples, grapes, citrus (in season most of the time) and a few berries. I'm allergic to strawberries, sadly. I love melon in the summer as well.

 

[hungryraccoon]

I eat a lot of bananas. Other than that at the moment I'm eating apples, strawberries, blueberries & avocados.

 

[mary1]

I find the fruit to be not-so-great quality in the winter here whether it's local, from the next province over, or imported. We've been eating mostly bananas (imported) and some pears (domestic) and apples(domestic). I also have some blueberries in the freezer.

 

[Trinity]

What a gorgeous and vibrant photo.

As much as I really really want to eat local (and try to do so whenever stuff is in season) I really fall back on imported stuff in the winter. I do eat local appels and pears that have been stored. Then I go for bananas (seems like most people do) and the occassional mango or two.

 

[ledboots]

In Florida we have some of our best local fruit at this time of year. The citrus, strawberries, etc.

I always keep staple fruits of bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, and frozen bags of fruit for quick smoothies. We eat a ton of fruit all the time, tbh.

 

[Trinity]

In Florida we have some of our best local fruit at this time of year.

Wow - how blessed are you.
This is the reason I usually think I might be better off moving to a warmer climate.... the seasonal produce.

 

[Ann Chovie]

The Chovie treated us both to a rather nice looking fruit salad over the weekend.

The question of how they can now extract 99% of all flavour from fruit arose but never got answered.

Even so I feel a bit l aggrieved that I presented you with fruit and you brought me a cold (sniff sniff)

 

[beancounter]

Blueberries..not locally grown.

 

[GingerFoxx]

I had some frozen strawberries and banana in my freezer, I cut them up, blended them in the mini food processor with a small spoonful of vanilla soy ice cream and had myself a bowl of vegan sorbet/sherbet

As far as fresh fruit, it has been mostly apples and pears lately. Nothing is really in season in NH this time of year.