Local fruits
We've had a decent fruit summer here in Canada filled with fresh strawberries from Quebec, blueberries from B.C (and now the small "wild" blueberries from Quebec and the Maritime Provinces.
The nectarines, plums, peaches, and grapes (from the U.S.) have been a mixed bag in the local markets --they're hardly local fruits, but what's available. I don't normally buy out-of-season fruit at home in the U.S. so these are equivalent to that, even though it's technically been the right season for them, they're shipped a long way and picked way too soon. The current grapes are good, occasional nectarines have been delicious, but most are ho-hum, compared to South Carolina peaches at their peak of the season.
And apples, well, Canadian apples tend towards cooking apples, not fresh-eating, at least as far as storage apples go. We'll see what the newly-harvested ones are like before we head south in the fall.
The only really tasty apples that I've bought here have been Opals (from somewhere in the U.S.) and Smittens (from New Zealand) -- both only showing up for a slight window in the local markets.
So, at my village market in Le Bic, I thought I'd spring for the Ontario nectarines. They have a faint nectarine/peach smell. Perhaps they'll be good! They're still quite hard.
It's stories like this one in the NYTimes that encourage my thinking about these topics.
The nectarines, plums, peaches, and grapes (from the U.S.) have been a mixed bag in the local markets --they're hardly local fruits, but what's available. I don't normally buy out-of-season fruit at home in the U.S. so these are equivalent to that, even though it's technically been the right season for them, they're shipped a long way and picked way too soon. The current grapes are good, occasional nectarines have been delicious, but most are ho-hum, compared to South Carolina peaches at their peak of the season.
And apples, well, Canadian apples tend towards cooking apples, not fresh-eating, at least as far as storage apples go. We'll see what the newly-harvested ones are like before we head south in the fall.
The only really tasty apples that I've bought here have been Opals (from somewhere in the U.S.) and Smittens (from New Zealand) -- both only showing up for a slight window in the local markets.
So, at my village market in Le Bic, I thought I'd spring for the Ontario nectarines. They have a faint nectarine/peach smell. Perhaps they'll be good! They're still quite hard.
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| I'm always hopeful about "regional" produce. |
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