That's really the issue. Stuff in the supermarket can sit for up to a year in their freezer. Then they bring them out.
If you have access, your best bet is a farm. We pick strawberries, blueberries, and apples. Peaches already picked but from a farm but fresh.
Supermarket produce is not frozen. Stuff would wilt or turn to mush is you tried to put out previously frozen produce.
Supermarket peaches, tomatoes, etc are lower quality because they pick it well before its ripened. That way it’s still hard and won’t bruise in shipping. Then they expose them to ethylene gas (a gas produced naturally by many fruits). The gas is a ripening agent, and will quickly ripen the fruit. But the result has much less flavor and inferior texture vs. tree/bush ripened fruits.
they're pretty good. At Farmers' Markets, they can be REALLY good.
The apples out here, however, are not good by northeastern standards. It doesn't get cold enough in the winter for a lot of the best apple cultivars, even in the mountains.
from Wegman's. Not sure exactly where they were from but they do a great job with their produce. Had some heirloom tomatoes they Wegmans get from a farm 20 minutes away. Maybe not farmers market fresh but damn good for a supermarket
Georgia (maybe NJ), wash 'em, put 'em on a plate on the windowsill, and if I get a couple (few?) sunny days, I'm golden. Very few duds this year; maybe only the first batch that had to try to ripen in the rainy weather. They are out there!
RE: RE: I love the adds that show up below the OP. Â
...and the add is for a bra. Pretty healthy sized one too - for a nice set of peaches.
For a guy who's a great chef and owns one of the best restaurants in New Jersey...
I'd have expected you'd know those are called tomatoes, or if really large melons... SMH.
It's all in the timing of these things!
Speaking of timing - I'm catching my wife and both daughters in New York for two weeks early mid August, and am checking if we have an excuse to get down to the NJ shore a bit and stop in again at Drew's Bayshore Bistro.
How long in advance to we need to reserve a table? IE, How's the summer traffic mid August?
No, my wife is
...and the add is for a bra. Pretty healthy sized one too - for a nice set of peaches.
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...from the supermarket?
No, my wife is
That's really the issue. Stuff in the supermarket can sit for up to a year in their freezer. Then they bring them out.
If you have access, your best bet is a farm. We pick strawberries, blueberries, and apples. Peaches already picked but from a farm but fresh.
No, but thanks for asking...I just love peaches
That's really the issue. Stuff in the supermarket can sit for up to a year in their freezer. Then they bring them out.
If you have access, your best bet is a farm. We pick strawberries, blueberries, and apples. Peaches already picked but from a farm but fresh.
Supermarket produce is not frozen. Stuff would wilt or turn to mush is you tried to put out previously frozen produce.
Supermarket peaches, tomatoes, etc are lower quality because they pick it well before its ripened. That way it’s still hard and won’t bruise in shipping. Then they expose them to ethylene gas (a gas produced naturally by many fruits). The gas is a ripening agent, and will quickly ripen the fruit. But the result has much less flavor and inferior texture vs. tree/bush ripened fruits.
When will we ever learn?
...You're welcome.
...and the add is for a bra. Pretty healthy sized one too - for a nice set of peaches.
For a guy who's a great chef and owns one of the best restaurants in New Jersey...
I'd have expected you'd know those are called tomatoes, or if really large melons... SMH.
*loads shotgun*
The apples out here, however, are not good by northeastern standards. It doesn't get cold enough in the winter for a lot of the best apple cultivars, even in the mountains.
You couldn’t find quality peaches in Walmart & Target? Shocker.
Have you tried Dollar Tree?
Well done.
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Where have all the peaches gone?
...and the add is for a bra. Pretty healthy sized one too - for a nice set of peaches.
For a guy who's a great chef and owns one of the best restaurants in New Jersey...
I'd have expected you'd know those are called tomatoes, or if really large melons... SMH.
It's all in the timing of these things!
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Where have all the peaches gone?
...and the add is for a bra. Pretty healthy sized one too - for a nice set of peaches.
For a guy who's a great chef and owns one of the best restaurants in New Jersey...
I'd have expected you'd know those are called tomatoes, or if really large melons... SMH.
It's all in the timing of these things!
Speaking of timing - I'm catching my wife and both daughters in New York for two weeks early mid August, and am checking if we have an excuse to get down to the NJ shore a bit and stop in again at Drew's Bayshore Bistro.
How long in advance to we need to reserve a table? IE, How's the summer traffic mid August?