Perhaps it's an age-related thing but we find we no longer go for sweet things and fruit. Much prefer savoury items. But Maureen is yet to be convinced that ox liver and sheep's heart are really yummy things!
We have Tayberries here, too (cross between a blackberry and a raspberry - IMO even nicer than loganberries, but you don`t see them that often.
Pat
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I love stuffed sheep heart. My husband didn't and I once served him stuffed 'veal' which he loved. He didn't find out for a couple of years. Can't say I like ox liver but do like calves or sheep liver, my son didn't but he ate 'beef slices' for a long time when young lol
Ox liver is a bit richer than calf or sheep; just as venison is richer than beef. (mmmm, bambiburgers...)
Just "googled both loganberries and Tayberries and it says that BOTH are cross between raspberries and blackberries. Odd. Tayberries are definitely different (IMO superior) to Loganberries. Anyone know the exact difference?
Tayberry Icecream is gorgeous, by the way.
Pat
Mayhaw jelly is wonderful -- have you even heard of mayhaws?
Hawthorn Berries?
Pat
Hmmm, I don't know -- I've always just heard them called mayhaws. The jelly is wonderful. The closest commercial taste I've ever had was an apple-strawberry blend, but it wasn't nearly as tangy and "bright" tasting.
That`s why your "Mayhaws" immediately made me think of ours. I know that in earlier times folk used to collect (Rose) Hips and Haws to make jam/jelly which is full of vitamin C.
Even earlier to flower is the Blackthorn
Our daughter knows the farmers around HER house - so she is allowed to gather the potatoes, onions, carrots, etc., after the harvesters have been round - there`s always TONS left behind. What with that and their shooting and deerstalking they have lovely fresh food and hardly ever need to go to the supermarket!!!
Pat
I do know the mayhaws generally grow wild, and until recently, the only place you could get mayhaw jelly was a roadside stand, so you may be onto something.
I don't like any of the other berries -- I used to pick blackberries, and my mother always said she could trust me to bring back all I picked, because I didn't even like to sample them.
Sure my DH is jealous - I'm basically allergic - can eat one, maybe two but that's it.
Oh, you'll miss that really good, year 'round, fresh produce at nice prices when you're not there. I remember growing up, and the truck farmers would come around the neighborhood selling containers of tomatoes, cukes, peppers, berries, melons, etc. So, I do miss always having some fresh fruits and salad stuff - not with winter mush effect or outrageous prices. Even now, when we go visit the family I end up in the grocery store amazed at the low produce prices. And of course we had grapefruit, orange, lime, and lemon trees in the yard. And I think a leechee nut tree.
Famously, when my DM and DGM came to visit for my first new house-warming, we went to the grocery store for supplies. I was including a couple of canteloupes - they were on sale - 45 cents a pound - to make some fruit thing. Anyhow - as the cashier was checking things thru, and the melons rang up at about $1-$2 each, my DM stopped everything. "What - that's wrong - they're 45 cents!" . No, mom, I said - that's 45 cents a pound. She then argued with me about being insane to spend that much on melon. Had to go over her to tell the cashier it was okay, and my mom kept telling me that I was insane, and we were being robbed. Nope, just the price of groceries in the DC area - and in Florida especially produce, and groceries aren't expensive. Especially fresh produce. To think - that was 20 years ago. Now we get excited if melon is 2 for $5.
ellice
LOL - the DBIL who calls himself a "yankee swampfarmer" - native Rhode Islander - evidently spent so much time eating lobster when they were kids and even poorer (not from a well off family) he won't touch the stuff now and would certainly agree with you.
Personally, I really like it, but am indeed allergic - the most I ever get down is about a forkful. And don't think about putting crab in front of me
- don't like it - perhaps because of some immediate, er, bodily rejection when I tried it.
ellice
Macouns have a very short season. We usually can get them here for a couple of weeks. And, to DH's delight - we bought a Macoun tree last year at one of the local nurseries. It had 2 little apples, but we're hoping to have fruit in a few years.
Honestly, I can remember getting true Delicious apples - not from the grocery store - that deserved the name. My grandfather travelled for work, and when they came in season, every fall he would send our family, and my aunt's family a big boxful from an orchard that were great.
Now, well - you get what you can. A local Chinese restaurant that we've known the family of for a long time (15 year?) has their own farm out about
40 miles. Anyhow - they grow the most fabulous Asian Pears, fresh asparagus, and some other things - so when we're there we always ask what did they bring in from the farm. And it's the best place to buy the Asian Pears - so fantastic.ellice
Our favourites were always "Crispin" - big green SWEET eating apples, which we used to buy by the box from either of two local fruit farms. Since they changed to "PYO" we can`t be bothered - at our age we like them ready picked, thankyou - but the ones in the shops just aren`t the same as those straight from the farm`s own cold store.
Pat
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