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Sundae · 06-07-2013, 04:01 AM

What most supermarkets over here stock are what is known as the "bouncing strawberry". They are the El Santa variety. Big, red, pretty much indestructible and generally grown in Spain. I do not buy them. They do not taste of real strawberries. My parents think I am odd for checking the name on the packaging, but they think I'm odd anyway.

Thing is we (the British public) are now used to buying things all year round. It's our appetite for non-seasonal food that puts us at the mercy of inferior products. I'd rather eat wonderful strawberries for two months a year than indifferent ones for twelve. So I vote with my wallet. Oh, yeah, sorry. I really mean I can't afford them all that often

Cherries though... I'm a sucker for cherries.
I buy them even when the country of origin is Chile. Not very green of me.
But Penny looks like she's going to give me a decent crop this year, so at least I'm trying.

BTW, my eye still hurts.
I feel real empathy with generations of rabbits.

BigV · 06-07-2013, 03:09 PM

Twil has an epic cherry tree in her front yard, and it provides a feast every year for creatures great and small. The cherries are just starting now, they look like green soybeans on a stem.

Ocean's Edge · 06-07-2013, 04:18 PM

lost internet connection all day...

so I washed the dog

Griff · 06-07-2013, 05:07 PM

What a beauty!

Ocean's Edge · 06-07-2013, 06:12 PM

thanks, she's a total airhead we blame the conflicted genetic programming of crossing a Border Collie herding dog with a Great Pyrenees guarding dog - but she's the walking embodiment of 'ignorance is bliss' ... never met a happier dog in my life

all dry and fluffy now

Sundae · 06-08-2013, 02:55 AM

Ocean, you have a bigger beard than I expected.

BigV · 06-11-2013, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Ocean, you have a bigger beard than I expected.

But so clean!

Chocolatl · 06-08-2013, 04:13 AM

She's so cute, Ocean!

Lola Bunny · 06-09-2013, 11:09 PM

Things we get done without the interent, hehe. Btw, that dog is cute.

Clodfobble · 06-15-2013, 08:18 AM

If anyone is bored, and wants an internet challenge:

I would give my left arm for a source of frozen, peeled zucchini. Organic or not. I have searched and searched, but despite a plethora of frozen butternut squash, and frozen chard, and frozen rutabega, and frozen beets, it seems that nobody wants to sell me frozen zucchini.

Lamplighter · 06-15-2013, 09:41 AM

FaceBook knows you have a special desire for zucchini,
which is not healthy for the majority of the population.

So FB / Google have put out the word to all frozen food vendors:
"No zucchini for Clod"
Now get over it, the powers that be know what is best.

P.S. Ebay just put up an auction for 1 slightly used left arm.

monster · 06-21-2013, 01:17 PM

could they possibly make cornstarch packaging any less convenient/more messy?

Chocolatl · 06-15-2013, 10:33 AM

Found plenty of sliced zucchini, but not peeled.

glatt · 06-16-2013, 10:43 AM

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BigV · 06-16-2013, 12:11 PM

I don't know... let's see your treadmill.

06-07-2013, 04:01 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	What most supermarkets over here stock are what is known as the "bouncing strawberry". They are the El Santa variety. Big, red, pretty much indestructible and generally grown in Spain. I do not buy them. They do not taste of real strawberries. My parents think I am odd for checking the name on the packaging, but they think I'm odd anyway. Thing is we (the British public) are now used to buying things all year round. It's our appetite for non-seasonal food that puts us at the mercy of inferior products. I'd rather eat wonderful strawberries for two months a year than indifferent ones for twelve. So I vote with my wallet. Oh, yeah, sorry. I really mean I can't afford them all that often Cherries though... I'm a sucker for cherries. I buy them even when the country of origin is Chile. Not very green of me. But Penny looks like she's going to give me a decent crop this year, so at least I'm trying. BTW, my eye still hurts. I feel real empathy with generations of rabbits. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-07-2013, 03:09 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Twil has an epic cherry tree in her front yard, and it provides a feast every year for creatures great and small. The cherries are just starting now, they look like green soybeans on a stem. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-07-2013, 04:18 PM	#3
Ocean's Edge is a beach Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: One step back from the end of the world Posts: 245	lost internet connection all day... so I washed the dog __________________ *Schrodinger's cat is a koan.*

06-07-2013, 05:07 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What a beauty! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-07-2013, 06:12 PM	#5
Ocean's Edge is a beach Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: One step back from the end of the world Posts: 245	thanks, she's a total airhead we blame the conflicted genetic programming of crossing a Border Collie herding dog with a Great Pyrenees guarding dog - but she's the walking embodiment of 'ignorance is bliss' ... never met a happier dog in my life all dry and fluffy now __________________ *Schrodinger's cat is a koan.*

06-08-2013, 02:55 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ocean, you have a bigger beard than I expected. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-08-2013, 04:13 AM	#8
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	She's so cute, Ocean!

06-09-2013, 11:09 PM	#9
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Things we get done without the interent, hehe. Btw, that dog is cute.

06-15-2013, 08:18 AM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If anyone is bored, and wants an internet challenge: I would give my left arm for a source of frozen, peeled zucchini. Organic or not. I have searched and searched, but despite a plethora of frozen butternut squash, and frozen chard, and frozen rutabega, and frozen beets, it seems that nobody wants to sell me frozen zucchini. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-15-2013, 09:41 AM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	FaceBook knows you have a special desire for zucchini, which is not healthy for the majority of the population. So FB / Google have put out the word to all frozen food vendors: "No zucchini for Clod" Now get over it, the powers that be know what is best. P.S. Ebay just put up an auction for 1 slightly used left arm.

06-21-2013, 01:17 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	could they possibly make cornstarch packaging any less convenient/more messy? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-15-2013, 10:33 AM	#13
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Found plenty of sliced zucchini, but not peeled.

06-16-2013, 10:43 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Can't put it off much longer.

06-16-2013, 12:11 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I don't know... let's see your treadmill. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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