September 7, 2006
Peaches that do not taste like nail polish remover!
MMM!!!
We were given some peaches from a fruit stand/store near Keremeos, BC (close to Penticton & Osoyoos — yeah, I've never heard of it, either!). Ohhh my. I just ate a nicely ripe one, and it was DRIPPING with juice and flavour! Unbelievable!
The last peach I had tasted like nail polish remover, if one could taste a smell, and it was absolutely awful. This peach, tonight, is what peaches are supposed to and do taste like! You know when you enjoy it incredibly so that it's a real peach, and not some combination of pith and chemicals.
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mmm!
We were also given home-grown potatoes and tomatoes. I can't wait to sample them. The home-grown grapes we tried were incredible, too. Currently I am also enjoying plums from my parents' front yard, and friends have enjoyed them, too. When I get a house, I want fruit trees!
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I am a communication designer in Vancouver, BC. Most of my writing and community activism are in the interconnected issues of public transit, local eating and food security, politics, health, environment, and sustainability in general. At heart, I'm a geek and a total treehugger. Nature, tea, good food and great company make me happy.
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Yesterday we bought a big box of white peaches from the Okanagan area and they are just like you describe, incredibly tasty and juicy! I prefer buying our own province’s produce whnever available for it always tastes better thatn anything shipped from far away. Having your own trees and garden of course is the ideal, but some things don’t do well here with our rain.