Berries and Cherries and All Things Nice: Abundance and choice are assured in these hot summer months, but what about flavour and sweetness? Fresh fruit is notoriously fickle, even at the best of times, so it pays to be careful in trying to pick up the best, so read on. Key changes in August to […]
Flavoursome Fruit This Week – wk 31, August Read More »
Mandarins are not top of everyone’s shopping list in mid-summer as there are so many other fruits to buy. However, they are still a lovely fruit to eat: great for snacks, picnics and lunch boxes and a worthy inclusion in any fruit bowl. In early summer the choice has mainly been of South African Clemenules
Mandarins – August, wk 30 Read More »
Peak Cherry, Peak Summer: as summer advances, fresh fruit just gets better and better. Not only are melons, peaches, nectarines and apricots hitting the heights of their seasons, but cherries are abundant from British orchards; soft berries continue to be wonderful (often home-grown); we still have supreme flavour from Pakistani mangoes and Mexican lychee; and,
Flavoursome Fruit This Week – wk 28-29, July Read More »
Grapes have not been front-of-mind lately, partially due to very mixed sourcing due to change of seasons, but also because of so much happening with other summer fruit types such as Asian mangoes, berries, melons and stone fruit. As the main supplying country gradually switches to Egypt, and as early varieties from there, with their
Grapes – July, wk 27 Read More »
Melons: Such hot weather, perfect for melons: such a summer fruit! There are plentiful supplies of melons in all stores, whether supermarket, green grocer or market stall. These are mainly from Spain, with some from Italy and Greece, and, as volumes improve, prices are coming down. Watermelons are the perfect choice when it’s too hot
Melons – July, wk 27 Read More »
Peak Mango, Peak Summer: it may be a surprise to choose this ‘heat-wave’ week as Peak Mango when there is so much else happening with fresh fruit. What about strawberries or peaches or melons or cherries? Well, it’s true that all these and much more are in full summer flow, but their best is yet
Flavoursome Fruit This Week – wk 27’18, July Read More »
Citrus is not always front-of-mind in the summer, so it is easy to forget that some of the options are just wonderful. All easy-peelers come from South Africa or South America at this time of year and among them are some of the very best satsumas available. These soft, sweet and succulent mandarins are a
Satsumas, June, wk 25 Read More »
Flat or Donut peaches are one of the more reliably sweet stone fruit from the Mediterranean and are perfect as a snack or in a lunch box. They are so easy to eat as well, with their little ‘finger-hold’ dimple in the centre. With the season underway from Spain, prices are starting to come down,
Flat Peaches – June, wk 25 Read More »
Lychee are one of few fruits that are utterly irresistible when in peak condition. In UK supermarkets, lychee are currently being sold from Mexico, and they are a wonderful treat. The flavour and succulence of the fruit is hard to beat, and there is never enough in the pack. Lychee should be available in most
Lychee – June, wk 25 Read More »
