Note to self, re: apples
Dear self:
When at the farmers' market, and still during the 60% or so of the year when apples are the only damn fruit available there, never, repeat never, buy only the small green plastic basket of them. Always get the big cardboard basket.
Yes, even if there are only two varieties left, and one of them is just for baking and the other is that creepy new "Red Prince" variety. Whatever kind of apples they may be, they are the only ones left, and when faced with a choice between a weird and overhyped variety of apples and no apples at all -- or tasteless supermarket fruit that's been picked totally unripe and shipped in from gods-know-where, losing all flavour and texture in the process -- your obvious and logical choice should be bring on the damn apples. Specifically, the big basket.
Because between you and your offspring, you have now blown through fully half the stupid little green basket, and it's only Sunday, with the market having been on Saturday. Seriously, that thing holds what, six apples? You eat at least one a day. Sometimes more. And the boy eats an apple more visits than not. Do the math. Also, for future reference, apparently Red Prince isn't too bad after all...
*sigh* How long is it until strawberry season starts?
When at the farmers' market, and still during the 60% or so of the year when apples are the only damn fruit available there, never, repeat never, buy only the small green plastic basket of them. Always get the big cardboard basket.
Yes, even if there are only two varieties left, and one of them is just for baking and the other is that creepy new "Red Prince" variety. Whatever kind of apples they may be, they are the only ones left, and when faced with a choice between a weird and overhyped variety of apples and no apples at all -- or tasteless supermarket fruit that's been picked totally unripe and shipped in from gods-know-where, losing all flavour and texture in the process -- your obvious and logical choice should be bring on the damn apples. Specifically, the big basket.
Because between you and your offspring, you have now blown through fully half the stupid little green basket, and it's only Sunday, with the market having been on Saturday. Seriously, that thing holds what, six apples? You eat at least one a day. Sometimes more. And the boy eats an apple more visits than not. Do the math. Also, for future reference, apparently Red Prince isn't too bad after all...
*sigh* How long is it until strawberry season starts?