Dr Tanya is our host and this week asks about our five favourite Summer fruits.
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According to my spreadsheet (I am really sad!!), I spend around £50 a month on fresh fruit and veg. Most of that is actually fruit, though with rising costs, I have taken stock at what I get for the price I’m paying, and it is not value for money!
Growing up, things like melons, pineapples, kiwi, peaches, nectarines, seedless grapes, raspberries and strawberries were all summer fruit, but now we can get them all year round. Oranges can be a trigger for migraine for me, recent bananas have been abysmal, we are paying 60p for a single apple and 75p for a pear, but I was invited to go and pick apricots from a neighbour’s tree though sadly many rotted in the fruit bowl.
I prefer soft fruit to fiddling around with stones and pips, so my five favourites would be:
Strawberries,
Raspberries,
Blueberries,
Seedless grapes and
Honeydew/Galia melon.
Buying frozen fruit though, I would go for cherries, pineapple and mango.
Tinned choices would be pineapple, apricots, peaches, pears, and gooseberries.
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Fruit prices are so exorbitant. My husband was watching a show regarding inflation, and basic foods items have risen 13% since last year 🙄
Some items we buy have gone up by over 20%. I buy Flora light margarine and that has increased from £1.19 for 500g to £1.69 in Lidl. In Tesco it’s normally £2.30 now and £1.89 ‘on special.’ Our monthly food bill is around £20 higher than last year, and most of that is fresh fruit and veg.
We’re talking about installing a glass house.
We were given a green house three years ago and our tomatoes are doing really well.
It’s all getting way too hard
It’s a worry for everyone on top of everything else.
I just bought “LemonDrop” melons. It looked like a yellow tinted cantaloupe from the skin but inside it was like a honeydew melon – all greenish white. The flavor however is sweet with a tangy aftertaste like lemonade! We had to pay $3.99 but the second one was only $1 so it came out to $2.50 each which was fine because they are really big! My favorites are: Cherries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Apples and Apricots. I happen to have all of these currently in the refrigerator along with a mango for Sparky… With the price of gasoline so high I’m guessing that some are having to decide on gas for the car or fresh fruit and veggies…
We are trying to cut back on everything too.
Those melons sound delicious. I wonder if they’d have then here?
Nice list Di! It’s the same everywhere and what the frilly is with the bananas? I used to buy 2-3 (that’s all I can eat in a week), and get them a bit green so they’d last out the time. Now? I get them and they’re rotted before three days are gone. Awful. That lemonade melon sounds a treat! I wonder if they get them in the USA too? Would be a really scrumptious treat it sounds like!
I usually buy still green bananas but recently they have been woody and rotted from the inside. The last ones I bought were still green, but in 2 days the skins were black and I threw them away as they were mushy an horrible inside. I haven’t bought any since. In fact, I have cut down a lot on my fruit since I realised just how much I was spending on it a month!
Thanks for sharing your favourites.
I love all of what you listed, I love fruit!
I must admit I’m cutting back as I refuse to pay what they’re asking for shoddy produce.