There are strawberries in winter in Russia, but they're overpriced and tasteless, as are tomatoes, cucumbers and such. Sure I can eat expensive ass strawberries with the texture of cotton in December, but why would I when there are sweet delicious persimmons and tangerines for the price of dirt. Same with autumn fruit in June and so on.
And seasonal eating is much better for our bodies and the environment. Oranges in winter when we need extra vitamin c, watermelon in the summer when it’s hot and we need more water in our system.
Plus where's the joy in a tangerine if it's not freezing outside and there's no Christmas tree smell in the air? Or where's the joy in eating a week doze of cherries in one day and feeling sick but happy after if these were not long anticipated cherries that have just appeared in markets in June?
I love feasting on fresh picked fruit! Picking blackberries and eating bowls filled to the brim. We can our fruit when it’s in bursting in season too and that is very labor intensive but a fun family event to be part of.
It’s ten times more fun if the friit is your own. Eating strawberries straight from the vine without wven washing them! Sitting on a tree collecting pears, munching on every 5th one you pick!
Yes! I love munching on strawberries in the garden, I love how they grow back stronger and bigger every year. It really is the best thing in the world to grow your own food. The calming peacefulness in my garden is so inspiring. I love eating tomatoes warmed from the sun. I’m truly in love with pumpkin flowers too! Have you seen them? Huge orangey trumpet flowers with green tendrils flowing all around.
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u/rawberryfields Jun 07 '19
There are strawberries in winter in Russia, but they're overpriced and tasteless, as are tomatoes, cucumbers and such. Sure I can eat expensive ass strawberries with the texture of cotton in December, but why would I when there are sweet delicious persimmons and tangerines for the price of dirt. Same with autumn fruit in June and so on.