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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 23, 2010 10:58:23 GMT
I haven't heard of longans either Kerouac but they do look just like lychees to me. Again, I only like lychees straight from the fridge.......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2010 11:36:18 GMT
Lychees are also imported for Christmas -- cheaper than rambutans.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Dec 23, 2010 13:55:03 GMT
That's beautiful garlic, Bixa. Here, garlic has been somewhat expensive of late. But Life As We Know It would not be sustainable without garlic.
Day before yesterday:
Oranges, 4 kilos for $15 pesos, trucked to our street. We might get them at a slightly lower price in the Pátzcuaro mercado, but it would be a long haul to where we parked our vehicle. The small upcharge is worthwhile.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2010 17:38:07 GMT
It's been so long since I had a Chinese pear, I don't really remember how they taste. Somewhat like apples, right? And Mick -- from the fridge? Really? Fruit has so much more flavor at room temperature.
Tod, yes ~~ roasted garlic is a huge pleasure. I've stuck the stray clove into the ground now and then, but mostly used the leaves. I always thought of onions and garlic as something to buy from the store. Now I can see the beauty of growing it in order to use it completely fresh.
Interesting that the Madagascar rambutans are in season now. The ones here are grown in Veracruz. They came and went a couple of months ago. I think I slightly prefer the taste of rambutan, but stick with litchi because they're so easy to crack with the teeth. You can do that with rambutan, too, but it feels weird in the mouth.
We've got oranges galore here, too, along with tangerines and pineapples. The strawberries are also still coming in.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2010 21:28:05 GMT
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Post by imec on Dec 28, 2010 21:41:03 GMT
I'd give anything for your growing season.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2010 21:52:14 GMT
I see lots of radishes waiting to be carved!  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2010 3:23:37 GMT
You are as a man possessed! Did you notice the beets? They noticed you and are quaking in their little purple jackets. Those shapes, those plump crevices .....  (That IS gorgeous, fantastically fresh market produce.) |
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Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2010 17:58:40 GMT
Those soft-focussed beets look like giant ants!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2010 18:58:34 GMT
Maybe ruddy-jacketed rhizomes are just naturally rooted in unreality.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2010 21:42:38 GMT
Did anybody notice that melons are in season in Lille for some strange reason?  (click photo) |
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Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2010 21:52:35 GMT
Aren't "melons" ALWAYS in season? ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2010 23:44:23 GMT
I see lots of radishes waiting to be carved! Gosh,I forgot to include these that were also available. They must have been hiding from the knife sharpener guy at the market whose tent is right next to them!!!   Yes,Bixa,this time of year the produce is at it's finest I think,summertime vegetables here just never seem to be as robust and inviting. I gave up on growing many of the summertime stuff because of the heat,and stress that accompanies it,then,the ensuing pestilence that jumps on board from all of the above...  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 12:19:39 GMT
You may have seen/heard about my saga of the opossums in the citrus grove earlier in the season. Well,they did reek havoc earlier on, and then, seemed to back off. By December,January,my blood orange tree was fairly loaded,however,I held back on harvesting because they weren;t quite "bloody" enough inside. I also heeded the advice of my citrus guru at the Farmer's market,who told me to wait until the first week of February to harvest to achieve maximum sweetness,ripeness.He also told me I have one of the few existing mature blood orange trees that he is aware of due to last years hard hard freeze. Yesterday,my helper and I went out to harvest the oranges. It seems the opossums also knew when there optimum ripeness occurred... I got maybe half of what was originally on the tree if that. If we hadn't harvested yesterday, I'm sure the varmints would have got them last night. And ripe,ripe,sweet,sweet they are too...  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 14:19:16 GMT
Are there a lot of pickings for them throughout the neighborhood, or are you the main supplier?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 2:06:51 GMT
Are there a lot of pickings for them throughout the neighborhood, or are you the main supplier? I know of a few navel orange trees and some minor complaints about the varmints picking a few of them. They curiously do not go for the Meyer or Lisbon lemons,or the Persian limes. And, I never have a problem with them eating the figs or loquats when they are in season. I have heard many complaints of them eating cat food that's left out for some of the feral neighborhood cats and saw some eating cat food I had left out. I took some pictures but my computer is not cooperating with posting them at the moment  |
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Post by imec on Feb 10, 2011 3:13:10 GMT
I often feel a certain frustration when I look at the title of this thread. Where I live, for about 8 months of the year, NOTHING is in season. So I've decided to interpret this differently. While certain products, unless picked fresh locally are a complete waste of money, plenty of others seem to travel reasonably well and appear in large quantities and at low prices at certain times of the year. So, to me, I guess stuff is "in season". At this time of year citrus fruits from California are plentiful, inexpensive and taste VERY good. These blood oranges are a fine example:  Yesterday I noticed that Asparagus from Mexico has appeared in large quantities for well under $2 a pound. Nothing for it but a big pot of Asparagus soup!    |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2011 12:23:13 GMT
Hahahahaha!!! Well,when I started the OP, I did indeed specify where you are.... Over time, I have noticed that it does indeed limit some posters who have a brief growing season. I guess we can let this one slide Imec,due to your frustration,and given your prolific food shopping habits,we will get to see what's in season pretty much all over the Continent,won't we? And, there is always the Market Day ,What Did you Buy? thread as well. No pressure though....  Beautiful asparagus btw, and if I could get my computer to copy pics, I would post my blood oranges, GRRRRRR!!!,which aren't quite as "bloody" as yours,but,were picked on the same day.... I wonder if there's an opossum problem in CA. too. Hmmmmmm. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 11:34:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 20, 2011 15:40:11 GMT
Gad, they really ruin the fruit! I wonder if the suggestion here of leaving snacks for them away from your crop would work, or would it just attract rats. The bit about actually building them a house is over-the-top, although I can almost hear you thinking about it..... Friday I bought some chicosapotes, which are in season with a vengeance. They're very high up on my favorites list. No pics, although you can look at these I posted a while back (#124). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 21:04:31 GMT
Gad, they really ruin the fruit! I wonder if the suggestion here of leaving snacks for them away from your crop would work, or would it just attract rats. The bit about actually building them a house is over-the-top, although I can almost hear you thinking about it..... Friday I bought some chicosapotes, which are in season with a vengeance. They're very high up on my favorites list. No pics, although you can look at these I posted a while back (#124). Oh,damage yes!!! There were a couple dozen of these near hollowed out oranges on the ground and hanging in the tree!!! I fear rats yes.... . No,the only house I'm building this year back there is for the honeybees. Actually,it's already built,it needs tin roof to protect it from the elements. I am going to top off/prune the tree by almost half, in the next week or so,soon,soon and then attempt to net it next year. It's much too tall. ( see below.) |
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Post by Don Cuevas on Feb 21, 2011 0:56:43 GMT
Black radish and fennel.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 10:05:03 GMT
The price of tangerines is climbing back up -- that's a sure sign of winter coming to an end here. (The next step after that is when tangerines are still available but they don't look worth buying as they are clearly past their prime.)
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Post by Don Cuevas on Feb 24, 2011 13:22:58 GMT
Tzign on a truck laden with tangerines at Tzurumutaro*: "Mandarinas, 5 kilos- $20 pesos".
$20 pesos=€1.19
We are still working our way through those we purchased last week.
* Tzurumutaro is about tzix miles from Tzintzuntzan.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 14:51:31 GMT
Here the good seedless clementines are up to 3.20€ a kilo, the cheap small ones are something like 2.30€. The price for the good ones "in season" is 2.00€ a kilo. The clemenvillas have disappeared.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 15:05:50 GMT
Similarly,our satsuma season is coming to an end too. I really come to rely on them as the ultimate snack food especially when driving from job to job,they are really easy to peel and don't squirt juice allover the place. They are sectioned for ready consumption perfectly,and, few to no seeds inside.
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Post by fumobici on Feb 24, 2011 16:45:46 GMT
I actually often prefer the late season clemantines, they dessicate a bit leaving the skins loose around the flesh and easier to peel and it concentrates the flavor and sweetness. When my mom lived in AZ and had a house with many, many various citrus trees in the yard I was astonished how long the fruit kept on the tree. In many cases fruit that became ripe in December could be picked right through to March and it was fine.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 15:56:05 GMT
 the last of the seasons beets...... and now, in like crazy, all over town......  Loquats I'll be making Bixa's killer chutney recipe with them hopefully this week. It turned out fabulous last year and was a huge hit with neighbors and friends!!!  |
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Post by bjd on Apr 17, 2011 18:07:47 GMT
It's that lousy time of year -- nothing is really in season. The last of the winter fruits are ending, the apples are soft, the kiwis are getting too ripe. The only new thing is the strawberries, but they are hothouse grown and the local ones cost a fortune. I bought a small box the other day and paid 2€90. Just converted that and it's US$4.18!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 18, 2011 7:44:39 GMT
Would love to have some nice beets. They sell them too big here. And you can send some of that chutney this way. No loquats here until the fall. But it's a great time of year here ~~ watermelons, still plenty of mangoes, the peaches are beyond belief, onions, apples, still lots of lettuce, despite the heat, cucumbers, potatoes, wild "plums", chicosapote, mamey, tomatoes ...... it's hard not to buy too much at the produce market!  |
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