I think it's like today's strawberries vs 50 years ago. They are cultivated for "looks" and not taste anymore. Older strawberries seemed sweeter compared to todays box stores.
Oh, totally! My wife bought a box of strawberries the other week, worst ones I've ever had...they tasted like water! They were big n red though! I miss the big ole seeded watermelons from when I was a kid...big ole black seeds in them, and oh so sweet! The worst ones back then were better than the best ones now!
The ones out of my garden are dang good. If you buy them local you can still find good ones. The stuff they pick green and ripen on the ride in from Mexico suck.
Got a cord bucked and stacked ridiculously took us 7 hours, wife and I, problem when you leave it over winter and it’s staged way out of efficiently not a pic either
I go for a medical appointment, 30 miles away. When I get back home, I am exhausted! My long distance driving is long gone.
Spent this morning connecting the two racks on the left. The gap was to accommodate a big trunk/root of the tree on the other side of the fence. With more scrounges the last couple of weeks need the extra space and then some. Plus working to get the area looking neater. Found a new use for the car jack so the cinder block could be moved a little to hold the connecting timbers.
Off to the workhouse again today. Been working everyday for a couple months. A week of vacation from real job starts Monday. But, Tuesday we have one more day on the side job to finish it. Then I’m back to regular schedule of three days off a week, besides an occasional substitute teacher day here and there. I have barely been able to keep up with the grass. Growing crazy fast here. I find an hour here and there, and was fortunate enough to get almost three hours late afternoon/early evening yesterday. The weather looks like it will be great for putting the Kubota L45 TLB to work on vacation. Hopefully it will be an enjoyable one. I’m going to try to set a decent working pace, and have some relaxing breaks in between. You hoarders have a great and safe weekend!
Yes, that is an old trick which most found out about it during the depression. I'll never forget the first time I saw someone put sugar on tomatoes. I thought it was awful as we always used salt rather than sugar.
That is mostly because the strawberries they get come from CA, Mexico and a few other SW states. Practically tasteless.
The same thin goes for hydroponic grown things. Even tomatoes are awful. They look good but no taste.
I actually think the whole frozen strawberries have really good flavor. I doubt they sit in a truck for days. They are still plenty good for strawberry shortcake, and for adding to cooked things. Even good eaten whole if you eat them just as they thaw out.
I know a blueberry guy in Jonesboro. They harvest them and are shipped all day to Wymans. Once there they get cleaned and packaged and flash froze within hours of harvest. Never, hopefully, thaw until you eat them.
My loads this weekend. I picked this one up Wednesday and went to Louisiana. unloaded that Friday morning and grabbed this Saturday morning going right back to the same place as that trailer. this will deliver Sunday morning and then I point towards home in Minnesota. AND I was able to git my Cajun sausage that I ran out of last winter.
Some of the frozen fruit we eat is good tasting stuff. Raspberries, blueberries, etc. May not be as good as some of the fresh, local stuff you find at the farmers market during their season, but still good. I like to eat fruit with whipped cream on a very regular basis. Ya need some of that daily for your health. Don’t ya know?
