The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #106520   Message #2207924
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Dec-07 - 07:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: American Pies-Questions & Answers.
Subject: RE: BS: American Pies-Questions & Answers.
Peaches here are terrible as well. Nectarines sometimes good, and we get apricots for about 3 weeks. Never see the large, sweet Elberta peaches anymore.
The demand for fruits that ship easily and have a long shelf life has caused many of the good varieties to disappear from the market.

Another peeve- bananas! One used to be able to buy a 'hand' of 8-12 and they would keep for over a week. Now 3 days in the house is as long as we can keep them before they go brown and soft. We like to buy groceries for the full week, but can no longer do that with bananas.

Getting back to pies, we used to make good ones with peaches, but they taste flat now.