Waaah ... but yum

[d_trektone_w]

I bought a bag of peaches and nectarines at the Farmers Market on Saturday. They were perfectly ripe on Monday and I'd been eating them here at work. This morning the remaining few are way over-ripe and starting to go. I think I should clean up what's left and eat them w/ice cream for lunch.

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[trektone.livejournal.com]

Not TMI!

Yay for berries of all kinds!

Pluots. Yep, I ate my first one last decade, I think. Tasted a few this past weekend at the market. None were crisp like apples, though, at least to me.

The smelly fruit. I believe that's durian. It's available in Asian markets out here. The smell is definitely strong and offensive to some. My mom's favorite gelato place in San Francisco, Marco Polo, makes durian gelato. She's not a durian fan, though she tried it the last time we were there. I neither love nor hate durian. Have had it in a few different ways, including a milkshake. Perhaps I'll FedEx one to you someday.

[carolf.livejournal.com]

It wasn't so much that the pluot was crisp on the outside. It didn't crunch as I bit into it, the way an apple does.

But the meat inside the skin was more like an apple texture than a plum or apricot texture. Apples are fibrous, but each fiber has body, hence a crunchiness as you chew. Think water chestnut versus bamboo shoot.

Re the durian: Or, next time I come to California, maybe it'll be for longer than a single week (which has been the pattern the last few times) and we can meet and you can treat me (if treat it is ...)

[trektone.livejournal.com]

"Treat" -- it is. Hee!