Apricots

[poliphilo]

I have discovered apricots. Fresh apricots, I mean. I've always liked then tinned- in syrup (with ice cream)- but I don't think I'd ever eaten a fresh one before this Christmas. They taste like plums, a little firmer, a little less tart and the joy of them is that they're small. Large pieces of fruit intimidate me; I think- when faced with an apple or a large melon wedge- do I really have to eat all that? But an apricot goes down in a couple of bites.

And then I want another....

Comments

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

The trick with apricots is that they have to be at just the right stage of ripeness. Not ripe enough, they can be sourly acidic; overripe, they taste of cotton wool. But just ripe, they are perfection. Dried, they often retain that sweet intensity of flavour (some people dislike the texture, but I love it).

How excellent to start the new year with a new pleasure!

[dadi.livejournal.com]

You never ate a fresh apricot before? Whoa! I practically live of this fruit most of the summer. It is the only fresh fruit besides strawberries I can eat until I drop. I don't eat them now because out of season they are so expensive, and also I really don't like food that has to be transported from far away.
So I get they don't grow in GB, even in the summer? I'm such an ignorant!

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Intimidated by large fruit! Why, we kids made ships out of our watermelon wedges--we'd make portholes with spoons.

I rarely buy apricots, because I seem to have bad luck with peaches and apricots, and they're always unripe or too ripe.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem as jackiejj, I buy the fruit and it's not quite ripe enough but when it 'feels' ripe, it's rotten in the center.

But, fruit is good for you!

You make me laugh with your 'large pieces of fruit intimidate me'. I always thought it would be fun to make a jack-o'lantern out of a large apple...what would you call that, an apple-o'lantern?

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

You big kid. Is that why you only usually eat oranges - because they split down into little pieces for you.

I expect it's also why you - the vegetarian - won't eat carrot, cabbage, swede, parsnips (and most other veg) because they look too big!!

[upasaka.livejournal.com]

Fresh apricots are wonderful. I like the dried ones, too.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I'm doing this with clementines. And I do it with Italian prune plums. YaY small fruit! Loquats! Berries!