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Apricots
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....
And then I want another....
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How excellent to start the new year with a new pleasure!
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I was already fond of dried apricots. Chewy!
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So I get they don't grow in GB, even in the summer? I'm such an ignorant!
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I don't remember seeing them in the shops until recently- but it could be I just wasn't looking.
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I rarely buy apricots, because I seem to have bad luck with peaches and apricots, and they're always unripe or too ripe.
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We buy unripe peaches and ripen them at home. Ailz and I have differing tastes here. She likes them hard and toothsome and I like them soft and juicy.
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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?
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I don't eat nearly as much fruit as I should.
I've seen jack-o-'lanterns made of swedes. They must be the devil's own job to carve.
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oh, and what's a swede? i mean, aside from those troublingly blonde folks...
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Swede is the English for rutabaga. The Scots (I've just looked this up) call them Neeps (which I think is the best word of the three.)
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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!!
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Give us nice juicy fishies.....
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And I love apricot jam.
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