Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 I've got a case of cherimoyas. These are small, not like the other batch. I can sell for $2.80/lb if somebody brings a good scale. Since they are small they are more affordable. you can get a couple of them for three dollars or less. There are larger ones too. They are from California. Central Market still sells for #3.98/lb. BTW, large conventional avocados from California are 98 cents a # and small ones from Chile are 78 cents. Those from California are still mostly green and hard. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hi Helen, How are they? Are they sweet and juicy and is the flesh creamy white? If they're good I might want to order a case. I think it might be getting late in the season because the ones I've been getting lately are a bit rubbery and tasteless and the flesh has this transparent greyish tinge. Nora Original Message: ----------------- Helen helensy Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:55:31 -0800 RawSeattle [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market I've got a case of cherimoyas. These are small, not like the other batch. I can sell for $2.80/lb if somebody brings a good scale. Since they are small they are more affordable. you can get a couple of them for three dollars or less. There are larger ones too. They are from California. Central Market still sells for #3.98/lb. BTW, large conventional avocados from California are 98 cents a # and small ones from Chile are 78 cents. Those from California are still mostly green and hard. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hi Nora, Don't know yet. All the ones I got in the box are still rock hard. I had one from the store and that one was OK with creamy white flesh. You'd better go to the store and sample a ripe one. I wonder if the bad ones have been refrigerated too long that they can't ripen well. You have to keep in mind these are tropical fruit and I think cold temperature will kill them. Thanks for the info about durians and cane juice. We used to chew sugar cane in Taiwan. I may be going there in November for a high school class reunion or in Febrary next year. Anybody wants to come with me? There is a type of fruit in the cherimoya family available almost all year round. Last time I went in March. I ate a lot of loquats and had a lot of fresh coconut juice. I grew up in a remote, isolated little town, more like a village. Now the town has expanded a lilttle but still not a big city. They were selling bunches of loquats on twigs on the roadside near the farm. They were just as fresh as you can get. The whole island is pretty polluted except this area on the east coast. Now they have just started developing tourism because people have discovered this clean spot and its natural beauty. There is also a hot spring not far from our town. We used to ride bicycle there. Helen - nmlenz RawSeattle Friday, February 18, 2005 7:44 PM RE: [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market Hi Helen, How are they? Are they sweet and juicy and is the flesh creamy white? If they're good I might want to order a case. I think it might be getting late in the season because the ones I've been getting lately are a bit rubbery and tasteless and the flesh has this transparent greyish tinge. Nora Original Message: ----------------- Helen helensy Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:55:31 -0800 RawSeattle [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market I've got a case of cherimoyas. These are small, not like the other batch. I can sell for $2.80/lb if somebody brings a good scale. Since they are small they are more affordable. you can get a couple of them for three dollars or less. There are larger ones too. They are from California. Central Market still sells for #3.98/lb. BTW, large conventional avocados from California are 98 cents a # and small ones from Chile are 78 cents. Those from California are still mostly green and hard. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Thanks Helen, for the info. Have fun on your trip, it sounds wonderful. Yes, I'm beginning to understand the damage that is done to fruit by refrigeration. There is naturally less decomposition than without it but there is a cost, even to fruits that we think are resistant to its effects like apples and pears. I can't even stand to eat the tough skins of apples anymore, so I peel them most of the time. I ate tons of cherimoyas last year and bought a case toward the end of the season. I suddenly lost my taste for them and they spent a couple weeks in my fridge. After that I sampled them and they were ripe but tasteless and rubbery, just like the ones I'm getting this year, and I've been trying them at various times all season. Maybe I'll get up to Central this weekend and see what they have. Thanks again. Nora Original Message: ----------------- Helen helensy Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:09:35 -0800 RawSeattle Re: [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market Hi Nora, Don't know yet. All the ones I got in the box are still rock hard. I had one from the store and that one was OK with creamy white flesh. You'd better go to the store and sample a ripe one. I wonder if the bad ones have been refrigerated too long that they can't ripen well. You have to keep in mind these are tropical fruit and I think cold temperature will kill them. Thanks for the info about durians and cane juice. We used to chew sugar cane in Taiwan. I may be going there in November for a high school class reunion or in Febrary next year. Anybody wants to come with me? There is a type of fruit in the cherimoya family available almost all year round. Last time I went in March. I ate a lot of loquats and had a lot of fresh coconut juice. I grew up in a remote, isolated little town, more like a village. Now the town has expanded a lilttle but still not a big city. They were selling bunches of loquats on twigs on the roadside near the farm. They were just as fresh as you can get. The whole island is pretty polluted except this area on the east coast. Now they have just started developing tourism because people have discovered this clean spot and its natural beauty. There is also a hot spring not far from our town. We used to ride bicycle there. Helen - nmlenz RawSeattle Friday, February 18, 2005 7:44 PM RE: [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market Hi Helen, How are they? Are they sweet and juicy and is the flesh creamy white? If they're good I might want to order a case. I think it might be getting late in the season because the ones I've been getting lately are a bit rubbery and tasteless and the flesh has this transparent greyish tinge. Nora Original Message: ----------------- Helen helensy Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:55:31 -0800 RawSeattle [RawSeattle] cherimoyas from Central Market I've got a case of cherimoyas. These are small, not like the other batch. I can sell for $2.80/lb if somebody brings a good scale. Since they are small they are more affordable. you can get a couple of them for three dollars or less. There are larger ones too. They are from California. Central Market still sells for #3.98/lb. BTW, large conventional avocados from California are 98 cents a # and small ones from Chile are 78 cents. Those from California are still mostly green and hard. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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