Great time of year for fruit lovers. Lots of the berries, cherries, peaches , etc on sale. I love cherries , always have.
I grew up in Central Falls RI and I remember these impossible climbs up the sides of 2 story houses then runs along the roofs to get a good broad jump to a particular medium hight garage roof one story lower from which we could access all you could eat bing type cherries. That tree is long gone but I look back at the life and limb risks we took as just like 10 year olds to get the cherries.
Now its about $2.49 a pound for Cherries, blueberries , strawberries. less for peaches and plums. Now they are not local yet but still mostly grown in the USA right now. Raspberries and blackberries are always out of site expensive now. Too bad , I love Raspberries too!
I find the local fruits have gone way up in price. Farmers markets have gotten to be more expensive than Whole Foods when local fruit is in season. Too bad. I used to make it a point to hit the farmers markets , now maybe every now and then but not a habit anymore.
Anyway , I can see a little over indulgence on some fruit the next few weeks. I don't think anybody ever got fat eating fruit alone. Its the shortcake and whipped cream and the butter strueselle pastry with the raspberries that will get you!
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