Cheering for
Summer Fruit Season
Hooray, the fruits of summer are here
Summer is a top season – it means the excitement of Christmas, the click of leather on willow during Test Cricket and of course longer, warmer days.
Personally, and this is coming from someone always thinking about what next to put in the belly, I reckon the BEST thing about summer is the wonderful summer fruits that we are blessed to have on offer at this time of year. How spoilt are we??!
My family has long been associated with the fruit and veg industry and so summer fruits were very much a part of my childhood. Memories of Dad coming home from the markets lugging boxes of cherries, trays of mangoes and bags of lychees are strong, and so my addiction to the fruits of summer, and in particular, cherries started at an early age.
Cherries are my all time favourite summer fruit, you know and ….. just between us ….. I’ve been known to eat nothing but cherries (many, many cherries) for an entire day. There is no need in this forum to discuss the ramifications of such a bold move, but let’s just say subsequent time spent visiting the bathroom did not deter me from future cherry binges.
Nectarines, peaches and lychees are also summer fruits I choose and enjoy very much, but they really do play second fiddle to my beloved of all summer delights, the cherry.
At the risk of sounding VERY un-Queenslander-like here, I do need to admit a very strong dislike for the iconic mango. Those before-mentioned glorious memories of Dad showering us with the freshest of summer stone fruits is a little tarnished by the distinct odour of mango. Gag. Ick, yuck! Orange and mango fruit juice I can tolerate (at a push and shove) but fresh mango, or even the very thought of it, makes me shudder with repulsion. I indeed struggle being in the vicinity of a mango-eater. Weird don’t you think?
Summer fruit is certainly my best coping mechanism for the scorch of summer, but I’d love to know what’s your favourite seasonal delight?
Cheering – it’s summer fruit season!
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Have you checked it out yet, because it’s awesome!!
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