Minor rant about important things
Or is that Important rant about minor things.
I have no idea.
I haven’t eaten strawberries in years. They are disgusting.
When I was a kid we would eat strawberries and cream. It was delicious. The cream was so rich, thick and naturally sweet. And the strawberries were juicy. All that strawberry juice would turn the milk strawberry colored with those little straw berry flecks. And these were Strawberries bought at the local grocer.
A friend of mine came over a few days ago and brought me a pint of Strawberries. They were huge.
Well, at the risk of being overly redundant, I hadn’t had strawberries in years. So I bought some real cream with the idea of trying them. I had very low expectations.
They were even worse than I remember. I cut them up and put them in a bowl and barely covered them in cream. And the strawberries had no flavor. There was no juice as I cut them and the milk did not even slightly blush.
Now Strawberries are huge, Swollen and round, but they are fake. I am not even sure they are food. They are dry and tasteless.
Sigh….
Oh, well it was a rant about a thing, it was going to be things, but I am just not up to it.
How could a thing as perfect as Strawberries and cream be ruined. How could that happen. Why? Maybe the answers are more Important than superficially apparent.
Much Love.
I agree that some of the stuff we buy in the grocery stores may not really be food. If they don’t have real flavor, they might not have any nutrition either.
True! lmao
Even though strawberries are in season, they still have some that are grown in greenhouses. Most things are picked when still green then they ripen with age. They can’t be picked ripe or they would never make it to the grocery store. Makes for a fake fruit taste, if there is even any taste at all. I feel the same way you do, but about tomatoes.
I am trying to grow more and more thing for myself in my garden. The quality and flavor alone makes this desirable. Plant an early girl tomato in a pot now and move it outside when it’s warm enough. 😉
I remember when I was younger things always tasted better; I keep thinking it’s just me getting older. I had the same problem with strawberries from the grocery, they don’t taste as sweet, so I just add sugar.
You are 100% correct.
Why is it that you can get strawberry flavoring in everything from cough syrup to condoms… but strawberries don’t taste like strawberries anymore?
I loved strawberries and cream as a kid. My grandpa would make it for me whenever we went camping. Even tho strawberries suck these days you managed to bring back some fond memories.
I either grow my own produce, buy it at the local farmer’s market, or get it at the local u-pick-it farm. It’s the only way I’ve found to get stuff that tastes real anymore. 😥
I had some homegrown strawberries about seven years ago that tasted exactly like the ones I used to eat back in the 70’s. They weren’t big, but they were tasty!
I’m still stuck back at the strawberry flavoured condoms. But that’s probably just me.