Tis The Season For Out of Season Fruit

We have been having a bad run of luck in the produce department lately. First it was a half mushy batch of strawberries, today it was a unripe mini watermelon. It made me think of something a local talk radio guy said the other day. "You don't need a fresh peach in the middle of winter"

He was talking to someone about how expensive produce is, especially in winter. They got into how we have fresh fruit year round because much of it is imported from other countries. We have been pretty spoiled in our food choices. There would not really be anything wrong with eating nice canned fruit in the winter. If we did not import so much food from other countries, it would help American farmers, and maybe we would all appreciate our food a little more than we do now.

I know when we grow stuff ourselves in the garden it tastes even better than store bought. Partly because it is so fresh, and partly because of the satisfaction of growing it ourselves. It would kind of be nice to anticipate fresh fruit season. Kind of like what I said about the chestnuts before. I can only get them around here in the winter, so they are even more special.

I am wondering if that might be the one good thing to come out of this recession. Maybe we will all appreciate the simple things more.