Fresh fruit 10-07-17

At the Placentia Farmers Market last week I bought two Bartlett pears.  I wish I had taken a picture of them as they were the not-so-perfect kind we picked from the trees as children.  Anyway, they were the best Bartlett pears I have eaten in years.  So juicy that I had to eat the first one out of hand over the sink to catch the juices.  And the second went on my Cheerios this morning - so delicious. 

 

Pictures from Google - I couldn't find one that showed "flawed" pears. 

 

It made me think again of the special food I have eaten in my life; some that stands out in my memory.   The year that Buttonwillow, CA, was hit by an earthquake I drove home from San Francisco a month or so later and stopped for gas.  Across the road was a pickup truck with a stake bed piled high with cantaloupes.  They were being sold by two ladies who told us that a farmer had donated the truckload to benefit the Boys & Girls Club (I think) which had been badly damaged in the quake.  I had passengers with me and we bought what we could get in between the bags and suitcases in the car.  I had never been wild about cantaloupe, but the cause was worthy and the melons smelled wonderful.  I think I ended up with three when I got home.  They were terrific melons, juicy, sweet, fragrant, and "lip smacking good" (whose slogan was that?).  Since then I have purchased cantaloupe at groceries and markets, but none have been as good as those from the back of that truck in Buttonwillow. 

 

 

Can you recall some special food you ate years ago that still dwells in your memory?

 

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