Julia Altshuler wrote:

>
> We've just returned from our first trip to our local orchard this
> summer. They have you-pick blueberries, peaches, and apples. I sniffed
> the apples and didn't get that wonderful fresh apple smell. We passed
> them up. They did have magnificent peaches. They were so fragrant they
> practically filled the car with aroma. The woman who works there
> (owns?) said that they won't have blueberries by the pint until Wednesday.
>
>
> It's been too hot to send the workers out to pick in the daytime. She
> was surprised that anyone was willing to pick for themselves in this
> heat. I told her it wasn't too bad if you didn't spend more than a half
> hour out at a time. That's the way I've been getting the raspberries
> from our garden.
>
>
> Which is the point of this post. If you can brag about apples, I've got
> to brag about raspberries.

Damn right! I'm envious, but in that benign way that isn't mad at you. :-)

> We have so many that I've been pureeing
> them, pressing them through a strainer to remove the seeds, and making
> raspberry cubes.

Wonderful.

Serene

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"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef