Gloria P wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> Funny you should say that, just last week I bought some fresh
>> apricots for the first time ever. They were okay but not something
>> I'd be dying to buy again. I assume they are supposed to be more
>> memorable.

> Fresh apricots are more sweet than tart/acid, and soft and juicy.

Ah, I think you hit on the problem. They could not be described
as juicy. If I had to describe them, they were like a dry peach.

> I've never had a grocery store apricot that was anywhere near
> one picked ripe from the tree. When we lived in N.E. I never
> understood the attraction, either.

Yeah, thought I'd give it a shot, but I figured they wouldn't be
up to par, for how people describe them right off their tree.

nancy