On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 18:42:41 -0500, zxcvbob
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:21:07 -0400, "limey" wrote:
> >
> >> Did the growers feel the usual peach needed improving - or is it
> >> just an expensive gimmick? Just wondering.
> >
> >
> > I was wondering the opposite... I wonder if it's something that
> > occurs naturally and instead gave it a cute and and charged a lot so
> > people wouldn't consider them "seconds".
> >
>
>
> If you can't fix it, feature it!
>
You said it much better.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 18:42:41 -0500, zxcvbob
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:21:07 -0400, "limey" wrote:
> >
> >> Did the growers feel the usual peach needed improving - or is it
> >> just an expensive gimmick? Just wondering.
> >
> >
> > I was wondering the opposite... I wonder if it's something that
> > occurs naturally and instead gave it a cute and and charged a lot so
> > people wouldn't consider them "seconds".
> >
>
>
> If you can't fix it, feature it!
>
You said it much better.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article >, Miche
> writes:

>What is a "donut peach", please?

It's a designer peach. (G) Like a regular peach, except smashed down into a
shape like a donut/doughnut with the seed in the center. Also known as Saturn
peaches. Tastes, to me, milder than regular peaches.
Here's a picture and description:
http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Connie
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My mind is like a steel...um, whatchamacallit.

On 11 Aug 2004 04:19:01 GMT, (ConnieG999)
wrote:

> Here's a picture and description:
> http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Thanks for the picture!

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On 11 Aug 2004 04:19:01 GMT, (ConnieG999)
wrote:

> Here's a picture and description:
> http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Thanks for the picture!

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article >,
(ConnieG999) wrote:

> In article >, Miche
> > writes:
>
> >What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> It's a designer peach. (G) Like a regular peach, except smashed down into a
> shape like a donut/doughnut with the seed in the center. Also known as Saturn
> peaches. Tastes, to me, milder than regular peaches.
> Here's a picture and description:
> http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Cool, thanks.

So not really shaped like a doughnut then?

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

In article >,
(ConnieG999) wrote:

> In article >, Miche
> > writes:
>
> >What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> It's a designer peach. (G) Like a regular peach, except smashed down into a
> shape like a donut/doughnut with the seed in the center. Also known as Saturn
> peaches. Tastes, to me, milder than regular peaches.
> Here's a picture and description:
> http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Cool, thanks.

So not really shaped like a doughnut then?

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

In article >,
(ConnieG999) wrote:

> In article >, Miche
> > writes:
>
> >What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> It's a designer peach. (G) Like a regular peach, except smashed down into a
> shape like a donut/doughnut with the seed in the center. Also known as Saturn
> peaches. Tastes, to me, milder than regular peaches.
> Here's a picture and description:
> http://www.melissas.com/catalog/inde...id=483&Info=NO

Cool, thanks.

So not really shaped like a doughnut then?

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

In article >,
(Doug Freyburger) wrote:

> Miche wrote:
> >
> > What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> A breed of peach fruit that is almost torus shaped. Very narrow
> in the center where the stem connects, but not quit open the
> way a donut is.
>
> They don't taste all that different from other breeds of peaches
> in my opinion but they look cool.

Hm. I'll have to look out for them -- thanks.

Miche (whose DH lives on peaches in the summer)

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

In article >,
(Doug Freyburger) wrote:

> Miche wrote:
> >
> > What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> A breed of peach fruit that is almost torus shaped. Very narrow
> in the center where the stem connects, but not quit open the
> way a donut is.
>
> They don't taste all that different from other breeds of peaches
> in my opinion but they look cool.

Hm. I'll have to look out for them -- thanks.

Miche (whose DH lives on peaches in the summer)

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

In article >,
(Doug Freyburger) wrote:

> Miche wrote:
> >
> > What is a "donut peach", please?
>
> A breed of peach fruit that is almost torus shaped. Very narrow
> in the center where the stem connects, but not quit open the
> way a donut is.
>
> They don't taste all that different from other breeds of peaches
> in my opinion but they look cool.

Hm. I'll have to look out for them -- thanks.

Miche (whose DH lives on peaches in the summer)

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"