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Pippilongstocking

OK on the freeze them singly thing, I don't bother, if they aren't wet they shouldn't really stick together - but thats my two penneth worth. Unless they are mushtastic, they shouldn't freeze together. And, ever tried to stop frozen fruit hurtling at ninja speed in every direction from a tray whilst trying to take it out of the freezer.........or maybe that's just me? Loose box, bung them in should be OK. But I'm not a purist. Rasps for instance freeze OK in punnets and can be separated easily.....

Lazy me.

On the subject of fruit and veggie mishapen-ness - I'd pondered this too, must be the time of year, the french beans I'd got picked here at the plots, look like a motley bunch, no one identical, not one without a blemish, not one perfect bean.

I think we've been all dining on perfection, at a cost and you're all right, real food isn't uniform is it?
I'd even looked at the beans and thought to myself, hmm they're a bit ugly, sorry beans but you aint that pretty (however, they tasted brilliant) but they bear limited resemblance to those supermodel beans in the supermarket.

I also bear no resemblance to a supermodel bean, I have to say.

I think you're all right, we've all be subliminally conditioned to 'perfect supermodel food'.

Maybe we need to start a real (sometimes a bit ugly and bashed) food movement.........

Karmacat

Thanks Pippi! I'm notorious in the family for always asking "why?" and sometimes it really bears fruit :D:D

Greying_Pilgrim

QUOTE=Pippilongstocking;46030111] On the subject of fruit and veggie mishapen-ness ..... I think we've been all dining on perfection, at a cost and you're all right, real food isn't uniform is it?
I also bear no resemblance to a supermodel bean, I have to say.

........Maybe we need to start a real (sometimes a bit ugly and bashed) food movement.........[/QUOTE]

I agree with you wholeheartedly Pippi, I remember the food critic/journalist Jay Rayner getting into a lather after tasting apples - either at Brogdale, or an apple nursery (can't remember) and saying how wonderful the taste was - even if the apples were small/'wobbly'/had a blemish/had a 'rough' skin etc etc. As he said, supermarkets wouldn't of stocked those products in a million years, and sighted 'consumer preference' for stocking perfect uniform fruit.

Mind you, it is an uphill battle to get folk to swap - after all, if all they have ever eaten is a cottonwoolesque poor pretender of a fruit or vegetable, how are they going to know what an apple/blackberry/strawberry should taste like? That's why it's quite nice to see these schemes teaching kiddies to grow/cook their own - especially when their preconceived notions are turned on their head and they find out they love broccoli!!!!:T

If it's any help Karmacat I do tend to individually freeze fruit - but I think it is highly dependent on what you do with it recipe-wise. The cherries we get from our neighbour get pitted and then tray frozen, coz then, when I make a cherry sponge, I just grab a load of frozen cherries, dot them on top of the sponge and you get a whole cherry (or 6) in your slice of cake! I've just done the same with the first of our raspberries to subsequently make raspberry sponge. If however I'm say, freezing BB's for crumble/pie then I do as Pippi suggested and pop a quantity in a marg tub or whatever. Certainly if using for anything that will subsequently be 'cooked down' I wouldn't bother individually freezing.


Greying

Lula-Hula

I'm all for a Real, Ugly Food Movement too Pippi

my leeks are still tiny & the carrots 'squat' but I'm sure they'll taste delish

turfy6

Blackberries are a little later here but looks like there will be loads again yum. I have a vision of a puss enjoying himself on the trampoline very funny :rotfl:

Karmacat

Great news on the food front! I think my blackberries are even earlier than usual, turfy, I remember that in September and October, they were still out here, just a little overblown by the end of that. This year, I suspect some have got 2nd growth going - there are quite a few this week with flowers on, and I think those are 2nd time around

Still loving the cat on the trampoline, and if you want to see what adolescent foxes look like on one, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xJtH6UcQY&NR=1

and I've just found a cat too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFt5Zz5Mwlo&NR=1&feature=fvwp

gilligansyle

See what you've started with your 'why?' question. Sometimes a question just needs to be asked!

For what its worth, it does depend what you want to do with the blackberries. If they are going to go into crumbles etc, then it doesn't matter, if you want them to look pretty on the top of something, then freeze them on a tray and then chuck them in a bag.

We've hardly got any blackberries, or else someone has already been out and nabbed them all. Depending on the weather I may go for a different walk tomorrow and take my trusty carrier (just in case)

Ellidee

KC I have posted something for you on Bob's thread

taxi73

Am all for bumpy lumpy fruit..it's a shame when farmers are left with it all jusyt because the consumer wants perfect looking fruit,

Karmacat

Ellidee wrote: »

KC I have posted something for you on Bob's thread

Ooh :j off to Bob's thread in a mo.

Desperately want to get out of the house today for an adventure somewhere, Eastbourne Air Show was the choice, but its chucking down. Just checked the price of the rail ticket too - £12 :eek: didn't realise that! Bother - that means I need to make it a *proper* day out, and think a bit. I'll have a play on the interweb to check things out.

Otherwise, tidying and thinking about layout upstairs while my mum is staying. And, ooh, I used a stain cleaner on the living room rug, and it worked :rotfl: I must have bought it years ago, and I'm finally using it.

Off to Bob's thread now