Supermarket Fruit: alternative uses!

I bought a bunch of bananas - sharp and dry inside - never ripened at all.
Apples all brown in the middle even though the outer part was edible.

The ones we've bought have been fine after a couple of days.

It's very difficult for farmers to pick at the right time to ensure they get to markets in peak condition. They also depend on supermarkets to store them and display them correctly.

If you knew the care they took to pick and pack, only for supermarkets to store them badly. throw them in a heap in the shops, you'd be in despair too.

Have a look at Mary Berry's boiled orange cake recipe. Delicious and simple. Can use lemons as well.

I’d roast them with red onion wedges and chantenay carrots, drizzled with honey or maple syrup!

First world problem

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mabon1

First world problem

Certainly fruit and vegetable markets in 'Third World' countries may sell fresher produce spin the markets but that's because it's local. No food miles.

I don't think that being unable to consume food that you've paid hard earned money for can be described as a 'first world problem '

I find Tesco Finest fruits are usually quite good. White flesh nectarines and peaches are always a waste of time. My real bugbear is oranges, impossible to tell till you eat them which ones will be dry and fibrous virtually no juice at all. Although fruit is never as good as it was when we were kids, I still eat 3-4 portions day for heath benefits.

Siptree Tesco also have the best tomatoes 🍅. Always sweet/sharp. Delicious.

ferry23

Have a French afternoon and play boules with them in your garden? Obviously with a bottle of French Champagne. And you could always wear a beret to make it more authentic.

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We find the best stone fruit comes from a market stall in centre of town. They buy from the big regional fruit and veg wholesale market and only buy what is ripe and ready to eat. Had amazing apricots and huge donut peaches recently. And gorgeous English cherries (but at £18 per kilo, we didn’t have very many!). My dad loved them and I did buy them by the kilo for him - I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it for ever. Tell myself that I am eating them for him now….thanks Dad!

I made nectarine cobbler this week with our supermarket fruit. Didn't want to waste it.