Dee Randall wrote:

> I'm in luck -- for the first time ever, I have Italian Fontina, ripe figs
> and ripe pears!
> All are good, but I know what you mean about them not tasting like they
> used to.
> I still can remember what canteloupe 'used to' taste like. I have one now
> that I've eaten half of it, and I would've eaten all of it by now otherwise.
> On the other hand, I've grown to appreciate honey-dew more.
>
> Have you ever heard this - my mother used to say this to me sometimes in the
> early morning while dressing me --
> "Canteloupes for breakfast
> Honey in a bun
> Put your shoes and stockin's on
> and Run, Run, Run"
> Dee Dee
>
>

It is a cute saying. I never heard of it, but I spent my early
childhood in Europe.

It is not that fruits and vegetables do not taste as they used to
taste here. Here, they never tasted as good as the fruits and
vegetables of my childhood in Europe. When my husband and I went back
for the summer of 1965, we could not believe how good everything
tasted, even if it did not look as good as the fruit does here.

Buying fruits and vegetables is not much fun. While the fruit may be
huge and beautiful, to start with it comes with a label glued to it
and when I remove it, part of the skin comes off with it. That does
not look nice in the fruit bowl. The fruit itself, as big and
beautiful as it may look, does not have the flavor I expect. It is
picked days or even weeks before it reaches my fruit store and has
been treated with lots of chemicals, so it does not rot but does not
taste good, either. It is the same with such vegetables like
cucumbers, that come with a coat of wax or oil and do not taste as
cucumbers that are freshly picked, do.

I also have a great tasting, half eaten cantaloupe right now waiting
to be finished tonight. That is, if I do not eat it for lunch. )