Re: Fruit by mail--feedback?

Default User said:

Honeybells, in reality Minneola tangelos, are what I normally order
from Florida. You can get Minneolas in the grocery store
sometimes, but they're always ones from California and don't taste
quite as good, although a nice change of pace fruit.

Usually the honeybells are quite a treat. I didn't get any this
year because so many of my cow-orkers I used to split the bushels
with have moved on to other projects or companies. It's the first
time is several years than I didn't order.

I have been working my way through a crate of Clementines I got at
the grocery store.

The Clementines from Spain are very good this year, but the ones that
are grown in the USA, at least the ones I tasted, are really bad.
They are full of seeds and do not taste anything like the imported
ones. They are just plain old tangerines and not even as good as the
ones I remember.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Margaret Suran said:

I will certainly not complain. I am glad that by eating these
oranges, i am helping Florida's economy that is suffering so sorely
from all the hurricanes in 2004.

Well, that's certainly part of why I ordered a crate.

Quoted message said:

We just have to make the best of the current crop and hope for better
citrus fruit later on this year.

Certainly, but I'd hoped for something that was at least *equal* to what
I can get in the supermarket, not worse. And getting a moldy orange
(actually, a second one was also starting to mold) is just inexcusable
(I emailed them about it, but they never replied).

--
to respond (OT only), change "spamless.invalid" to "optonline.net"

<http://www.thecoffeefaq.com/>

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

.......
I will certainly not complain. I am glad that by eating these
oranges, i am helping Florida's economy that is suffering so sorely
from all the hurricanes in 2004.
.......

Please do not suffer unnecessarily. From today's Orlando
Sentinel:

TALLAHASSEE -- More than $1 billion for public schools and
$285 million in tax cuts mostly for wealthier Floridians and
corporations top a $61.6 billion budget proposal unveiled today
by Gov. Jeb Bush.

With more than $4 billion in extra tax dollars to spend, sparked
by a red-hot real estate market and hurricane rebuilding, Bush
was able to boost funding for education and economic development
while tightening the belt on services for many low-income Floridians.

pavane

Margaret Suran said:

Default User said:

Honeybells, in reality Minneola tangelos, are what I
normally order from Florida. You can get Minneolas in
the grocery store sometimes, but they're always ones
from California and don't taste quite as good, although
a nice change of pace fruit. Usually the honeybells are quite a treat.
I didn't get
any this year because so many of my cow-orkers I used to
split the bushels with have moved on to other projects
or companies. It's the first time is several years than
I didn't order. I have been working my way through a crate of
Clementines I got at the grocery store.

The Clementines from Spain are very good this year, but
the ones that are grown in the USA, at least the ones I
tasted, are really bad. They are full of seeds and do not
taste anything like the imported ones. They are just
plain old tangerines and not even as good as the ones I
remember.

We save the good ones for ourselves.
;-)

BOB
in Florida, just barely outside of the Indian River Citrus area

pavane said:

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

.......
I will certainly not complain. I am glad that by eating these
oranges, i am helping Florida's economy that is suffering so sorely
from all the hurricanes in 2004.
.......

Please do not suffer unnecessarily. From today's Orlando
Sentinel:

TALLAHASSEE -- More than $1 billion for public schools and
$285 million in tax cuts mostly for wealthier Floridians and
corporations top a $61.6 billion budget proposal unveiled today
by Gov. Jeb Bush.

With more than $4 billion in extra tax dollars to spend, sparked
by a red-hot real estate market and hurricane rebuilding, Bush
was able to boost funding for education and economic development
while tightening the belt on services for many low-income Floridians.

pavane

OOPS, this seems to a family trait. M

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

pavane said:

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

.......
I will certainly not complain. I am glad that by eating these
oranges, i am helping Florida's economy that is suffering so sorely
from all the hurricanes in 2004.
.......

Please do not suffer unnecessarily. From today's Orlando
Sentinel:

TALLAHASSEE -- More than $1 billion for public schools and
$285 million in tax cuts mostly for wealthier Floridians and
corporations top a $61.6 billion budget proposal unveiled today
by Gov. Jeb Bush.

With more than $4 billion in extra tax dollars to spend, sparked
by a red-hot real estate market and hurricane rebuilding, Bush
was able to boost funding for education and economic development
while tightening the belt on services for many low-income Floridians.

pavane

OOPS, this seems to a family trait. M

Yes indeed.

Speaking of Fascism, one of the RFC newsgroup Monitors reported
me to my ISP for SPAM/Posting Abuse for the above posting relative
to the orange crop and budget. Just thought you might like to know.

And so we stay rigorously on topic, my solution to some of the
poor quality Florida oranges is as follows: Cut the fruit crossways
into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices, trim as much rind as possible, and dust
them with a light coating of brown sugar, possibly a touch of rum
or bourbon. After standing for an hour or so whatever juice they have
will be amplified by the sugar/rum coating and come out pretty good.

pavane

pavane said:

Speaking of Fascism, one of the RFC newsgroup Monitors reported
me to my ISP for SPAM/Posting Abuse for the above posting relative
to the orange crop and budget. Just thought you might like to know.

Huh? RFC doesn't have any monitors.
Goomba

Roque Ja said:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:02:55 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

pavane said:

Speaking of Fascism, one of the RFC newsgroup Monitors reported
me to my ISP for SPAM/Posting Abuse for the above posting relative
to the orange crop and budget. Just thought you might like to know.

Huh? RFC doesn't have any monitors.
Goomba

Clearly it does. And, clearly, they are watching.

Must be a family trait.

Or it was just some random jerkwad calling themselves a moderator in
order to assume a patina of authority. The OP should let his ISP know
that rec.food.cooking is unmoderated. Perhaps they would like to
contact either the "moderator" or his/her ISP....

BK

"Roque Ja" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:02:55 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

pavane said:

Speaking of Fascism, one of the RFC newsgroup Monitors reported
me to my ISP for SPAM/Posting Abuse for the above posting relative
to the orange crop and budget. Just thought you might like to know.

Huh? RFC doesn't have any monitors.
Goomba

Clearly it does. And, clearly, they are watching.

Must be a family trait.

A touch of cardamom with the brown sugar will add an
invigorating little twist to the normal orange flavor, and
improve the poor little fruits even more.

You see, a week or so ago I posted something critical of
one "Dimitri" and enraged numerous (at least one, anyway)
regular contributors to this newsgroup. Then followed the
normal postings of "I am putting you in a killfile" and such-
like nonsense, what one would expect from people in Distress
over their Dear Friends being criticized in print. Lo! and Behold!
my very next posting, the one referred to above, was sent to
my ISP with the observation that it was off-subject for the
newsgroup. So Beware The Bushes, avoid those in Distress
and say only what is nice and pleasing to these wonderful
people. Or else they will Run To Mommy and Cry.

pavane

In article <[email hidden]>,

Alan said:

I've had GREAT fruit from Harry & David, based in Washington state. Bought
a year's worth of their Fruit-of-the-Month, and everything was wonderful
and delicious.

My mother sends me a box of Harry & David Royal Riviera pears (the
"maverick" ones) every Christmas. A couple of days ago I realized that
there was no reason that a) RR pears had to be a gift or b) one couldn't
eat them after the holidays, so I ordered another box from me to me.
And they were on sale! I think those are the best pears ever.

Priscilla, looking forward to juice running down her chin

--
"It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest
of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever.
The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal."
- QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal

Priscilla Ballou said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Alan said:

I've had GREAT fruit from Harry & David, based in Washington state. Bought
a year's worth of their Fruit-of-the-Month, and everything was wonderful
and delicious.

My mother sends me a box of Harry & David Royal Riviera pears (the
"maverick" ones) every Christmas. A couple of days ago I realized that
there was no reason that a) RR pears had to be a gift or b) one couldn't
eat them after the holidays, so I ordered another box from me to me.
And they were on sale! I think those are the best pears ever.

We have two H&D outlets nearby. I found the maverick pears
on sale, $5 off last week. We haven't had them in a few years,
and they were yummy.

gloria p

In article <[email hidden]>,

Priscilla Ballou said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Alan said:

I've had GREAT fruit from Harry & David, based in Washington state. Bought
a year's worth of their Fruit-of-the-Month, and everything was wonderful
and delicious.

My mother sends me a box of Harry & David Royal Riviera pears (the
"maverick" ones) every Christmas. A couple of days ago I realized that
there was no reason that a) RR pears had to be a gift or b) one couldn't
eat them after the holidays, so I ordered another box from me to me.
And they were on sale! I think those are the best pears ever.

Priscilla, looking forward to juice running down her chin

What? No Oregonians objecting to Harry & David being moved to
Washington??

Rosemary
--
To e-mail me remove the obvious before @ and change sinuswave to sinewave.

In article said:

We have an upscale supermarket near us, and they are noted for having
good produce. It's easier to buy from them than to have to pay for a
minimum 1/2 bushel of (probably) mediocre fruit from some mail-order
place. And you can be a little surer that the products will be
really good quality.

Quoted message said:

Alan Moorman

Quoted message said:

=========================================

What's the store, Alan? Byerly's?
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Trip Report and pics added 1-13-05
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Rosemary said:

What? No Oregonians objecting to Harry & David being moved to
Washington??

Why would Oregonians object? If people THINK that Harry & David moved to
Washington, then they're less likely to visit Oregon, and that suits
Oregonians just fine.

There used to be a poster showing I-5 wending its way up through California,
but veering to the east when it got to Oregon, and going instead through
Nevada and Idaho, then veering back to the west when it reached Washington.
The caption was, "The governor of Oregon would like to invite you to visit
the states of California, Nevada, Idaho, and Washington."

Bob

Rosemary said:

What? No Oregonians objecting to Harry & David being moved to
Washington??

Why would Oregonians object? If people THINK that Harry & David moved to
Washington, then they're less likely to visit Oregon, and that suits
Oregonians just fine.

There used to be a poster showing I-5 wending its way up through California,
but veering to the east when it got to Oregon, and going instead through
Nevada and Idaho, then veering back to the west when it reached Washington.
The caption was, "The governor of Oregon would like to invite you to visit
the states of California, Nevada, Idaho, and Washington."

Bob