This post just goes to show you how
little is going on in my world right now. I've resorted to writing about
produce. I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of most all kinds of
berries, strawberries and blackberries being my favorite. Apparently
there was a bumper crop of raspberries wherever it is that raspberries
are grown because for the last three weeks or so Publix has had
raspberries on sale for $1.99 a carton, which is a pretty good price as
they are usually upwards of $3.
So, for the past three weeks, I have bought at least two, sometimes
three cartons of raspberries as I really love to munch on these and they
are better than snacking on some sort of junk food. The problem is that
out of the 6-9 cartons I have bought, I have maybe only eaten a total
of two cartons because all the others have rotted before I even got a
change to eat them.
This past weekend I bought two cartons on Saturday. Sunday night as I
grabbed a carton out of the fridge to wash them and put them in a
plastic container so I could take them in my lunch on Monday. Much to my
chagrin, both cartons had rotting and molded berries. It has become
rather apparent that Publix has way more berries than they know what to
do with (there weer what looked like hundreds of cartons on the shelf)
and the berries are also apparently not flying off the shelves which
leaves rotting berries for those of us who do buy them. The bad berries
are on the bottom of the carton so the next day or two when I finally go
to eat them, the who carton is ruined.
Needless to say, I've learned my lesson (I hope) when it comes to these
berries and I will not be adding these to my grocery cart this weekend,
no matter how luscious they look. I actually had this same problem with
two cartons of strawberries I bought Father's Day weekend. I bought the
two cartons to make a cake and in total only about one carton was
usable, the others had to be thrown out. Of course, peak strawberry
season has passed us by and I'm sure they are not selling as many as
they were a month or two ago, but still, the berries should last more
than one or two days.
Speaking of berries, I would love to get some really good blackberries.
Has anyone seen these at the farmer's market recently? I may check out
Greene Street Market this Thursday and see if there are any available.
Hopefully they will last more than one or two days.
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2 comments:
That is really odd about the raspberries - I would be frustrated about that. I bet they are good to freeze in a single layer and just snack on them while frozen or in smoothies...maybe they wouldn't ruin that way.
Have you told Publix about the issue? I bet they would reimburse you.
That's a good idea about freezing them.
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