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Wednesday, September 2. 2015

Civilized: Fruit forks and knives

Our hosts in Wellfleet last week provided abundant and elegant breakfasts. Fresh fruits first, of course. I am not a fruit fan, but with a good dollop of Trader Joe's Lemon Curd I can enjoy them.


They provided fruit forks and knives with the beautifully-presented fruit course. Civilized and quite effective tools for all fruits and berries. Yes, old-fashioned. We need some.


With decent cutlery and Lemon Curd, I may yet become fruit-tolerant. Is fruit "healthy"? Not at all. It's really just nature's dessert.


Found that pic of a set on eBay.


Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 16:50 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Food is my weakness (well, one of them) and I love fruit. Fresh, canned, in or out of season, dried. When I walk I look for fruit trees that are in or overhang the public right of way. I once picked a shopping bag full of lemons while standing in a ditch on the side of the road. I pick wormy apples and cut out the wormy parts. Yesterday I bought one of the most beautiful and yet ugly pears I have ever seen in a supermarket. Totally yellow, too soft, couple of punctures and bruises; it was delicious (actually a Bartlett). I'm sure if the produce manager had seen it first he would have thrown it out. I like bananas the same way.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-09-02 19:10 (Reply)

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