I wanted pumpkin, and realised I hadn't bought any on Friday. This meant a wander down to the deli was in order. They have a fantastic range of organic fruit and vege. Mostly they're too hard to resist... Which would explain why I ended up with far more than just pumpkin.
Luscious, sweet cos lettuce with leaves that put supermarket cos lettuce to shame. Verjuice and lovely peppery olive oil. Tomatoes in sun-brushed red with golden streaks, all of which come in a variety of shapes and sizes (and they smell incredible, too). Fresh basil with flowers that look rather different when you shine a torch on them. Warm nectarines that smell like they've just been picked.
*sigh*
It reminds me of the flavours and scents of fruit and vege we used to grow on the farm. As much as supermarkets try their best and do have a far greater range of things both in and out of season, most things taste like little bits of plastic or tissuepaper (surrounded by plastic). Kinda miss all that sort of thing. Maybe it's time to get some big terracotta tubs and transform them into mini-gardens...
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