Comments on: Lessons From History: Fruit is a Dessert

By: Pennywise Platter Thursday 7/8

Pennywise Platter Thursday 7/8 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:19 +0000

[...] week I continued my series on Lessons From History (past posts include, Fruit is a Dessert and the Dignity of Making Ends Meet). This week I discussed the frugal and historical practice of [...]

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:14:36 +0000

We eat ripe seasonal fruit and cream for dessert almost every night. Its delicious.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:25:56 +0000

How do you only print the recipe in the blue box? I too print alot of recipes. I only recently started using this site and love it. Thank you to the folks doing this work!

By: $5 Dish: Cherry Clafouti (Grain, Dairy and Gluten free)

$5 Dish: Cherry Clafouti (Grain, Dairy and Gluten free) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:14:22 +0000

[...] moist, fruit centered dessert is a delight and so easy to make. Cherries are placed in a pie pan, then a simple pancake like [...]

By: Kate@LivingTheFrugalLife

Kate@LivingTheFrugalLife — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:21:58 +0000

I’m more of a vegetable person than a fruit person. But there are some fruit desserts that I simply love and must make when the fruit is in season. Cherry clafouti, with the pits left in, is one. And apple pie is another. I love, love, love figs broiled with drizzling of olive oil, served with soft goat cheese and a baguette. My husband still insists on buying bananas, though we are trying very hard to shift to local eating. Every once in a great while I’ll make bananas foster for him, and then I have to join in. Speaking of which, what IS that diabolical looking dessert in the picture up there?

We’ve recently put in several kinds of berry canes around our property, and he planted grapes this year too. The few berries we get now are eaten straight off the vine. I think part of the reason I’ve become less and less interested in fresh fruit over the years is that the quality is generally so poor in the supermarket. Truly ripe fruit is a wonder, but it’s far too often picked early to survive the shipping and sitting around before sale. When I can get really good fruit, I love it. I suspect that as our berry canes and fruit trees begin to bear for us, I’ll be eating a lot more fruit.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:00:17 +0000

What a great post! I wish everybody thought of fruit this way. I eat it all the time, and even I forget about it as a dessert option. My favorite fruit dessert…anything with peaches.

By: Chris Kerston

Chris Kerston — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:30:13 +0000

Wow Kimi,
I coulnd’t have written it better myself. Of course as a fruit farmer my views may be biased, but I agree whole heartedly. There are year round fruits that can enhance all sorts of dishes to add sweetness. I think that families viewing fruit like a sweetener has fallen by the wayside because most storebought fruit isn’t sweet at all. Granted they are the most beautiful blemish-free ripe-looking golf balls you will ever see – they have no flavor! Since our country now relies so much on products being shipped, fruits are bred to be rock hard. We have never believed in brokers and our fruit trees are 50 years old so we have all those old varieties developed before globalization was the buzz word in farming. I know what a challenge it is to get the fruit picked and get it sold before it gets too soft, but it is worth it. I had one lady, who had grown up on an apricot farm as a child, literally cry the other day when she bit into one of our heirloom Blenheim apricots. That kind of stuff makes the extra effort all worth it!!! So go the extra mile to find fresh REAL fruit, you won’t be disappointed!
Chris
Chris_Kerston@ChaffinFamilyOrchards.com

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:50:17 +0000

Fresh, seasonal fruit is traditionally served as dessert in Morocco. When company comes, it’s protocol to follow-up the meal with a huge platter of a variety of fruits. For every day family meals, one or two fruits might be offered.

Honey is still used to sweeten pastries, cookies, crepes, fried flatbreads, etc.

By: gfe--gluten free easily

gfe--gluten free easily — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:57:27 +0000

So true. Remember that the oranges in the Christmas stockings were such a treat “back in the day.” I know that when I cut way back on sugar, an apple seems so heavenly in its sweetness. I’ve been enjoying apples, pears, and peaches in green smoothies (Ali’s recipe) lately. They add just the right amount of sweetness–no sugar, honey, etc. needed. Thanks for this reminder, Kimi.

Shirley

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:55:53 +0000

When I got this post in my email blog there was an link to splenda and their recipes…was that a mistake??? On the fruit topic….I just cannot keep it in the house with 3 kids….I have no complaints because it is way better than what other kids snack on.