Saturday, April 4, 2009About four days ago suddenly two new items appeared on the "evening fruit" menu at our friends' houses: strawberries and green almonds. Certainly it seemed strange to me that strawberries were being sold everywhere--where in the world are they being imported from? Talk about ones carbon footprint.
And why NOW? Did a truck full of strawberries somehow make it over the border from Turkey? Or in from Iran? But, in any case, you'll be hard pressed to convince me that it's strawberry season in either of those countries.
As for the green almonds, I bet you've never tasted those before. It's a bit of an acquired taste, but they're really not bad, as long as you're not expecting something sweet. And at least I can imagine that they only had to travel from Iran--and not Mexico or California!
