antdad said:Those "exotic" fruit can be so disappointing, by off chance I popped into an Indian super late summer last year and unlike the English super's I could actually smell ripening and ripened fruit at the entrance of the shop. During that month, the clan gorged on thin skinned peaches that dribbled juice down your chin, I must have bought about six boxes (x24) in three or four weeks.
Look out for honey mango from Pakistan in late May and June, six or seven quid per box (6) sounds a lot but they are absolutely worth it. I suppose choosing fruit is a long lost art where we've been encouraged to look but not touch or smell and where products are mostly hidden behind protective packaging. It's not that difficult, if it smells ripe it and the flesh gives a little it 's probably ripe.
antdad said:Do you have Asian stores in deepest darkest Norfolk?
Pig Cat said:Well it's Suffolk, but not too much difference.
Canuck said:On the subject of Indian grocers (there are a lot near me in Southall and Rayner's Lane), the herbs are great. You get a massive bunch of coriander (truly massive, about 2-300 stalks) for £1... bit muddy, some withered leaves, but once you wash it off and remove the dead bits the majority of it is pungent and tastes amazing. A tiny bag (20g I think, about 30 stems) in the supermarket costs more, and doesn't smell or taste of much.
With herbs, have a sniff and it tells you a lot. You can't do that with the little film bags in Tesco.
I'm glad the mangoes have been mentioned, my wife loves those from the Indian grocers.
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