Comments on: Fruit and Nothing But the Fruit — Plus A Food Gal Giveaway http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/ Musings on food, wine, laughter, and life Sat, 18 May 2013 14:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sara http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-35701 Sara Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:26:17 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=27355#comment-35701 My husband and I live near the Apalachicola National Forest. In the woods, there are usually some blueberry bushes. Every summer, we check if there are any ripe blueberries to pick before the wildlife get to them. Few summers back, there were a lot of blueberries! My husband and I immediately made plans to pick them. We donned our hats with mosquito netting and slathered on homemade mosquito repellent. We picked as many blueberries as we could even though it was SO hot and humid and bizillion mosquitos were buzzing all around us! Finally after sweating buckets, I think we got only about 2–3 quarts of blueberries. Well, it was a lot of hardwork to get some fresh blueberries BUT it was worth it having them for dessert or in our freshly baked muffins!

]]> By: Emily @ StyleNerd http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-35699 Emily @ StyleNerd Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:53:28 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=27355#comment-35699 After tasting fresh picked pineapple in the Dominican Republic a few years ago, I developed a rather unhealthy obsession for the golden fruit. So much so I have resorted to getting pineapple anywhere possible, including frozen chunks. Now, those chunks taste nothing like the real thing (they often are rather bland tasting) but it’s nothing that a good coating of melted chocolate can’t cover up!

I’m counting down the days until I can get back to the Dominican Republic. First thing on my list? Pineapple.

]]> By: erin http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-35631 erin Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:32:48 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=27355#comment-35631 Ha! I was just eating some dried mango. I love it! I don’t understand why anyone would buy sweetened mango. I see it at the store, but I buy the unsweetened kind. It tastes just like candy. Why would you need added sugar??

]]> By: Joanne http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-35592 Joanne Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:23:10 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=27355#comment-35592 I LOVE dried fruit…especially when the only ingredient on the label is the fruit itself! I’ve been known to walk from one side of Manhattan, the east side where I live, all the way over to the west side to go to this specialty produce store that has every type of fruit and vegetable imaginable to get plantains!

]]> By: Amy Tong http://www.foodgal.com/2012/09/fruit-and-nothing-but-the-fruit-plus-a-food-gal-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-35588 Amy Tong Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:59:54 +0000 http://www.foodgal.com/?p=27355#comment-35588 Mangosteen is one of my favorite fruit of all time. The refreshing, pure, smooth and sweet flesh are so amazing that I can’t get from any other fruit. No wonder they are the queen of fruit (Durian is the king, but not many like their smell). The price of Mangosteen is very reasonable in Asia and they are everywhere when in season. It’s so hard to get the fresh ones in the States though. The last time I saw the fresh ones from a Vietnamese market, I didn’t even look at the price and went to check out. I ended up paying $24+ for just a small bag. But I think they worth every single penny!

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