alt Hacker NewsThat’s still the case today though.
If I get red cherries in winter from Chile, they are not as good as the ones from eastern Washington in the summer. Local seasonal fruit in WA is amazing (cherries, peaches, apples, now is pear season)
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happosai • last Sunday at 10:14 AM
The difference is today we eat bland cherries around the year except for a couple of weeks when you get fresh local ones.
You don't spend half of the year remembering the previous season's cherries waiting for the next time you can taste them.
I mean foodies notice the difference today. But a lot what made the various foods great in old times for /everyone/ was having to wait for it.
Like half of the fun of vacations is waiting for them. If you can live at The beach around the year it stops being special.
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Is it because it's picked unripe so it doesn't spoil in transit? I'll bet for people who live in Chile the red cherries they get locally taste great.