Eat This Now—Tuesday 05/25/10
2010
Best if Used By 06/01/10
Eat This Now for Tuesday May 25th, 2010 features: Sweet Corn, Raspberries, Athena Cantaloupes, Vidalia Onions, and Round Tomatoes.
1. Sweet Corn
Open Picnic Season officially begins this Memorial Day Weekend. No licence needed or quota to cap your fun in this sport. You can enjoy Open Picnic Season anytime and anywhere there’s a grill, cooler, picnic table, deck or blanket. Throw in some family and friends plus some fresh produce – and it’s on!
Photo courtesy of Jay Pflanz - http://www.flickr.com/photos/27825065@N02/
Sweet Corn is a great choice for your picnics this weekend. It will be cheap this week! Why? Supermarkets know you want Sweet Corn right now and are willing to sell it at break-even or even at a loss to get you to do your holiday shopping at their store. Trust me, if it’s not featured this week where you shop, chances are good they’ll have Corn on sale in the new ad this weekend. Take advantage! Just don’t overcook the sweetness out of your corn – 3 to 5 minutes in boiling water or 8 minutes on the grill – no more.
2. Raspberries
Mmmm… Red Raspberries! If you think the price is affordable the next couple weeks on Organic and Conventional California Red Raspberries – buy them. Quality, size, firmness and flavor are ideal.
3. Athena Cantaloupes
What’s an Athena Cantaloupe? It’s a large, slightly oblong Cantaloupe with sweet, creamy orange flesh. Athena’s are the most common variety of Cantaloupe grown in the East (often called Eastern melons vs. firmer, round Western melons from CA and AZ). The new crop of Athena Cantaloupes are under way in Florida and are worth a try. Allow Eastern melons to ripen at room temperature until the end opposite the stem gives slightly to thumb pressure and they give off a tropical aroma.
Photo courtesy of Jay Pflanz - http://www.flickr.com/photos/27825065@N02/
4. Vidalia Onions
Get grillin! Seriously. Take your BBQ to the next level this weekend by grilling thick slabs of Vidalia Sweet Onions to top your burgers, hot dogs or to serve as a tasty side. Grilling caramelizes the sugars and makes these in-season Sweet Onions even sweeter.
5. Round Tomatoes
Finally. Florida is now cranking out Round Tomatoes – small ones for salads and big ones for slicing onto your sandwich or burger. There will be a flush through mid-June. This means low prices and good quality. Woohoo!
More Insider Shopping Tips for Memorial Day Weekend:
- Watermelons: Seedless Watermelon will likely be on sale at a hot price where you shop this week or this coming weekend. Mexican fruit is solid and Florida’s melons keep getting sweeter each time I try them.
- Cherries: California Dark Sweet Cherries are just beginning to actually taste like Cherries. If you find some on sale and they taste good – cool. Otherwise, next week and the following will be better from the flavor and price standpoint.
- Strawberries: All systems are GO! in California. Enjoy.
- Blueberries: Florida and California are rollin’ with good flavored 4.4 and 6oz containers. North Carolina has just started and is shipping full pints.
- Grapes: If you need some Seedless Grapes this week, choose Red. They’ll be sweeter.
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