SC - sources for ripe fruits

[Philip & Susan Troy]

> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:29:18 -0500 
> From: sunnie at CUPID.COM
> Subject: SC - sources for ripe fruits
> 
> SC>I was wondering if someone out there could help me or maybe past on to
> SC>someone who can.  A friend of mine and I are novice liquer and cordial
> SC>makers.  When have collected a many reciepes (period -  some not) as we
> SC>could get our hands on and have set a goal of 26 liquers in 52 weeks.  In
> SC>order to achieve our goal we would like to now when certain fruits become
> SC>ripe and are available in the stores.   We know strawberries and so of
> SC>the more common ones but what about the weird stuff like dewberries,
>  C>rubarb, etc et al.  What we have been searching for is a list most
> SC>preferably but we would take a book we had to root through.  Does such a
> SC>thing exist???  I have looked in the 98 Old Farmers Almanac and if the
> SC>info was there I missed it.  I have looked through several 'complete
> SC>gardening' guides and the most info I got either a) covered only ten
> SC>different fruits or b)told me when to plant and to harvest when ripe but
> SC>with no clue to the reader how long in between each activity.  My mother
> SC>has suggested a really good cookbook (an option I have yet to explore)
> SC>and the net (which I shall do this evening).  Does anyone have any
> SC>further starting points? (Or maybe even some advice in general).
> 
> SC>     All help would be apprecitated.
> 
> SC>     Alesia Gillefalyn
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 > A good start would be calling your grocer or a nursery.  In a pinch,
> fresh-frozen varieties (especially berries) work wonderfully.  I used a
> pkg of fresh-frozen blueberries and white grapes to boil and strain for
> a special codial for my lord just last week.
> 
> Brenna

Way back in the Stone Age (And I'll thank you folks in the Peanut
Gallery to lay off the Flintstone jokes just for a second here ;  )!) I
used to have a textbook that a local college used as part of its
curriculum for its program in restaurant and hotel management.
Unfortunately, I no longer have it, and all I can remember is its title,
and even that may be incorrect. IIRC, it was called "Quantity Food
Purchasing" and it dealt almost entirely with the type of information
you seem to be looking for. A slim lead perhaps, but maybe one worth
following.

Adamantius
troy at asan.com
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