I tried, I really did. My mum developed an allergy to them before I was born, so I didn't grow up eating them. When I left home, I'd buy them...eat one...erk. So I stopped wasting my money, and I'd leave them in the shops for more appreciative consumers.
Now I have my fruit and vegetables delivered (organic, easy, wonderful). If peaches are in the set box, I choose something else. The last delivery, however, included them anyway. I contemplated offloading them to those close friends who know my secret - but thought, maybe the organic peaches will be different. These have lasted wonderfully well - the delivery was 12 days ago and they are largely unblemished.
This afternoon, I ate one. It won't be my last. I'd still rather have a yellow-flesh nectarine, or a peach without the skin. But it wasn't wasted, it was enjoyed. Maybe there's hope for me after all.
What organic fruitandveg service do you use? I used to use homefreshorganics but I got so tired of having to ring them up, probably every second delivery, to organise replacement items. When you only receive a few items of a certain food (e.g. three potatoes, four carrots, four mandarines), and one of those items is rotten or completely gross, then that's a big percentage of that item that is no good.
ReplyDeleteThey happily replaced them every time in the next delivery, but it became quite inconvenient to be constantly addressing that issue.
I use homefreshorganics - and I've only had a couple of issues. One lot of broken eggs, a couple of mouldy beans... Something not included when it should have been. But that would be it. I've been really happy with them - plus it's made my life so much easier! sorry to hear your experience with them wasn't great.
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