Fruit of the Week

strawberries, originally uploaded by Amy LJ.

In the Seinfeld episode called “The Mango”, Kramer offends the owner of a fruit shop and gets banned from shopping there. In a moment of desperation, he tells Jerry, “Where am I going to get good fruit?”

We can relate. We buy what looks like perfectly good fruit at the grocery store, only to get it home and find that it’s tasteless. It’s not cheap, and we end up throwing it out.

We recently joined Costco and their fruit looks beautiful; the problem is that you have to buy it in bulk. It’s a sizable up front expense followed by the pressure to eat it before it goes bad. In its favor it actually tastes good. So our strategy for Costco fruit purchasing is to just get one kind at a time. Last week it was peaches; this week it’s strawberries. We’re doing a pretty good job of finishing it off, so the guilt factor is much less. I really have my eye on those Gala apples for next week.


We can relate. We buy what looks like perfectly good fruit at the grocery store, only to get it home and find that it’s tasteless. We end up throwing so much of it out, and it’s not cheap.

We recently joined Costco and their fruit looks beautiful; the problem is that you have to buy it in bulk. It’s a sizable up front expense followed by the pressure to eat it before it goes bad. But so far what we have tried has been really tasty. So our strategy for Costco fruit purchasing is to just get one kind at a time. Last week it was peaches; this week it’s strawberries. We’re doing a pretty good job of finishing it off, so the guilt factor is much less. And I really have my eye on those Gala apples for next week.