To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] The smell sells
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:07:48 -0800
I was choosing an organic cauliflower at my supermarket last night
when I smelled ripe peaches. You can imagine how strong the scent
was to overcome nearby cabbagy smells. I followed my nose to a bin
of Chilean peaches, picked ripe and flown to Canada. Even in our
peach season, it is rare to be able to buy ripe peaches except on a
fruit stand in front of an orchard, and I don't remember ever being
able to smell them close to in a store, let alone several aisles
over. They were expensive ($11 Canadian a kg), but who could resist
the smell? Of course I bought one each for the family, and the cost
was a bit less than if I had bought a cupcake each from the bakery.
Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada