A taste like a memory
@GardenGerty (159754)
United States
July 21, 2024 6:00pm CST
For the last week or so I have been able to get some delicious black grapes at our Dillons (Kroger) store.
When I was very young we had a house that had grapes and some type of berry clear across the back fence.
Both those fruits attracted wasps to their sweetness, but we picked them and ate them anyway.
Grapes in the stores almost never have that warm and earthy taste. These do. I was able to get some more today. The packaging does not name the grape variety, though.
Some things just do not taste the same as our childhood.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Jul
I can relate to that since when I was younger drinking a soft drink was very sweet and tasty. These days they are watered down.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Jul
@Deepizzaguy I feel the same way, soft drinks used to be so delicious! Now, as you said, they have been watered down and they don't taste the same:(
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
I remember as a kid disliking a certain cola, because it was "sharp". Now I would not be able to tell it from anything else.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Jul
I love fresh black grapes! They are one of my favorite fruits:)
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
I bet they grow really nice ones there in Michigan.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Jul
@GardenGerty Three fruits that grown beautifully in Michigan, peaches, apples and blueberries. Grapes, I'm not sure. California, they have beautiful grape arbors.
@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jul
They sound delicious, Back in Latvia we had a neighbor who grew purple grapes, He always had too much and each year we could pick a bunch too,
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
There is nothing like fresh home grown fruits.
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
I think with fresh produce it often is hybridized to make it suitable for early harvest, cold storage, and long shipments. Pretty much ends up flavorless. That is why these grapes surprised me.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
22 Jul
We had blackberry bushes at the end of our street. All the kids would eat their fill and then bring containers of berries to their families. Have a good week.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
I remember a lot of things from my child hood that
I can't get the same taste for like I had back then
our food chain over the yrs have changed so much.
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
Things get cultivated to make them fit mass marketing practices and seem to lose their connection to the earth.
@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Jul
Maybe we tasted things differently, or maybe they were grown differently.
