• Dagwood222
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    5 months ago

    Kurt Vonnegut’s book ‘Mother Night’ takes place around 1965. There’s a line where a shut in almost swoons when strawberries come back in season. Today you can get fresh fruit any month.

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      5 months ago

      Even when I was a kid fruit was seasonal. Strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, pineapple, kiwi, etc. were all seasonal.

      I remember being excited when my favorites started showing up in stores through the year. Watermelon was the big one and seedless wasn’t the normal, it was great.

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      5 months ago

      My mom still talks fondly of the first time she ever saw a mango in the supermarket. Nowadays I literally don’t even know when mango season is.