Of all the things that Jerry Seinfeld said, the one I think about most often is: "Fruit is a gamble." No matter how diligent you are in choosing your produce, no matter how many articles you've read on picking the ripest, juiciest watermelon, sometimes you're just going to end up with a dud. If you get one or two mealy peaches in a basket, it's not fun, but usually you can salvage a few for snacking and use up the others in creative ways. But when you misjudge a watermelon, you're stuck with an enormous quantity of sub-par fruit. Read more... |