Can you afford to eat fruit at your country?
By marguicha
@marguicha (215531)
Chile
February 22, 2010 10:07am CST
Since I can remember, I have had lots of fruit at my table. They are unexpensive and full of vitamins and minerals. In my country, the typical dessert is a bowl full of fruit and you take what you want. When I was little, my parents would count the cherries in each plate and would also see that each of us had the same amount od two or three cherries bonded by the stem (we used them as earrings for a little while
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When I grew up, I started to discover that nor everybody was as rich as we were and not every country had the bounty we had. The first time I discovered that not all the countries had the same qusality of fruit was when I went to Europe the first time. Even the fruit that was imported from my country (Chile) did not have the same taste as probably they took it out when it was not too ripe.
Now, reading and responding here, I have noticed that in many countries there is not a wide variety of fruit or thta the fruit is too expensive to eat some everyday.
How is it in your country? What kinds of fruit do you produce? Do you usually eat fruits everyday? Are fruits expensive where you live?
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When I grew up, I started to discover that nor everybody was as rich as we were and not every country had the bounty we had. The first time I discovered that not all the countries had the same qusality of fruit was when I went to Europe the first time. Even the fruit that was imported from my country (Chile) did not have the same taste as probably they took it out when it was not too ripe.
Now, reading and responding here, I have noticed that in many countries there is not a wide variety of fruit or thta the fruit is too expensive to eat some everyday.
How is it in your country? What kinds of fruit do you produce? Do you usually eat fruits everyday? Are fruits expensive where you live?
Share.
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44 responses
@umabharti (3972)
• India
23 Feb 10
In quite some past years we are not getting th e fruits in the affordable prices.It is very tough to get apples .All have their peak price no one gives for less price
even gauva etc., are very expensive .the reasong we dont know but it is very bad .
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Feb 10
Fruit is expensive. It all comes from Chile!
Actually it depends on the season. If a fruit is in season, it's relatively inexpensive. But we do seriously get fruit from South America that is in season there but not here. Problem is, often it's picked before it's ripe and some fruits just don't ripen well once they're picked.
Actually it depends on the season. If a fruit is in season, it's relatively inexpensive. But we do seriously get fruit from South America that is in season there but not here. Problem is, often it's picked before it's ripe and some fruits just don't ripen well once they're picked.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Feb 10
And I know where to get cherries, peaches, plums and apples, but not for months yet!
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
Come to see me in your Winter. You can skip the snow and the runny noses and we can go buy good fruit. I wonder why is it that we can´t export our best fruit. It seems it doesn´t reach well the other end of the road. If you come for Christmas you can even get to take the apricots from my tree. They are the best in the world, of course.
And they only cost the detergent I use to wash my jeans more often as it´s there that I clean them before I eat them.
I also know where to get good grapes for free.
And they only cost the detergent I use to wash my jeans more often as it´s there that I clean them before I eat them.
I also know where to get good grapes for free.1 person likes this
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
22 Feb 10
There is no fruit growing right now here. it's too cold. I do buy fruit at the grocery when i go. last week i bought grapefruit, 2 oranges & some grapes. All food is expensive here , i think. i also eat canned fruit such as peaches & pears.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
22 Feb 10
I have peaches, apples & pears in the freezer. They sure come in handy & are vert tastey, Ilike prunes, haven't had any in a long time.We have to do the best we can w/what we have.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
In the summer I can fill the fridge with sruit for maybe $10 or $12. Right now I´m buying a lot of prunes as they are very cheap. Besides eating the for dessert, I cook with them and I cook some with lots of water and a bit of sugar to make unexpensive juice. They cost around 80 cents a kilo (that would be a bit more than 2 pounds I think). Bananas are even cheaper although we import them.
In general, I will not pay much more than 80 cents for a kilo of any fruit in season. I freeze some of it to make dessets and cakes in winter.
I make about 4 or 5 bif ziplock bags of halved apricots just tossing them in sugar and putting the in the bag to freeze.
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@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
23 Feb 10
Yes, my country do produced a varieties types of fruits, which we can choose from, since it's a tropical climate. I can eat oranges, bananas, apples, strawberries, mangoes and papayas throughout the year. Only certain fruits which are seasonal fruits, so we need to wait on certain time of the year to enjoy them. Those are durians, mangosteens, lychees and lots more local fruits. In my home, my parents always advice us to eat fruits everyday, for easy digestion. I had become used to it and now i still always maintain the habit of eating fruits everyday.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Feb 10
The habit of eating fruit daily is not only healthy but also delicious
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
23 Feb 10
Yes I ate fruits all the time. We have apple, grapes, mango, banana, pears and other fruits that we want to buy every time we go to a supermarket.
I think its already a habit that we eat fruits as desserts.
We are a family of appetite and fruits are part of our diet.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 10
most of this winter I've been stuck with just apples, but now that spring is coming I'm so looking forward to more fruits - already we've seen plums and nectarines, but they are very under ripe, also the large naval oranges are back too, they got here a month before the others
I'm looking forward to ripe fruit! Still, the right kind of apple is still excellent! (that would be a McIntosh)
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Feb 10
In winter in my country, apples are the best buy. So I use them to cook too. I also use then baked, made into sauces for cakes and sweete and even just sliced and cooked with some sugsr.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 May 10
I have always loved to eat fruit and I always try to make sure that there is some sort of fruit in our house. My children love to eat fruit as well. The thing that is sometimes difficult is that we aren't able to grow everything locally so the prices of things fluctuate very widely. One example of this is bananas which aren't grown here because we aren't tropical. However, when it comes to apples and oranges the prices are typically very reasonable so I try to always keep these in our house.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Sep 10
We don´t grow bananas in my country either but, for some reason, they always have a reasonable price. And the good thing about them is that they are that way all year, when season fruits we grow are too expensive. Usually 2 pounds of bananashere are around $1.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Feb 10
Hi Marguicha,
yes we can afford to eat fruits in our country. we are so rich with fruits ...tropical fruits. there are fruits that cost less and there are expensive ones. bananas, apples, mangoes are some of the cheap fruits here in our country. we will have lots of these as we are now in the summer season
.@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
I love mangoes. They are one of my favorite fruits but they are expensive here as we import them. But I have a wide variety of chilean fruits to eat at all times of the year. And when they are on season, they are very unexpensive. We are in Summer here too and there are lots of fruit to choose from (or to mix). In Winter we have less variety at low prices. But oranges and apples are unexpensive the year around.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
23 Feb 10
me too love mangoes so much both ripe and the sour ones. it's not expensive in our country. we have a lot of mango supplies. i hope one day i will be able to taste chilena fruits.
@cloud31 (5809)
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25 Feb 10
Fruits are very affordable to where i'm staying now,i can say it really worth to spend for fruits.I usually have a variety of fruits in my table and i can even make a jar of fruit juice everyday..Kiwi is my ever favorite fruit and i can have it everyday,watermelon is a bit expensive but still worth to pay for it.Apples,oranges, banana,guava,mango,pears and so much more..I love fruits and i enjoy eating fruits.Less calorie, less sugar and and no preservatives added when taken it fresh.
Happy Lotting.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Sep 10
I love fruit juices too, specially in Summer. Usually in Summer I make a big amount of fruit juice with lots of ice and go out to do my gardening. I feel like a princess (I even fetch a nice glass so the make believe is complete)
@farizwheels (25)
• Malaysia
27 Feb 10
Hi Marguicha and all.
This is a very interesting discussion.I live in a tropical country. Therefore fruits like bananas,mangosteen,pineapple,rambutan,jackfruit,papayas, and other tropical fruits are widely available with very affordable price.We also have imported fruit like grapes,apple,citrus,pear and so on.some comes with fair price,others come with unbelievable and expensive tag price.as for example you have to spend rm15 (usd 5) for 1kg of grape.im not sure it was a good gred grapes or not!But the most important thing is we can enjoy any fruits around the globe and should be no problem for having it in the market.
@jinjer168 (1596)
• Philippines
25 Sep 10
Hi there! We lived in the Philippines and fruits are bountiful here as well. The price is not so low nor so high. I think i just could afford to buy the fruits i wanted. Just like im saying with all my previous discussions, Im a fruit addict because here in our country, we're always having a hot climate that's why its very refreshing to eat fruits especially those that contains lots of liquids in them. They acted as a dessert, snack and thirst quencher for me especially when they came out straight from the refrigerator then after wards into my mouth! I love ripe mangoes, water melons, melons, pine apple, avocados, lanzones, bananas etc. they are some of our local produce fruits. I also love the imported ones like grapes, apples, oranges, kiwi and pears. Yes, we ate fruits everyday. A fruit addict like me cannot live without fruits even for just one day LOL! Good night!
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Sep 10
The extra wonder of some of those fruits is that you can turn them into salads or even a main dish. I put mashed avocados in spaguetti and yhey taste delicious.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
11 Oct 10
Where I live, there is plenty of fruit, and it is mostly not that expensive, especially not if you buy it in season, so that it does not need to be imported from other countries. But I think fruits have become more expensive in the past years... this really annoys me, because the prices for healthy things, such as fruits should be kept down if you ask me.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
11 Oct 10
In my country many fruits are more expensive too. My country exports a lot of fruit and that makes thwm expensive for us. Fortunatly some fruits don´t travel well and those are the least expensive and usually the ones that taste better as they don´t collects them while they are green.
Happy posting!
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
28 Sep 10
Since our country is tropical country a lot of fruits are available and can be eat naturally. Specially in the provices not really expensive fruits but ideally for our body. About for imported fruits - if you are looking it available but money in the matter, so if you want substitute local fruits are available. Natural ripe and high quality taste.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
11 Oct 10
I don´t even take a look at imported fruit. They are very expensive except bananas which we don´t produce but are very cheap here. The best is homegrown.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
22 Feb 10
Yes. I eat fruit about once a day. And, if you count juices, I eat fruit more than five times a day because I'm an orange juice addict. I also drink blueberry juice for kidney health. One of my assistants is amazed I ever get sick because of the amount of orange juice I drink. But, I explained to her that the reason I drink so much orange juice is that my immune system is circling the toilet anyway and if I don't help it out I'll get sick even more than I do. That's so not on my agenda. I feel bad for people who can't afford to eat fruit and other healthy foods because the economy in which they live. That stuff will help you out more than medicine will in a lot of cases.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
Fruis are wonder ful to eat but they are also, as you say, greath health helpers. Orange juice is a very good source of potassion.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
22 Feb 10
Hi my friend. I like to eat fruit and usually have it every day of the week. In my home country the supermarkets have all sorts of different fruits for sale. At the moment it is winter so the strawberries have been exported from Egypt. Often my home country gets citrus fruits from Spain and Italy. It gets bananas and pineapples from the Caribbean. In the summer the prices are low because it is home grown fruit. Right now prices for fruit that has been exported from another country are high. I like to buy strawberries, raspberries, grapes and grapefruit at the moment. Sometimes I buy passion fruit and a banana. I like to eat small oranges in the autumn time. In my home country in summer we are able to grow strawberries, raspberries, pears, peaches, apples and plums. Our country is not hot enough to grow bananas or pineapples. Passion fruit comes from the topics. Hug. Maxine
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
I´m glad you can afford fruits in every season. It must be difficult to be vegan if the veggies and fruits are expensive. They are a good source of vitamins and minerals but some fruits are good sources of carbohidrates too.
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
22 Feb 10
Hello, Marguicha. Here in Spain, fruit is very cheap from the markets, so yes, I can afford to eat it, and I do eat a lot of fruit. We have orange groves just down the road, and if they are not fenced in, you are allowed to pick the fruit, so we have freshly squeezed orange juice every morning. Strawberries are just coming into season here, so I'll be eating lots of those over the next few weeks, and also making some strawberry jam.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Feb 10
I had never heard that you could pick up what you wanted from groves along a roag! Yummy!
@randylovesdar (4932)
• United States
22 Feb 10
The prices of fruit out here is rediculous. I have not been buying much of it lately because of the cost. I am planning on buying a couple of fruit trees (peach trees) so I can cut the cost of food. I am also going to buy berry plants (mostly strawberries). Almost all food in the US are expensive. I struggle very hard to save money on groceries.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
22 Feb 10
In what part of the United States do you live? When I have traveled to the United States I have found many food that are not so expensive because it seems they are foods that the residents don´t eat much. I found that people buy a lot those chicken pieces fried in oil. My stomach would rebell if I gave it that. So I have bought a whole chicken (very unexpensive) and put it in the oven with salt, pepper and a bit of real butter. I do that here too. And I make a baked stuffed chicken that is wonderful and inexpensive.
Check in your plant nursery which trees will be happy in your climate. I hope it works. Berries are something you can grow on almost any climate. And if it´s too cold in winter, you can cover the plants while it´s freezing.
So I have bought a whole chicken (very unexpensive) and put it in the oven with salt, pepper and a bit of real butter. I do that here too. And I make a baked stuffed chicken that is wonderful and inexpensive.
Check in your plant nursery which trees will be happy in your climate. I hope it works. Berries are something you can grow on almost any climate. And if it´s too cold in winter, you can cover the plants while it´s freezing.
@TAZNEM (656)
• Philippines
23 Feb 10
our country produces many kinds of fruits, bananas, mango, water melon, lychee, guyabano, lanzones, durian, pine apple name it we have em all here, but the price is just right i cant say its cheap or expensive but we can afford it if we want to buy some. everyday we are able to eat fruits.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
23 Feb 10
You are fortunate to live in a country that has all this bounty. My country is like that too and I think it´s wonderful to have so many fruits that I can have.
@deejays1974 (210)
• Philippines
23 Feb 10
Fruits in the Philippines priced ok but when holidays come like Christmas or New Year or during fruit shortage, the price goes up. It's a good thing that my brod-in-law has a place in the province where they grow a variety of fruits like mango, banana, jackfruit and the like so I'm lucky that I sometimes eat for free.
@marguicha (215531)
• Chile
25 Feb 10
Local fruit is also better as it is taken ripe out of the tree.
