Spring has arrived in Melbourne, I love any change in seasons with the anticipation of new menus as produce choice shifts with the seasons. Spring is a time of anticipation for any food lover, we leave behind the heavier winter menus and start to see the young spring vegetables and anticipate berries and stone fruit in abundance in the coming weeks.
I really enjoy eating seasonally and trying to buy local, although in a large country as Australia we are quite lucky with the varying climates we can pretty much buy items year round – this fulfills my cravings but for the most part enjoying local produce at its peak, chatting to the farmer, and the anticipation of what is to come for me is part of the enjoyment. I know there is a saying, “you can never get enough of a good thing” but I think you can when it comes to food. I cannot wait to taste apricots when they come in December if I had availability all year round I doubt I would be as excited, using the jam I make each summer and the jars f preserves provides me with enough of the taste to keep me going through winter. That first bite of that luscious ripe fruit come December always tastes absolutely amazing and never disappoints.
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