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Fresh Produce
I lived in an era before eggplant or Swiss chard,
with fruit that mainly grew up from our own back yard.
Cherries and strawberries. Watermelon. Plums.
No passionfruit or mangoes passed across our gums.
One day avocados would become a revelation.
Papayas and fresh guavas discovered on vacation.
But artichokes back then were thought the product of the devil.
We kept our veggies smooth and round and strictly on one level.
Exchange with foreign countries back then was truly rare.
So many foods from far off climes we’d had no chance to dare.
These days all our grocery stores are filled with all this stuff,
but long ago potatoes, beans and carrots were enough!!
Prompt words today are eggplant, exchange, devil and revelation.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Bananas, and Japanese oranges at Christmas, were the limit of our “exotics.” 🙂
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You must be of the boomer generation.
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So true and I love having more variety. I just wish it was all as good as it looks.
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Especially apples. So hard to get an apple that tastes like an apple.
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Any here
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Who stigmatized poor artichokes?
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Not me. Love them.
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Me too.
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We certainly are spoiled for fresh produce these days!
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