Among our customer Christmas Favorites at Pittman & Davis are our top-rated spicy Tamales! Does that surprise you? It won’t once you taste them – this savory best-seller is made with premium and falling-apart tender pork, beef and chicken, redolent with fresh Mexican spices and surrounded by a thin, moist layer of delicious corn meal, then wrapped in natural corn husks. Packaged with our spicy Cantina salsa, it’s an easy (and popular!) star for your holiday get-together! But how did tamales, of all things, get to be a holiday tradition? Tamales: A Christmas Tradition Tamales may seem an odd choice…
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Continue ReadingDid you recently get an apple fruit box from Pittman & Davis? If so, lucky you! If you buy Fuji apples regularly, we can guarantee you’ll appreciate the difference between a big Fuji Apple from your local grocery store chain and one from our orchards. If it never occurred to you to order apples online, you may find yourself doing it regularly once you’ve tried a Pittman & Davis apple! If you feel you have more apples than you can eat, however, you may be concerned about letting these beauties go to waste. Never fear…we’ve got some great recipes and…
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Continue ReadingIt’s round and orange, but is it an orange? Color aside (fun fact: the color was named for the fruit, not the fruit for the color, but that’s another story), oranges have a distinctive tangy-sweet flavor that can’t be mistaken for anything else. In some varieties it may be sweeter, in others a bit tangier, but it’s there in all it’s smaller-sized cousins, including the Tangerine, Clementine, Satsuma and Mandarin. But how do these miniature, orange-like fruits differ from one another? Are they different from one another? Before you buy oranges online, you should know. Here’s a guide to the three most popular: Mandarin:…
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Continue ReadingFresh from the Sunbelt: This season’s fruit is expected to be quite large and lovely! While we did have a freeze this year, all looks to have been recovered and producing wonderfully. We look forward to this amazing season of sweet, extra-juicy, and large Rio Ruby Red Grapefruit.
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Continue ReadingYou know those tangerines you bought at the grocery store? They may actually be Clementines. The terms “Clementine” and Tangerine” are often used interchangeably in the US, but they’re not the same fruit. Tangerines are actually a variety of mandarin (one of the original citrus fruits, along with pomelos and citrons), while Clementines are a cross between a mandarin and a sweet orange. How Sweet it Is! Fresh Clementines are a wonderful snack for all ages. Small, seedless, and with bright orange skins that are easy to peel, they have an intensely sweet flavor that can’t be compared to any…
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Continue ReadingWith the pandemic preventing an in-person celebration last Christmas, a member of our staff elected to send her brother and his family our highly rated Christmas Breakfast, containing Buckwheat Pancake Mix, real Northwoods Maple Syrup, tender and flavorful Smoked Canadian Bacon, and a selection of our famous sugar-sweet Ruby Red Grapefruit and seedless Navel Oranges. Early Christmas afternoon, she received a tag notification; when she went to her brother’s social media page, she was delighted to find a video of him and his wife and kids happily enjoying the special breakfast she’d sent them while enthusiastically wishing her a merry…
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Continue ReadingAre you pumped for pear season? You should be – while apples (the quintessential fall fruit) have a reputation for keeping the doctor away, pears (the “other” fall fruit) also do their part in keeping you healthy. In fact, some of pears most powerful health benefits directly address our greatest health concerns as a culture. Here’s how the science stacks up on pear nutrition: Are Pears Good For You? Pears are not only delicious…they’re also super good for you! Just one medium-sized pear (about 5 oz.) is only 100 calories and completely free of fat, sodium and cholesterol, but full…
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Continue ReadingHave you heard? Predictions for on-time delivery of packages and cards this coming holiday season aren’t much better than last year’s. Maybe things won’t be quite as bleak as predicted, but if you’ve been browsing Pittman & Davis’s catalog for food gifts to send by mail this holiday season, sooner is probably better than later. The Solutions? Order Early. The best way to ensure your Pittman & Davis gifts arrive on time is simple: figure out what you want to get, place your order as soon as possible, and choose low-traffic ship dates wherever possible. The good news is that…
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Continue ReadingFresh from the Sunbelt: Our delicious citrus is coming along beautifully this season. It’s been hot and dry so we’ve added some supplemental watering. We are to begin testing the size and maturity this month to make sure you are getting the best quality fruit possible when it comes time to harvest around the beginning of November! Our Orchards are reporting an excellent quality crop this season! We believe this might be some of the best quality fruit we have seen in over a decade! The fruit finish for this year’s pear crop is outstanding with beautiful shape and high…
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Continue ReadingWhat’s high on America’s list of top health concerns? COVID-19 aside, the usual suspects probably won’t be much of a surprise to you: they include cancer, heart disease, diabetes (particularly Type II), dementia and obesity. But it may surprise you to learn that the apple – a common fruit – can go far towards helping to prevent all of these issues when made a regular part of your diet. If you’ve ever sent apple gift baskets from Pittman & Davis to your friends and loved ones, you probably got rave reviews, and no wonder – our apples are sweet, crispy,…