Pineapple season is upon us! While pineapple can be grown and enjoyed year-round, its peak season is spring through early to mid-summer, when it’s at its tangy-sweetest. That’s why a monthly fruit club like Pittman & Davis’ own Harvest-A-Month Fruit Club offers it in May, which is the best time to enjoy this amazing fruit. But what exactly is pineapple? What is pineapple? When European explorers came across pineapple in South America during the 17th Century, the fruits tough, spiky exterior made them think of pinecones. Inside, though, they found a bright yellow, sweet-tart flesh that was juicy and delicious,…
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Continue ReadingWhen you send your loved ones a citrus gift box, you’re not just sending deliciousness – you’re sending health as well! Fruit is an essential part of a healthy diet. The USDA recommends that adults consume two servings of fruit per day, while the American Heart Association recommends 4-5 servings. But did you know fruit can help you lose weight, too? Fruit and Weight Loss Let’s be clear…the formula for weight loss is pretty simple (even if losing weight isn’t always that simple: calories out (burned) must exceed calories consumed (eaten). Simply eating fruit is not the key to weight…
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Continue ReadingIf your imagination goes no further than beef, beef and more beef when you hear the words “Texan cuisine,” you’re selling the Lone Star State short. To truly understand Texas food, you need to know more about the land and the people. With the greatest landmass of any of the 48 contingent United States, Texas boasts a varied landscape that includes coastline, plains, desert and mountain regions. The people are as varied as that landscape, making up a fusion of 27 ethnic/cultural groups, each stirring their own ingredients into timeless, uniquely Texan recipes that include gourmet food for every palate…
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Continue ReadingDo Texas Onions Get Sweet When Cooked? The question is in the title: is cooking what makes our Texas 1015 Onions sweet? Well, cooking – that is, caramelizing – our Texas 1015s may make them sweeter, but they’re already pretty sweet to begin with! Here are some common questions about sweet onions, and how to cook and store them: What makes 1015 onions sweet? The reason 1015 onions (so called because they’re planted around the middle of October – i.e. 10/15) taste so sweet even when they’re still raw is because they have less sulfur than most other onions, which…
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Continue ReadingFor over 80 years Pittman & Davis has been providing the best mail order grapefruit to our customers. We take special pride in our sweet and juicy Ruby Red Grapefruit, which has made receiving a grapefruit box or assorted grapefruit baskets a welcome gift for many year after year. As a result, there are a lot of interesting facts we know and can share with you about this fascinating fruit! Here are six common questions about grapefruit that sum up the citrus fruit’s history in a few quick points: What Exactly Is Grapefruit? Grapefruit is a citrus hybrid of the…
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Continue ReadingDo you have a whole pile of clementines (or mandarins or tangerines) that you need to use up? It happens…you take advantage of the season to stock up – way up – and wind up with more than you can snack on. But if you have a lot of clementines to use up, don’t worry…they go great in many recipes, from savory to sweet! Clementines, the ultra-juicy citrus fruit that is only available for a short time each year, are fabulous for cooking. Eaten as alone as a snack they are tasty and healthy, but Clementine juice, candied Clementine peel, or…
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Continue ReadingLooking for some sure-fire Easter gift ideas? Shopping for Easter gifts for a single child is one thing, but trying to come up with Easter gift ideas for adults, or even Easter gifts for families, is another – and when your recipient(s) live at a distance, the process can be even more challenging. Well, you can stop worrying…Pittman & Davis is ready to help you think outside the (Easter) basket! Check out some of our favorite ideas for Easter gifts 2021: Fun Twists on Traditional Easter Gift Baskets You may like the idea of not overloading the kid in your…
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Continue ReadingIt happens – you buy some lovely looking fruit (maybe on an impulse), eat one or two servings, and then forget about it. Maybe the bag got pushed to the back of the crisper – regardless, you finally remember, go looking, and find a back of moldy, uneatable fruit. And you’re annoyed with yourself, both for wasting money and wasting food. You may even decide to skip buying fresh fruit because of this. Grapefruit is delicious, refreshing, and packed with nutrients, so don’t cut it out of your diet just because you don’t know how to store (or use) it! By storing…
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Continue ReadingGot an important date coming up, but not sure what to get that special someone? Consider a fruit basket! Gift baskets are always popular presents because they can include an assortment (meaning the recipient is bound to receive something he or she enjoys), they can be shared (so your recipient’s whole family gets to enjoy your gift), and they always fit! Fruit baskets are especially popular because they work for many occasions, and (even better) they fit in with most dietary needs (almost everyone can enjoy sweet, healthy fruit!). Baskets of Fruit: Not Just for the Winter Holidays Fruit baskets…
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During a pandemic, the benefits of having your fruit delivered right to you have become obvious – it saves you from exposure to COVID-19. But having your fruit (like grapefruit!) delivered instead of going to your local grocers to pick it up offers many more advantages than just avoiding contact with the virus. Did You Know… The so-called “grapefruit diet” is a fad diet that’s been around since the 1930s. Most versions call for having a serving of grapefruit or grapefruit juice before every meal in the belief that the enzymes in grapefruit and grapefruit juice benefits fat-burning ability. This…