Oh yeah. Flying your raspberries in from Chile makes a difference in price!
I've mentioned food air-miles before, it's another reason why I try to eat in season.
But then the seasons of the year influence my appetite and were probably learned in childhood. So Winter vegetables are what I crave right now; potatoes, leeks, onions, cabbage, root vegetables. Heavy suet dishes and preserved fruit.
With Spring will come greens, with Summer the salads and gorgeous soft fruit. I'd rather have 100g of English cherries than 1kg of foreign ones - they're near on tasteless in comparison because of the time it takes to get them on the shelves.
I'm not being holier-than-thou. My Winter tastes include garlic, ginger, vanilla, sultanas and many spices. And they're not grown on the local allotment
Ditto the Christmas citrus fruits, and that famous British panacea, a nice cup of tea.
But I do envy you the smell of good strawberries in February.
Dani I have a few of those desserts in the cupboard too...
Actually bought to add to large cakes; they were a real discovery - made them rise so much more and kept them moist. Never used.
I must make them up to gobble down before Mum realises they're out of date. As if things like that can ever really go out of date
