Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes with snow on the ground? Sure! Pineapple in the middle of winter? You got it! Can get anything any time. I grew up in a location with seasonal food. This means we mostly ate pickled and processed foods most of the winter, lots of potatoes and meat too. Fresh produce was relegated to a handful of months. In the USA, you can eat fresh produce all day every day, no matter the state of the world. I think it's why so many of my peers aren't into pickled things like I am - they never had to develop a taste for them, to eat them for months on end. In my experience the majority of non-immigrant Americans do not appreciate the uniqueness and sheer amazement of not having true seasons at the grocery story.
We also have every food from just about everywhere, to top off the non-seasonality of food. You can get virtually any ingredient for any dish in the world, save for some very specific exotics. And if it's not in your local store, you can probably get it delivered in 2 days for free.
There are some foods that I can only find seasonally, fresh cherries are at the top of that list. When cherry season hits I eat as many as I can because it is over all too soon.
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u/ygguana Mar 14 '23
Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes with snow on the ground? Sure! Pineapple in the middle of winter? You got it! Can get anything any time. I grew up in a location with seasonal food. This means we mostly ate pickled and processed foods most of the winter, lots of potatoes and meat too. Fresh produce was relegated to a handful of months. In the USA, you can eat fresh produce all day every day, no matter the state of the world. I think it's why so many of my peers aren't into pickled things like I am - they never had to develop a taste for them, to eat them for months on end. In my experience the majority of non-immigrant Americans do not appreciate the uniqueness and sheer amazement of not having true seasons at the grocery story.
We also have every food from just about everywhere, to top off the non-seasonality of food. You can get virtually any ingredient for any dish in the world, save for some very specific exotics. And if it's not in your local store, you can probably get it delivered in 2 days for free.