The end of August into early September is a time of transition at the markets, with winter produce lines winding up and the flavours that signify summer (and the busy season) starting to make an appearance. So, to help with menu planning this Spring we thought we’d pull together a market update on key produce lines and how they’re predicted…
FRESH FACT: The Sydney Festival is a key event on the Sydney summer calendar bringing a constant stream of interstate travellers and diverse cultural events to Sydney for three weeks every January. Last year the festival contributed $56.8 million to the NSW economy and with an estimated 650,000 expected to attend in 2013 and additional events being hosted beyond the…
FRESH FACT: When most Australians think of stonefruit we think of peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and cherries. There is however more to the story, these stonefruit (or drupes) belong to the Rose family (Rosaceae) and boast family ties with almonds, loquats,pomes (apples/pears), raspberries (multiple drupes that make up a single fruit) and even strawberries. While not related to the Rose…
ASIAN VEGETABLES: Not Available: Luffas * Sin Que * Tamarind Short Supply: Kachay * Water Spinach EXOTIC FRUITS: Short Supply: Figs * Pomelos * Starfruit Not Available: Asian Plum * Buddha Hands * Cumquats * Custard Apple * Fuji Fruit * Gold Kiwifruit * Guava * Loquats * Persimmon * Rambutan * Tamarillo (gold) * Tangellos * Winter Melon
MARKET SUMMARY: Fruit The Buy list: Apricots, Granny Smith & Delicious Apples, Blueberries, Ruby Grapefruit, USA Grapes, Honeydews, Kiwifruit, Mandarins, Mangoes, Mangosteen, Nashi Pears, Peaches, Nectarines, Navel Oranges, Paw Paw & Red Papaya, Pineapples, Plums, Rockmelons, Strawberries and Long & Seedless Watermelons. The Watch List: Figs (Price) Passionfruit (Quality & Price) Gold Kiwifruit (Local Season Over) Market Insights: With good supplies of…
FRESH FACT: Bananas (much like money) do NOT grow on trees. Related to the lily and orchid, the banana plant is actually a giant herb that produces edible fruit, known to reach 9m in height, it is the world’s largest perennial plant without a woody stem. The banana is one of the most well known and easily recognisable fruits…
ASIAN VEGETABLES: Not Available: Luffas * Sin Que * Tamarind Short Supply: Kachay * Water Spinach EXOTIC FRUITS: Short Supply: Figs Not Available: Asian Plum * Buddha Hands * Cumquats * Custard Apple * Fuji Fruit * Guava (cooking) * Juju Fruit * Kaffir Limes * Persimmon * Rambutan * Tamarillo (gold) * Tangellos * Winter Melon
MARKET SUMMARY: Fruit The Buy list: Granny Smith & Delicious Apples, Blueberries, Ruby Grapefruit, USA Grapes, NZ Kiwifruit, Honey Murcott Mandarins, Mangos, Navel Oranges, Paw paw, Red Papaya, Pineapples, Rockmelons, Strawberries, Seedless & Champagne Watermelons The Watch List: Figs (Price) Limes (Price) Passionfruit (Price) Market Insights: It is a good week for fruit. New season Stone fruit has commenced and with rather solid…
FRESH FACT: The oyster mushroom is used widely in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Indian cooking and is often considered to be an ‘Asian mushroom’, in actual fact however the fungus was first cultivated in Germany (circa 1917) as a subsistence measure after WW1. Since this time, oyster mushrooms have gone on to become one of the world’s most important mushroom…
Asian Vegetables: Not Available Luffas * Sin Que * Sugar Cane * Tamarind Asian Vegetables: Short Supply Gai Choy * Kachay * Water Spinach Exotic Fruits: Short Supply Banana Buds/Bell * Figs * Juju Fruit * Mangosteen * Pomelos Exotic Fruits: Not Available Asian Plum * Buddha Hands * Cumquats * Custard Apple * Dragonfruit * Fuji Fruit * Guava (cooking) * Kaffir Limes * Loquats *…
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