I was raised in the UK and loved my fruit. I'm old enough to remember when bananas were considered exotic. Even more so were kiwi fruit, that we called Chinese gooseberries. Pineapples only came in tins. Now I grow them all in my garden here. My favourites were (non-Chinese) gooseberries, which we grew in our garden, and the large sweet ones called levellers, which we didn't. What happened to gooseberries? Haven't seen them for decades.

 

Thailand, of course, has more fruit that you can handle, but what fruits do you miss from home? I love raspberries, apricots, Victoria plums, all very hard to find and, if so, very expensive here. Even decent large and juicy strawberries, not the small anemic Thai variety.

Fully ripe black cherry.

Ripe and sweet plums.

Redcurrant.

 

 

 

Peaches , Victoria Plums .

Just now, NE1 said:

Peaches , Victoria Plums .

Ah yes. Juicy peaches. I forgot those.

I will be home in the berry and fruit season from now on, so not missing out of the delicious Norwegian strawberries, sweet morels, cherries, black berries, plums, pears, apples, mullets, 

 

and fresh vegetables is different in the nordics, not to forget cold water fish, crabs, raindeer, and other wild animals meat avaiable for a decent penny.

 

The longer I stayed in Thailand the more sure I became not to let go of my mother country. To many benefits even climate can be harsh 3-4 months a year, not wort it. 

 

Fresh free air and aircondition as my wife says

Russet apples, Conference pears, rhubarb eaten with a newspaper cone of sugar.

Goosegogs, red currants, blackberry's from the hedgerow...........

 

Bananas in bottles from the Canarian Islands.

 

Artichokes, although not a fruit....

Good navel oranges....

There's still an abundance of fruit here....

We're starting to get some nice, sweet Mangos off our trees....Which I never seem to tire of + my wife makes mango jam which helps lengthen the season....

A few already named, plus nectarines, cantaloupe and good tomatoes. 

Proper Cucumbers

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I was raised in the UK and loved my fruit. I'm old enough to remember when bananas were considered exotic. Even more so were kiwi fruit, that we called Chinese gooseberries. Pineapples only came in tins. Now I grow them all in my garden here. My favourites were (non-Chinese) gooseberries, which we grew in our garden, and the large sweet ones called levellers, which we didn't. What happened to gooseberries? Haven't seen them for decades.

 

Thailand, of course, has more fruit that you can handle, but what fruits do you miss from home? I love raspberries, apricots, Victoria plums, all very hard to find and, if so, very expensive here. Even decent large and juicy strawberries, not the small anemic Thai variety.

I am from OZ we have heaps of exotic fruit up north 

Peaches, grapefruits & cherries 

Could definitely use some better strawberries & grapes than the crap on offer here.

9 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I was raised in the UK and loved my fruit. I'm old enough to remember when bananas were considered exotic. Even more so were kiwi fruit, that we called Chinese gooseberries. Pineapples only came in tins. Now I grow them all in my garden here. My favourites were (non-Chinese) gooseberries, which we grew in our garden, and the large sweet ones called levellers, which we didn't. What happened to gooseberries? Haven't seen them for decades.

 

Thailand, of course, has more fruit that you can handle, but what fruits do you miss from home? I love raspberries, apricots, Victoria plums, all very hard to find and, if so, very expensive here. Even decent large and juicy strawberries, not the small anemic Thai variety.

 

The better supermarkets in Bangkok have all of the fruits you mention and many more. For example, depending on the time of year, you can find strawberries from Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. These are air-freighted so they're not cheap.

 

I see Tops currently has persmimmons from New Zealand at 145 baht / piece. Pricey, but wealthy Thais seem to buy plenty.

 

Also, have you spent much time in Chinatown? You might be surprised at the range of imported fruits you can find there too.

9 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

What fruits do you miss from home? 

We had a mulberry tree in our backyard. 

 

I miss eating the mulberries straight from the tree. 

 

4 hours ago, mstevens said:

These are air-freighted so they're not cheap.

 

Yes, I did mention that. Interesting about Chinatown, but I live very far from there.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

We had a mulberry tree in our backyard. 

 

I miss eating the mulberries straight from the tree. 

 

 

I thought I'd never had a mulberry. I Googled, and I have. Just didn't know what they were called. I will go to bed tonight wiser than when I woke up, always a good thing. On the downside, to me they are very poor versions of loganberries. I should have put those in my original post.  Giant-sized raspberries.

Avocados mentioned yet? I have had some good ones here, but they are so hit or miss, I quit buying them altogether. 

 

 

Artichokes!  Also wild blackberries and blueberries.  There were nearby woodlands where I could just eat them off the bush!

 

8 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

We had a mulberry tree in our backyard. 

 

I miss eating the mulberries straight from the tree. 

 

Mulberries ... no prob growing here, easy & wild.  Only problem, having the birds & squirrels leave us any.

 

 

Juicy Georgia peaches.

Yeah baby.

 

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Mulberries ... no prob growing here, easy & wild.  Only problem, having the birds & squirrels leave us any.

 

 

Same in Australia, mulberry season it's best to park your car undercover, bird droppings difficult to remove. 

 

Will miss the September Blackberry harvest, walk and eat at the same time. Keep enough to freeze for over the winter for Blackberry and Apple Pie with a generous dollup of Cornish clotted cream. Yum.

Conference pears , Cox's Orange Pippin ,Victoria plums, those fruits have real taste.....

although a few years ago I had some brought from the UK for me , and they did not

have the same taste I remember from years ago.....

 

regards worgeordie

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Conference pears , Cox's Orange Pippin ,Victoria plums, those fruits have real taste.....

although a few years ago I had some brought from the UK for me , and they did not

have the same taste I remember from years ago.....

 

regards worgeordie

Ah yes! Growing up we had a Cox's Orange Pippin tree in the garden. It produced, without doubt, the best apples I have ever tasted. 

 

 Luckily for the family my father was a keen gardener and we were treated to blackberries,  raspberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, plums, pears and Bramley cooking apples.   

 I miss them all but fresh mangosteen, lychee, mango, lemons and oranges, all of which I can grow here, are a compensation.     

17 minutes ago, Farmerslife said:

 I miss them all but fresh mangosteen, lychee, mango, lemons and oranges, all of which I can grow here, are a compensation. 

 

Lemons or limes? They call limes lemons here 😄

We grow both lemons and limes for our own use rather than commercially,  although occasionally we do sell a few of the lemons to visitors.  

 The lemons are susceptible to bugs though.   

I can’t say I “miss” any particular fruit, but what about lemons?  
 

In Thailand, they seem to call limes “lemons.”  I’ve seen real lemons in the grocery store, so it’s not like they don’t have those here.

Don't miss anything I am home.