Giving Florida's Best For Christmas

At least it's not fruitcake

from JoeUser Forums
Gotta question for all you JU's living ouside of Florida.

I'm looking at this brochure of nice looking diff arrangements of Florida Oranges, Tangerines and Grapefruit and was thinking it may be a great Christmas gift to send family and friends back home. Some of this fruit is very specific in the dates to be delivered. One variety of orange is only able to be delivered for three weeks in January. They are the much anticipated Honneybells and they look yummy on the package. There's a place down at the square that I can order in person and the fruit I can buy there singular is out of this world good.

Ok so the question is this. Would it be a good gift for you to open a box of Florida fruit or would it be a ho-hum, not a fruit person type of gift for you? Some of these gifts also come with a jar of honey and jam as well.



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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

Personally, fruit is always something I like.

My father-in-law gets a big box of oranges every Christmas from his brother in Orlando.  There's no way he can use them all before they spoil, so he shares the wealth with the rest of the family.  He really enjoys them because when he was a kid they rarely ate fresh fruit in the winter...which is exactly why his brother sends them.

I read most fruit bought in the store in the "off" season is covered in pesticides that are illegal to use in the US, as a lot of it comes from other countries.  Unless you buy organic....

So oranges are a nice gift....you may find people start looking forward to their oranges every year.

Merry Christmas!

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks Tova,

That's how I feel as well. My husband is not a fruit eater and he says it's not a good gift from his perspective and two of the receipiants are going to be men so that's why I asked. Amanda's Dad is plowing for us and another guy is watching our home so I thought maybe this would be nice. Siomething different as neither have friends down here that I'm aware of.

Merry Christmas to you too!!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I live away from most my family too. I've found that things that you can only get where I've lived usually make pretty good presents.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Nothing wrong with fruit in the mail. Used to be a staple gift around here, I forget who gave it to us but it was always really good. But sometimes you get too much, and it goes bad. So give a reasonable amount of fruit - if they don't like it, they can throw a fruit-tasting party and get rid of it. :D
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
"Ugh, this is terrible... I should have all my friends eat it instead!"

Friends:

"Ugh, this is terrible!"

"Yeah, I know!"

"So why are you having us taste test it???"

"... It's Florida's best!"
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Here I was, thinking you were shipping out old people to your friends back home.

Florida's "Best": Aged to perfection!
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Florida's "Best": Aged to perfection!


hahahah and the way they're drinking around here, they are pretty aged I'd say or should I just say fermented!! !

We went down to the square tonight to go to the Orange Place again. We then walked around the square after buying some very yummy tangerines checking out the vendors that come out on Tuesdays. Everyone was walking around either with ice creams or one of those "aged" drinks. .

I bought an orange hat (for running) for $3.20 and hubby bought a cell phone holder for $5.00. Both alot cheaper than the stores.

It's a wonderful night in the Villages.

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hats made out of oranges? Now that's definitely got to be a Florida thing.