Tasting Grapes Before Buying

[Beach Bunny]

Are you in the wrong thread or have they merged the grape and egg threads together now too?

OMG...I'm an idiot lol. I knew I answered that scrambled egg thread Just not where I was supposed to

 

[goofyernmost]

Don't know exactly how they feel about it, but when it comes to grapes or cherries, if I don't get to taste one, I ain't buying. I made that mistake both with cherries and grapes. Did it just today. For one thing they load way to many in one bag. They have to be awfully good for me to be able to use them up, by myself, before they go bad. A stock guy was so proud once of the shipment of cherries they got that he told me to try one, I did and they were great and I had no problem buying the pre-filled bag. I also will use the produce bags to transfer some out of the predone and into a size that will work for me. They sell them by the pound so I'm not cheating anyone. They looked really good so I took some and put them in my cart, then I tried one, and put them back. They were like lemons. I used to love them back when I had a Costco membership. Those cherries had serious thyroid problems. They were practically the size of apples. Speaking of which, is it just my imagination or are peaches getting the size of grapes along with Avocados and nectarines.

 

[goofyernmost]

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Sometimes doctors shouldn’t be trusted.

To be fair, it was Camel that said that. Doctors, other then quacks about ready to lose their license, never said that, but we, the sheep believe everything we read so we all fell for it.

Not that legit doctors didn't smoke. My original primary care doctor smoked like a chimney, even during an exam. Then had the nerve to tell me to lose weight. He died in his early 60's of a heart attack due to excessive smoking and obesity. When we first got married my wife was an RN and saw so much carnage due to smoking, yet, yup, you guessed it, she smoked too. To her credit, she quit before I did.

 

[Kittyblue]

This thread made me buy grapes today while I was at the store...

 

[leahgoogle]

This thread made me buy grapes today while I was at the store...

Lol! But, the real question is, did you try them first?

 

[TippyThomas]

This thread made me buy grapes today while I was at the store...

I ended up buying some from Sam's Club yesterday as well. I fought the urge to taste them first.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I ended up buying some from Sam's Club yesterday as well. I fought the urge to taste them first.

I resisted since they were 3.49/lb. On the other hand strawberries were 2 qts for $7.00 and tasted divine….

 

[TippyThomas]

I resisted since they were 3.49/lb. On the other hand strawberries were 2 qts for $7.00 and tasted divine….

I did get some cherries as well. Those were delicious.

 

[Kittyblue]

Lol! But, the real question is, did you try them first?

Well before this thread I would have, but now I'm a little embarrassed to I got lucky and they taste good, though.

 

[leahgoogle]

Well before this thread I would have, but now I'm a little embarrassed to I got lucky and they taste good, though.

I still taste them. I’m a rebel like that though Glad you got a good bunch!

 

[aby914]

I don't taste grapes (germaphobe) but recently my husband bought some blueberries at Costco that were just awful (looked good through the plastic clamshell) and they didn't have any problem taking them back.

 

[NannyBeBe]

The best blueberries are those grown in a colder climate. Those from Canada are very good but hard to find.

 

[goofyernmost]

Well you know there is a huge difference between tasting a handful and one single small fruit. Oranges, apples, pears you have to take a chance on, but they will stand to sell a lot more by looking the other way at tasting the small ones. I can't speak for everyone, but if I don't taste it and I got a batch that I have to throw away, I will never buy that item from that store anymore. If I try one and it's OK, I will buy them. If they aren't I won't but, I will try again next time when a new batch has arrived and I at least will buy them if they are good.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

If they're going to be hard line about tasting a single grape, then they should probably allow returns for grapes that are sour.

Costco does take back produce (and everything else). We’ve taken back bananas that never ripened and a bad watermelon, after we sliced it open. Well, by we, I mean DH, but he frequents Costco, so he was going anyway.

 

[goofyernmost]

Costco does take back produce (and everything else). We’ve taken back bananas that never ripened and a bad watermelon, after we sliced it open. Well, by we, I mean DH, but he frequents Costco, so he was going anyway.

Send um to me! I hate ripe banana's. Mostly green are the sweetest tasting to me. Ripe always become banana bread, but I've made that with mostly green as well.

 

[tasha99]

I got some Cotton Candy grapes yesterday, and they were delicious! I didn't taste any partly because of this thread, and partly because they were $6/pound--more expensive than the Rainier cherries we bought on the same trip. They were mostly seedless, but the seeds weren't as gone as other types of seedless grapes (they were there, but softer, and I did find an actual seed or two). And they tasted like they had some real flavor, cementing my belief that with seeds comes flavor. Sad for our budget, but we will be buying them periodically from now on.

 

[Heigh-Ho]

I love that this thread is still going (sort of)!! Who knew tasting grapes would create such a conversation

 

[NYCgrrl]

Tasted err bought strawberries at the farmers’s market this morning; heavens above are they good! Still had the stems on and the vendor gave me a new idea to use them. This is the time of the year when fruits are so worthy.

 

[Ms.Minnie]

This thread made me buy grapes today while I was at the store...

Grapes are on sale this week at the store where we shop, $1.49 per lb. DH always tries them first...

 

[NYCgrrl]

Grapes are on sale this week at the store where we shop, $1.49 per lb. DH always tries them first...

Grapes are $4.00 + per pound this way right now; hope they make good wine since there is no way I’m buying them