Purple Plums

It's a long story...yesterday I went to the grocery store and they were giving out complimentary "Burgundy" plums at the checkout! Could this be? Could the insides be purple like the ones I crave from my childhood when we had plums with purple insides growing on a tree in my backyard? The same ones my mom would make plum jam out of? Yes!! My wish had been granted. Oh the joy of purple plums! :9

Believe it or not, I actually left the store content with my free perfect plum. Of course, as soon as I got home I wanted more!! I convinced my daughter to come back to the store with me on the hunt for more of these plums. They were hard to find. None of the plums said, "burgundy" on them, they all said "black" on them, but I know from my own experience they have yellowish insides. No thanks. Yes, I'm a plum snob. ;)

We found the plums that we were searching for, in bags that were labeled "premium plums" and were noticeably more expensive-- so I was convinced we had the right ones. Part of the reason why Sarah came with me was because she made a deal that I would buy her a coconut, so we picked out one of those next. Then, she was fascinated by all the other tropical fruits that we had never tried and we picked up a few of those as well. The one she wanted the most was the dragon fruit--of course she would, it cost $6.99! She offered to pay for it even, so I got it for her, knowing I wouldn't make her pay for it because we would all share in eating it if it was good.

Here is a display of the fruits that Sarah put together. She knew I'd want to get a picture of it, so here it is. I love that she took such joy in arranging it on a plate. Everything we tasted she "liked" or, at least, she convinced herself it was good even though some were barely edible. She cracks me up. She also called yesterday our "Fruit Day" and asked if we could do this every year. She set a goal of trying every fruit too. So, we are off to a good start.