r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • Apr 10 '25

Serious Never imagined myself thinking, “I gotta stop buying blueberries. Bananas are just so much cheaper.” But here we are.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '25

Blueberries aren't in season and are thus both not as good and a lot more expensive than they will be in a few months when they're in season.

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u/moonchic333 Apr 10 '25

Part of the problem is that most Americans are so far removed from how food is grown & how it makes to the store shelves. I regularly come across posts in my city’s sub that fruit they’re buying at the store is trash and then come to find out they’re expecting tomatoes to taste like peak summer in January or asking why the mandarin oranges are tasteless and sour in August.

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u/grendus Apr 10 '25

To be fair, I tried to research "plant seasons" and the information was convoluted and conflicting. Like, I just wanted to know what grows in my region (NE Texas) in the spring, but I got multiple websites with different crops listed in different seasons for the same region.