Ode To Citrus

As some of you know, I prefer to buy my citrus off of the back of a semi that is parked in the local hardware store parking lot. A group of citrus growers in Florida pick oranges and grapefruit when they are ripe and pack the fruit into cases to be driven up North to be sold in states that are vitamin C starved in the wintertime.

The citrus truck arrives once a month from November through March and I go as many times as I can fit into my schedule.

I love the citrus truck for many reasons, but mainly because of all the things I could buy off of the back of a truck, citrus is probably the safest. Also, I get to protect my family from the nightmare that is scurvy by forcing fresh, vitamin C laden produce on them.

And I'm all about preventing scurvy.

I realize with this kind of introduction, I may have taken the mystery out of this next photo, but see if you can guess what it is:

Stumped? I shall give you a hint: It starts with grape, ends with fruit, and rhymes with ape-suit.

That's right! Give yourself fifteen (worthless) points if you guessed grapefruit and take comfort in the fact that you are very smart. Almost as smart as me for buying products off of the back of a semi that is parked in the hardware store parking lot.

I realize that buying food off of the back of a truck might not seem wise, but sometimes you have to roll the dice, particularly when fending off scurvy.


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