Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box
Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box
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Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box will be ever changing due to current market availability. You'll get the best balance of value and quality in this perfectly selected offering of the market's very best.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX THIS WEEK?
3 Fuyu Imperfect Each
Salad Wild Roquette 120g
Carrot Small Prepack 500g
Buk Choy Shanghai Baby Bunch of 2-3
Fresh Herbs Coriander Bunch
Tomato Sweet Delights 200g
3 Cucumber Lebanese Each
3 Plum Flavour Fall Each
3 Pear William Large Each
3 Banana Each
Melon Watermelon Seedless Cut Quarter
3 Avocado Imperfect Each
3 Apple Granny Smith Premium Small Each
Strawberries 250g
Raspberries 125g
2 Lemon Imperfect Each
Grapes Red Seedless min 1kg
3 Mandarin Imperial Premium Each
Broccoli Head Each
Shallots Bunch
Potato Washed Bag 2kg
3 Zucchini Black Imperfect Each
Pick of the Week - Black Zucchini
"Zucchini is an extremely versatile vegetable and can be eaten cooked or raw. In our house, we sometimes slice them thinly into ribbons with a mandolin and put them in lemon juice and olive oil salt and garlic, which cooks them nicely.
They grow very quickly, especially in warm weather with rain, so picking them can be a daily task. Miss a day and they end up in our Imperfect stack, miss a week and they can be a metre long! Ideally, they should be 10 to 14 centimetres long. This size will be tender and flavoursome. Much smaller is not desirable either.
At this time of the year, there are still some from local growers, however the cooler nights mean we start to look to Queensland, areas such as Bundaberg in central Queensland. Often our Imperfect zucchini is incredible value and right now, is one of those times. They have halved in price since last week so take advantage of this bargain. "
-David Harris
HOW TO PICK
In premium fruit you would normally look for zucchini that's around 10 to 14 centimetres in length and still relatively thin. Most of the imperfects are somewhat larger. The zucchini should feel heavy for its size. The skin should be dark green and smooth and free of blemishes. If the skin looks slightly shrivelled, it likely wasn't picked fresh.
HOW TO STORE
Store zucchini in the fridge, whole, dry and unwashed. Store them in a paper bag with one end open to encourage air circulation and pop them in the refrigerator crisper drawer. They'll keep there for 1 week or more, though you'll probably see the skin start to shrivel over time."
Store zucchini in the fridge, whole, dry and unwashed. Store them in a paper bag with one end open to encourage air circulation and pop them in the refrigerator crisper drawer. They'll keep there for 1 week or more, though you'll probably see the skin start to shrivel over time."
Dave's Market Update
In Veg
“The best value special this week is our imperfect Black zucchinis. Growing conditions are perfect and we are seeing oversupply in all markets.
We have a very good line of 2 kg washed potatoes and shallots that are well priced. I can see increased numbers of broccoli arriving every day and think as the price falls, we should have a very attractive special on these for the weekend.”
- David Harris
In Fruit
“Undoubtedly the best value this week is the Imperial Mandarins from central Queensland. Very inexpensive - the prices are similar to a decade ago! Avoid the large fruit, Imperials can be dry inside and the larger the fruit, the more likely this becomes.
Crimson seedless grapes, smaller than our premium lines are fantastic eating and now at their very best.
Lemons have gone up in price again. I am going to be buying the imperfect line again; they are fantastic value. Raspberries are the best value berry this week, however new season QLD strawberries are starting to arrive in good numbers, it won’t be long before they are plentiful.
With apples, the old-fashioned Granny Smith are now eating well. They are not as sweet as the new varieties, however there are plenty of our customers who not only don’t mind but actually prefer that. The old timers (like me) in the markets always say, “You start to eat Grannies from Anzac Day onwards.”
*The Box pictured is for illustration purposes and may contain different/varying products due to seasonal variations & current market availability.
Contents updated 12pm on 30/04/2025
