Brisbane Market Report – 16

Cooler nights in the growing regions have given some fresh produce harvesting a boost increasing supplies into the Brisbane Produce Market and reducing the price of some kitchen favourites.

Beans have dropped in price and are value-for-money along with top quality Asian vegetables, beetroot, capsicum, carrot, eggplant, squash, sweet corn, zucchini, onions, potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Broccoli and cauliflower are still firmly priced but their price is falling. Other firmly priced vegetables include brussels sprouts, cabbage, celery, fennel, leeks, parsnips, snow peas, silverbeet and mushrooms.

Asparagus is Mexican grown and expensive. Pumpkin is cheap.

It's still salad weather with lettuce, mixed leaf salad, cucumber, eshallots and herbs reasonably priced, of great quality and plentiful.

However, expect to pay firm prices for most quality tomato varieties and avocados.

Bananas are the best fruit buy of the week closely followed by new season imperial mandarins that are plentiful but are still waiting for the cold weather to settle in to sweeten them.

Other good buys include limes, valencia and new season navel oranges, watermelon, pineapples and pawpaw. Some people get confused about the difference between the papaya and the pawpaw. No need. They are different names for the same fruit.

There is still plenty of crunch left in most apple categories, with pink lady and royal gala the best of the new season crop but be prepared to pay firm prices for top quality.

Berries are struggling with quality, with strawberries and raspberries firmly priced and average quality blueberries expensive by comparison with prices when they are in full season.

Expect to pay firm prices for lemons, figs, Australian kiwifruit, pears, passionfruit and rockmelon which is expected to rise in price.

Watch out for horseradish, with its furry white roots most often used for the spicy sauce of the same name. The roots have no smell but once they are cut or ground they are pungent.

For those who love exotic fruits, Australian pomegranate, dragon fruit, rosellas, star fruit, persimmons, custard apples and the guava-like feijoa, which is grown in northern NSW, are still in season.

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