Serious question, has anyone else's local produce quality tanked this season?

Honestly, the heirloom tomatoes from my usual farm stand in Portland went from perfect in July to mealy and bland by late August. Tbh I think the extreme heat wave we had for two straight weeks cooked them on the vine before they could fully develop flavor. What are you guys doing to adjust your late summer menus for this?

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carr.luna22d ago

Feel the same pain with my peppers in Austin. They just got scorched and never really sweetened up. Switched to roasting whatever looks okay and making more sauces and soups.

hannah_craig22d ago

Austin sun just turns peppers into little leather pouches of disappointment. My poblanos looked like they'd been through a desert car wash. Roasting the survivors is the only move, turns that sun-baked sadness into something with depth. My freezer is now a pepper soup archive for the emotional winter ahead.

rivera.shane22d ago

Pepper soup archive" is a whole mood, @hannah_craig, but does roasting really save the worst of them?