Part of the apple display–there are more on the opposite side. Blogfinger photo.

By Paul and Eileen Goldfinger, editors at Blogfinger.net

Delicious Orchards is on Rt 34 in Colts Neck. It is a famous and historic country food store with a remarkable inventory of fruits including many exotic varieties.  It is fun going there just to walk around.

Currently they have a wide variety of apples, and that is the main reason we went over today.  Most of the apples are priced at $1.99 per pound, so you can walk around and mix ‘n match.

Their produce is amazing, and they also have a vast amount of dried fruits, nuts, coffee, candies and gourmet items.

The meat area offers Bell and Evans chickens and other fresh meats.  One section contains home made soups.

The bakery is famous, especially for pies, but they also have cider donuts, cream puffs about 4 inches high, coffee cakes and eclairs.  They probably have more items made with whipped cream than anywhere else. Just window shopping at the bakery will seduce you to buy something.  I like the cinnamon-raisin buns with white icing on top.  Eileen got a hunk of their famous crumb cake.

Their green (string) beans are thin, crispy, graceful and tasty.   I was putting some in a bag when a woman walked over and told me her recipe:   sautée in garlic and butter, but don’t let them get too soft.

When you check out , they give you brown paper bags with handles.  The checkout team consists of a cashier and a bag packer.

Here is a link to a True Conversation at Delicious Orchard:

True Conversation

We have a few prior posts about DO; just type in “Delicious Orchards” into the search box on home page.

Directions:    Get on Route 18  N. off 33 just past the hospital.  Go until you come to the Rt. 34 exit and head north about one mile. The entrance is on the left.  There is plenty of parking.

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