Seasonal Food Items You Love

[roadman65]

To me the seasonal Arby's Fish Sandwich I would love to see year round. Sad that Lent is over, so is the sale of it.


Strawberry Shortcake at Parksdale Market in Plant City, FL. I believes it stops in April. Each year different date, but starts in February.  Plant City, FL harvests strawberries during the two months of February and March so they only sell it within that period.

[SectorZ]

Frappes, a New England version of the milkshake but much better than one. Technically not seasonal since some ice cream places are open year round, but most are only open March-October. I take mine in chocolate.

[74/171FAN]

Anything pumpkin. (not the coffee-related products because I do not drink coffee)  It is such a shame that it is only a seasonal flavor.

[1995hoo]

While I eat deli-style corned beef regularly all year round as a sandwich meat for lunch, corned beef brisket of the sort many people have on St. Patrick's Day can be hard to find the rest of the year, which is too bad because I really like it (although I suppose it's fair to wonder, would I still like it as much if I ate it more often?).

[formulanone]

King cake

Pumpkin pie

Minneola oranges - these seem to have only two short harvest seasons

McRib (a truly evil abomination of BBQ, but a guilty pleasure; was my gateway to barbecue when I was young)

[vdeane]

Russet apple cider (available at Schutt's near Rochester around Thanksgiving/Christmas and on periodic dates in months following while supplies last)

Cadbury mini eggs (not just at Easter I guess, but I've only seen the single-serving packs around Easter)

[JayhawkCO]

Palisade peaches
Olathe corn
Spritz cookies (around Christmas time)

[epzik8]

Nectarines, and mangoes.

[Max Rockatansky]

The tomales that everyone around Fresno County starts making between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[cl94]

Cadbury Creme Eggs. I certainly prefer ones that aren't American, but I currently have 5 unopened boxes in the apartment.

Apple products. Caramel apples, cider, cider donuts.

[tchafe1978]

Paczki (not jelly donuts)

[Rothman]

Frappes, a New England version of the milkshake but much better than one. Technically not seasonal since some ice cream places are open year round, but most are only open March-October. I take mine in chocolate.

Frappes, a New England version of the milkshake but much better than one. Technically not seasonal since some ice cream places are open year round, but most are only open March-October. I take mine in chocolate.

Heh.  Having grown up in New England, a frappe is just a milkshake.  The issue is most Americans think Dairy Queen or soft serve is ice cream, so they think that goo at fast food chains are milkshakes.

In my hometown, frappes were available year round, since ice cream shops were indeed open year round...or you can get them at diners...because they're just milkshakes.

Of course, some time ago, there was a New England version of a milkshake that was just this weird flavored cold milk.  Haven't seen that for decades, though, but probably still around somewhere.  Still, no one outside of New England would call that weird stuff a milkshake...

Anyway, frappes are definitely not seasonal and, for us that grew up around real ice cream, not different than a milkshake.