Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

Perhaps you can do something fun with canned peaches, such as the 12 days of peach desserts?

- peach pie
- peach crumble
- peach crisp
- peach cobbler

Here's a list of 50 peach desserts:

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collecti...essert-recipe/

You can also do some savories, such as
- hot peach bbq sauce
- peaches and chicken

and so forth.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collecti...peach-recipes/

Your gift would be the thought, the research, and the execution. I would be thrilled if my husband gave me such a gift - even if it was 3 or 4 peach dishes, and not the 12 I propose.

Originally Posted by Eastbay1K

Best idea here, short of a trip to the Southern Hemisphere (where I'll be eating fresh summer stone fruit in a few weeks )While the stone fruits generally "ripen" after picking, they sugar content is stuck in time at harvest date (way too green) and then they're often subjected to near-freezing temps at some point during the shipping process. So, there goes the taste, and then sometimes the texture.