What does seasonality mean to you?

I want you to weigh in on seasonality.
I posted about this dish back in November:
Seasonal Cuisine at its finest, California figs and Parma ham with a drizzle of aged Balsamic of Modena
Who’s season? Yours or California’s?
Many people disagreed with me then when I said this was a ridiculous usage of the term, but if I can call something from California seasonal, than I can call my mom’s Mexican asparagus from last Friday seasonal as well.
Clearly that’s just not the case, so where’s the line?
Missouri grown strawberries in February were mentioned on the forum.
Just because you can grow something in a hot house or other controlled environment, in what is traditionally not the correct growing season, should you? And if you do, does that make it seasonal?
And what about its quality? Sure I can grow a coffee plant in my home but it wouldn’t want to drink anything that came from it.


