Ripen in the bowl

Badger · Jul 20, 2017

Pavilionaire said:
You don't get this nonsense with apples.

You get a different nonsense with apples. I like eating small, crunchy, tangy apples. The supermarkets seem to think we only want GIANT apples with barely any flavour.

You can only buy the small ones in packs. Why? I'm not going to eat 15 apples in a week, and there's no reason to sell them in bulk.

Blackadder · Jul 20, 2017

beorhthelm said:
plan ahead and buy your nectarines last Sunday.

Funnily enough that is what we did. Just had the first one about an hour ago.

Very tasty but juice all over the desk....(managed to get most of it on a sheet of A4 which is now RUINED)

Whoislloydy · Jul 20, 2017

I find that the "ready to eat" label on fruit is the biggest lie, especially Avocados!

Perfidious Albion · Jul 20, 2017

What is this, ........Mumsnet?

Wrong-Direction · Jul 20, 2017

I hate biting on a pip!!!

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Boroseagull · Jul 20, 2017

I genuinely feel sorry for you - but also a little smug - as I picked the last 2 peaches, ripe to perfection, this morning. Boy did they taste superb!

Pavilionaire · Jul 20, 2017

Boroseagull said:
I picked the last 2 peaches, ripe to perfection, this morning. Boy did they taste superb!

Fruit pornography.

Gazwag · Jul 20, 2017

Tricky Dicky said:
While we're at it, for all the ways they now have of getting you to scan their produce - which saves them money in checkout staff. If you want me to use those, I want a discount

The benefit of using scan as you go is you don't have to visit a member of the checkout team and converse with them "How are you today", "What are your plans for today", "Did you find all you wanted today" - that's worth more than money

DavidRyder · Jul 20, 2017

Wrong-Direction said:
I hate biting on a pip!!!

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For years I thought that if i swallowed a pip, an apple tree would grow inside me....

DavidRyder · Jul 20, 2017

I'm just eating a pear. Whilst reading about fruit. It's the complete package.

mejonaNO12 aka riskit · Jul 20, 2017

I cut into this morning's avocado a day early. Ruined breakfast.

Bigtomfu · Jul 20, 2017

narly101 said:
What the actual ****?

I bought 5 nectarines from Tesco yesterday morning, and they're still not ready to eat. I wanted to eat a ****ing nectarine yesterday, and am still waiting.

Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.

Presumably they had a second already ripe option?!

Typically I buy all soft fruits from local green grocers as they've already had time to ripen in transit rather than be semi-frozen to suspend the ripening process and preserve the sell by date of supermarket fruits.

Chuffing annoying none the less!

brightn'ove said:
Put bananas in the bowl with them

THIS. They release Ozone (O3) which with the additional free radicles oxidises the fruit which enforces ripening ahead of time.

Wrong-Direction · Jul 20, 2017

DavidRyder said:
For years I thought that if i swallowed a pip, an apple tree would grow inside me....

It does though doesn't it??

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PTC Gull · Jul 20, 2017

Does this issue affect your plums? I. Only ask as I have a couple!

AmexRuislip · Jul 20, 2017

Bigtomfu said:
THIS. They release Ozone (O3) which with the additional free radicles oxidises the fruit which enforces ripening ahead of time.

I never really thought about this, when chomping down on a banana :laugh:

Jack Straw · Jul 20, 2017

narly101 said:
What the actual ****?

I bought 5 nectarines from Tesco yesterday morning, and they're still not ready to eat. I wanted to eat a ****ing nectarine yesterday, and am still waiting.

Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.

Just grow a pear!

severnside gull · Jul 20, 2017

Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;8028921 said:
Put them in a closed brown paper bag with a banana or two

Works a treat but the bananas are usually ****ed by the time you get round to eating them...........effectively adds to the cost of the nectarines :shrug:

mune ni kamome · Jul 20, 2017

It's a well known fact that keeping avocados in a woollen sock will ripen them quickly. Apparently it's the lanolin in the wool that does it. Not sure about nectarines but worth a try.
Ps. Might be an idea not to wear them beforehand

carteater · Jul 20, 2017

narly101 said:
Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.

sussex_guy2k2 · Jul 20, 2017

narly101 said:
What the actual ****?

I bought 5 nectarines from Tesco yesterday morning, and they're still not ready to eat. I wanted to eat a ****ing nectarine yesterday, and am still waiting.

Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.

I like 'em hard. Stick them in the fridge and they're ready.

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