Comments on: How to Be a Genius in the Produce Aisle (Like Me) http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Mon, 20 May 2013 02:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mer@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-16489 mer@twitter Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:14:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-16489 I like this. Great job. I like this.

Great job.

]]> By: Jenna Quaranta@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14795 Jenna Quaranta@facebook Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:23:03 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14795 @nutmeg Yeah I think they are called "florida avocados" and they have a weird skin and are bright green. But ugh I think they are yucky compared to Hass. @nutmeg Yeah I think they are called “florida avocados” and they have a weird skin and are bright green. But ugh I think they are yucky compared to Hass.

]]> By: ges http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14591 ges Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:22:51 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14591 @soogee I've also heard this pineapple trick - take the stem and leaves in one hand and try to twist them. If they twist slightly, it's ripe. @soogee I’ve also heard this pineapple trick – take the stem and leaves in one hand and try to twist them. If they twist slightly, it’s ripe.

]]> By: caro http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14543 caro Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:26:21 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14543 @gracechua@twitter Definitely don't be that person. Squeeze an avocado like a baseball. It won't cause bruising the way poking will. @gracechua@twitter Definitely don’t be that person. Squeeze an avocado like a baseball. It won’t cause bruising the way poking will.

]]> By: breakfast http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14531 breakfast Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:22:05 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14531 @Kevin Knox@facebook Wait a minute. I heard that snapping off the button makes them stop ripening! @Kevin Knox@facebook Wait a minute. I heard that snapping off the button makes them stop ripening!

]]> By: selenana http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14511 selenana Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:28:16 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14511 @Megano! Pink ladies, Fujis, and Granny Smiths if you're baking. @Megano! Pink ladies, Fujis, and Granny Smiths if you’re baking.

]]> By: Kevin Knox@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14495 Kevin Knox@facebook Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:29:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14495 @blair This is good to know! I've also heard that doing so makes them ripen a little faster, which may be a myth. @blair This is good to know! I’ve also heard that doing so makes them ripen a little faster, which may be a myth.

]]> By: gracechua@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14493 gracechua@twitter Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:46:06 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14493 Thank you for this! But is there any way to test produce without leaving a trail of indented and slightly bruised fruit and vegetables in your wake? (Do you really want to be That Person in the grocery store?) Thank you for this! But is there any way to test produce without leaving a trail of indented and slightly bruised fruit and vegetables in your wake? (Do you really want to be That Person in the grocery store?)

]]> By: sony_b http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14490 sony_b Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:02:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14490 @riggssm Small nitpick - apples aren't "bred" - they are grafted. I can't remember the name for it now, but if you plant appleseeds from an apple you have eaten, you will not get trees bearing fruit similar to the one you ate. Every seed is massively mutated from the parent, so good tasting apples are a crapshoot, and once you have one, it's like winning the fruit lottery because you can name it and sell grafts for monstrous prices. Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire explains it well. (Highly recommend the book as a whole - he talks about apples, potatoes, pot, and tulips and it's fascinating. And short.) My theory about your grandmother's better apples is that other factors were in play - freshness, soil composition, water, fertilizer, pesticides, etc. So maybe Golden Delicious were really tasty at one point? No idea. Give me a Honeycrisp or a Gala any day of the week. :) @riggssm Small nitpick – apples aren’t “bred” – they are grafted. I can’t remember the name for it now, but if you plant appleseeds from an apple you have eaten, you will not get trees bearing fruit similar to the one you ate. Every seed is massively mutated from the parent, so good tasting apples are a crapshoot, and once you have one, it’s like winning the fruit lottery because you can name it and sell grafts for monstrous prices. Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire explains it well. (Highly recommend the book as a whole – he talks about apples, potatoes, pot, and tulips and it’s fascinating. And short.)

My theory about your grandmother’s better apples is that other factors were in play – freshness, soil composition, water, fertilizer, pesticides, etc. So maybe Golden Delicious were really tasty at one point? No idea. Give me a Honeycrisp or a Gala any day of the week. :)

]]> By: lora.bee http://thebillfold.com/2012/08/how-to-be-a-genius-in-the-produce-aisle-like-me/#comment-14442 lora.bee Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:30:53 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=11062#comment-14442 @Megano! Red Delicious are awful! So bland!! Spartan apples 4eva. @Megano! Red Delicious are awful! So bland!! Spartan apples 4eva.

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