Eating fresh fruit

[Kevberlin]

One of my friends is a an apple farmer.
I eat an apple each day.
He instructed me to always wash apples prior to consumption.
I do what he says.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Looking at the label of a bag of Clementines has put me off a bit ,

I also recently discovered that citrus fruit is treated with pesticides.
I doesn't put me off eating them, I wash them when I remember, should really do it everytime.
This knowledge has hampered my baking quite a bit: I use a lot of citrus zest, juice and pulp in my baking.
Can't decide which is worse health wise, using the fruit doused in chemicals or use the artificial flavors
Finding organic citrus fruit is quite difficult, pricey too.
The other day I got the only 3 organic lemons left in M&S, £2.99 for 3.

 

[biggs682]

We read a red pomelo given to us a couple of days ago so just had half of it for breakfast.

Very thick skinned, the outer flesh on the segments was a bit chewy so didn't bother with that but the flesh was ok not as juicy as I expected.

 

[Mo1959]

We read a red pomelo given to us a couple of days ago so just had half of it for breakfast.

Very thick skinned, the outer flesh on the segments was a bit chewy so didn't bother with that but the flesh was ok not as juicy as I expected.

What was the taste like? It looks a bit like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange?

I've very recently gone vegan so eating a lot more fruit and veg so open to trying some new things.

 

[gbb]

Funny things is, despite working in the fruit industry for 20 plus years, i know the treatments are there...but never actually studied how they may affect you.
We all want availability of fruits most if not all year round, with treatment oranges for instance can last a few months in correct storage. Not best to but they can, I guess it's the price we pay for that availability.
Citrus fruit for the zest used in cooking, marmalade making or for the hospitality sector (lemon, limes etc) are all.available unwaxed, even from supermarkets but you have to look for it and is undoubtedly harder to find .
Washing fruit ? Having seen the waxing process at source, IF the chemicals are added in the wax then I'd have thought you'd really struggle to wash it off, in its initial form the wax is really really tacky.

 

[gbb]

What was the taste like? It looks a bit like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange?

I've very recently gone vegan so eating a lot more fruit and veg so open to trying some new things.

Iirc Minneola are very much like a cross between grapefruit and an orange, quite light in flavour, really quite juicy.
Trouble is, I used to work for an independent packer and we used to see all these slightly more unusual fruit where the big supermarkets just have the same old stuff packed week after week after....little or no variety

 

[gbb]

I also recently discovered that citrus fruit is treated with pesticides.
I doesn't put me off eating them, I wash them when I remember, should really do it everytime.
This knowledge has hampered my baking quite a bit: I use a lot of citrus zest, juice and pulp in my baking.
Can't decide which is worse health wise, using the fruit doused in chemicals or use the artificial flavors
Finding organic citrus fruit is quite difficult, pricey too.
The other day I got the only 3 organic lemons left in M&S, £2.99 for 3.

If youre concerned by the particular chemicals, the supermarket labelling MUST state which ones are used, at least then you can fo some research.
But that begs thee question, if you buy from a market say...its not labelled so you can't be sure unless the trader is clued up...and tbh, thats probably not likely

 

[biggs682]

What was the taste like? It looks a bit like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange?

I've very recently gone vegan so eating a lot more fruit and veg so open to trying some new things.

It's meant to be a not so acidic version of a grapefruit and it was .

I think if anything it might have gone over a bit as it wasn't very juicy or bright In colour as expected.

Taste was ok nothing special, I would try it again.

How's the gone Vegan working out ?

 

[Mo1959]

If youre concerned by the particular chemicals, the supermarket labelling MUST state which ones are used, at least then you can fo some research.
But that begs thee question, if you buy from a market say...its not labelled so you can't be sure unless the trader is clued up...and tbh, thats probably not likely

Just been googling, and it sounds like washing in diluted baking soda removes most, but not all pesticide residue?

 

[Mo1959]

It's meant to be a not so acidic version of a grapefruit and it was .

I think if anything it might have gone over a bit as it wasn't very juicy or bright In colour as expected.

Taste was ok nothing special, I would try it again.

How's the gone Vegan working out ?

Only been a week but good so far. It's partly for health but I am also an animal lover and totally shocked myself watching a film called Dominion. It was in Australia rather than UK, but it was totally sickening. I was wanting to improve my diet anyway and that just gave me the push.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Only been a week but good so far. It's partly for health but I am also an animal lover and totally shocked myself watching a film called Dominion. It was in Australia rather than UK, but it was totally sickening. I was wanting to improve my diet anyway and that just gave me the push.

Way to go Mo 😎👍

 

[T4tomo]

What was the taste like? It looks a bit like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange

Like a less tart grapefruit

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

I've been eating kiwi fruit with the skin, except for the bit around the more hardened end, for just over two months now. Lovely when ripe.

Besides 6 kiwis, I usually get through three bananas a week (mainly in advance of either a longer ride or a Zwift race), often along with ~7 easy peelers or nectarines.

 

[Electric_Andy]

My son used to eat lots of strawberries as a child, and promptly had to have 8 teeth out. This week the dentist also said limit the apples to 3-4 a week, because the acidity is eating away his teeth again. So everything in moderation. I only eat a few apples and grapes per week, but I've never washed a fruit that I don't peel. not saying it's right, just something I've never done

 

[Chief Broom]

At least you know where you are with home grown fruit n veg. When theyre in season i like to gather a handful of blueberries/strawberries to go on my breakfast yoghurt Obviously cant grow citrus etc but in my small garden ive planted strawberries, gooseberries, blueberries, apple, jostaberriy, honey berries, morello cherry, damson and rhubarb and waiting for delivery of raspberry canes