To be fair, we all touch fruits and veggies as we make our selection and that's why you should wash your F & V before you eat them. But did you ever stop to consider how the rejected fruit feels? Dan who grows organic Red Rome Beauty Apples and operates a stand at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco certainly does.
This past Saturday, Dan watched a lady manhandle almost an entire basket of his apples before rejecting them because some had slight imperfections -- even though he explained to her that less than perfect-looking fruit actually tastes better. The imperfections are a sign of stress the fruit has sustained and as a result improves flavor. "I started to feel bad for the rejected apples." Don't cry for the apples people because I bought some and then triple washed them. Hit.
In SF/Berkeley the vendors usually separate the bruised apples from the "perfect" ones. I've seen boxes labelled "Apples with Issues" and "Cosmetically Challenged".
ReplyDeleteDan is absolutely right. I too choose the less than perfect apples because they generally taste better.
A brothel of apples.
ReplyDelete