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Spray to stop bananas rotting: New product can keep fruit fresh for two weeks
Dailymail.co.uk ^ | 08/22/12 | By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent

Posted on 09/12/2012 7:32:12 PM PDT by southern rock

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To: southern rock
"Bananas should be vegetarian"

Humans should be omnivorous.


21 posted on 09/12/2012 7:54:08 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: southern rock
Green tea was developed in China.

Don't like it? Don't buy it.

Make your food fetish public? Expect pointing and laughing.

Personally, my situation is that I don't buy many bananas, never buy green bananas, and eat them the afternoon I buy them. I may not be around for green bananas to ripen. ;)

/johnny

22 posted on 09/12/2012 7:54:44 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: southern rock

I didn’t realize that vegetarians ate banana peels. I’m sure they’ll provide some expensive organic option for the billions of vegetarians.


23 posted on 09/12/2012 7:54:44 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
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To: southern rock

Doesn’t sound Kosher to me.


24 posted on 09/12/2012 7:54:52 PM PDT by ThomasThomas
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To: southern rock

You misunderstand, I’m saying eat them instead of spraying them.

Why let them sit on your counter for two weeks. Go buy a few bananas and eat them over the next 2-3 days. Seems simple, no fish parts required.


25 posted on 09/12/2012 7:55:34 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: southern rock
New product can keep fruit fresh for two weeks

What about pointed sticks?

26 posted on 09/12/2012 7:55:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: I see my hands

Says you. Other might disagree. Don’t get your fish on my fruits!


27 posted on 09/12/2012 7:56:22 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: southern rock

Does it work on anything else?

:-O


28 posted on 09/12/2012 7:57:39 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (EAT MOR CHIKIN)
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To: Kennard
Don't interfere.

Just label the junk so I can avoid it.

29 posted on 09/12/2012 7:57:48 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: driftdiver
Processing chickens in the kitchen can result in cross contamination. A quick rinse in a bleach solution has been proven to save lives.

I'll stick with science.

/johnny

30 posted on 09/12/2012 7:57:51 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: driftdiver

That would make too much sense , I guess ;p


31 posted on 09/12/2012 8:00:26 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: southern rock
Why should fruit be tainted with fish parts?

Tainted? Pretty pejorative language there. Besides, the fruit isn't exposed to the fish parts. The skin is.

If you only knew what happened to your veggies and fruits on the way to the market from the organic farm....

/johnny

32 posted on 09/12/2012 8:01:35 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: driftdiver

“You might try cooking the chickens”

And just how is a geek supposed to make a living with unhealthy chickens?


33 posted on 09/12/2012 8:01:54 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: southern rock
"Other might disagree"

They might but then they'd be wrong.


34 posted on 09/12/2012 8:03:34 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Make your food fetish public? Expect pointing and laughing.

Just being vegan isn't a fetish. Where is your mind at? And I've never heard of anyone laughing.

Stuff like this is why people buy organic.

35 posted on 09/12/2012 8:04:27 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: southern rock

You eat the banana skins?


36 posted on 09/12/2012 8:05:32 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: I see my hands

No, but its not my job to go around correcting ignorance all the time ;p


37 posted on 09/12/2012 8:05:58 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Like it wouldn’t get into the fruit


38 posted on 09/12/2012 8:06:49 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: southern rock; driftdiver

Once the banana breaks from hard green it is just a matter of time. The yellower they get, the faster they respirate, the more ethylene gas they release. The more ethylene gas the faster they go. Its a viscous cycle till the end !! Gentle handling and washing will buy you a day or two. The green veggie fresh bags will buy you a few more.

The banana industry will not allow this to happen. Their sales would be cut by half if all the bananas that were sold were actually eaten.


39 posted on 09/12/2012 8:08:15 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: southern rock
Being vegan is a fetish. The sound you hear from Texas is me laughing. Loudly.

Organic is literally, bullshit.

I've been in the food business for years. You have no clue what happens to your food from the field to your plate.

You are going to die, even if you don't smoke, drink, eat meat, or whatever. You, me, everybody.

Being uptight about it, and making your family and friend's lives miserable isn't a benefit to society.

Vegans are a tiny but vocal minority.

/johnny

40 posted on 09/12/2012 8:09:25 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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