Comments on: When is an apple not just an apple? http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/ Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet van Horne Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:20:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: jigar http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-192698 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:32:15 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-192698 In india also many manufacturers have started to sell apples from foreign countreis and from himachal pradesh. These apples are coated with wax, manier times wax acts as a repellant to moisture so it preserves the water retaining capacity of apple so it can be stored for a longer time, also wax helps in keeping away small bacteria which reside on skin of fruits, thereby preventing infection ans spoilage.it is responsibility of the eater to clean the apple. In india also many manufacturers have started to sell apples from foreign countreis and from himachal pradesh. These apples are coated with wax, manier times wax acts as a repellant to moisture so it preserves the water retaining capacity of apple so it can be stored for a longer time, also wax helps in keeping away small bacteria which reside on skin of fruits, thereby preventing infection ans spoilage.it is responsibility of the eater to clean the apple.

]]> by: Samantha http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-900 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:14:38 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-900 Nice post, great picture, really important topic. But considering that the apple harvest in Australia takes places between January and May (i.e. mid-summer to late autumn), where would you expect an apple purchased in October to have come from? It MUST have come either from long-term cold storage, or the northern hemisphere. The economics of supply and demand suggest that consumers who will happily fork out money for apples in spring are at least as much to blame as the food industry. If the demand stopped, so would the supply. Nice post, great picture, really important topic.

But considering that the apple harvest in Australia takes places between January and May (i.e. mid-summer to late autumn), where would you expect an apple purchased in October to have come from? It MUST have come either from long-term cold storage, or the northern hemisphere.
The economics of supply and demand suggest that consumers who will happily fork out money for apples in spring are at least as much to blame as the food industry. If the demand stopped, so would the supply.

]]> by: Lady Lunchalot http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-626 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-626 I've found a little more info on the apple waxing situation. Apparently (surprise surprise) apples are waxed to keep them fresher longer. http://www.bestapples.com/facts/waxing.html This article says that the wax is a natural wax, so it's ok to eat. Ear wax is also natural, but you won't catch me eating that. <strong>Here commenceth the rant</strong> This is yet another example of the food industry sacrificing the health and flavour of our produce for the sake of mass production. Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who believes food is SUPPOSED TO GO BAD! An apple is supposed to be eaten FRESH, within a couple of days of being picked. Not smothered in wax, driven to the other side of the country or flown to the other side of the planet to sit on a supermarket shelf for the next 2 weeks, and then in your fruit bowl for another week or so. Hmph. Now how about them apples? I’ve found a little more info on the apple waxing situation. Apparently (surprise surprise) apples are waxed to keep them fresher longer. http://www.bestapples.com/facts/waxing.html

This article says that the wax is a natural wax, so it’s ok to eat. Ear wax is also natural, but you won’t catch me eating that.

Here commenceth the rant
This is yet another example of the food industry sacrificing the health and flavour of our produce for the sake of mass production.

Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who believes food is SUPPOSED TO GO BAD! An apple is supposed to be eaten FRESH, within a couple of days of being picked. Not smothered in wax, driven to the other side of the country or flown to the other side of the planet to sit on a supermarket shelf for the next 2 weeks, and then in your fruit bowl for another week or so.

Hmph.

Now how about them apples?

]]> by: Ali-K http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-625 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:05:26 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-625 A colleague of mine mentioned a current affair program (most likely one of the reputable shows aired on channel 7 or 9) claiming that some apples are frozen if stocks are too high, then defrosted and placed on the shelves. That's almost as scary as all that wax. A colleague of mine mentioned a current affair program (most likely one of the reputable shows aired on channel 7 or 9) claiming that some apples are frozen if stocks are too high, then defrosted and placed on the shelves. That’s almost as scary as all that wax.

]]> by: Kate http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-623 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:36:45 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-623 ugh, that is horrid. *shivers* now i don't want to even look at the apples i bought from the orchard, but maybe i should. hopefully i will be pleasantly surprised to find them....normal. ugh, that is horrid.

*shivers*

now i don’t want to even look at the apples i bought from the orchard, but maybe i should. hopefully i will be pleasantly surprised to find them….normal.

]]> by: Ellie http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-622 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:56:41 +0000 http://www.ladylunchalot.com/2006/10/23/when-is-an-apple-not-just-an-apple/#comment-622 That is disgusting :( We're lucky to have a small farm nearby which sells us organic and fresh produce - since they sell by bulk we usually only buy the apples and carrots since both are consumed on a daily basis in my household, but the produce is amazingly fresh and it actually works out cheaper than the grocery store or supermarket. That is disgusting :( We’re lucky to have a small farm nearby which sells us organic and fresh produce - since they sell by bulk we usually only buy the apples and carrots since both are consumed on a daily basis in my household, but the produce is amazingly fresh and it actually works out cheaper than the grocery store or supermarket.

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