Guides
What we know about fruit.
We buy it every Saturday and reject some of it every Saturday. This is what that teaches you.
How to tell if an avocado is ready
The two-second check that works, and why squeezing tells you nothing.
Why your apples go mealy
Mealy is water loss. Where apples belong, and what they do to everything near them.
Why bananas ruin the fruit bowl
One banana ages a whole bowl. How to stop it, and how to use it on purpose.
Where fruit should go in your fridge
The door, the crisper vent, the cold back shelf, and what should never go in.
Why imported fruit in Pune is older than it looks
Count the stops between a port and a shelf. None of them are on the label.
How to keep fruit in Pune’s heat
What dies first, why the drive home matters most, and what monsoon does differently.
Or stop thinking about it.
All of this is a week’s worth of decisions you didn’t ask to make. The other way is a box every Saturday, chosen by someone who does this anyway.
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