tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post8984979121085479712..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Bad Apples and Moonlit Apples Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79007209822882351182015-07-29T23:52:16.609-05:002015-07-29T23:52:16.609-05:00RJ Adams ~ Oh I'm sure it'll be a huge imp...RJ Adams ~ Oh I'm sure it'll be a huge improvement in France, RJ! They wouldn't stand for the crap offered to us here. <br /><br />We have the potato problem too - I like a baked potato sometimes, but we have to throw away at least a third of those we buy. Same with Acorn squash - only it's more like half of them turn out bad - once cut in half the flaws are revealed, but the outsides look perfect. Butternut squash are usually more reliable though. Husband cooks the squash in the m/wave then stuffs the halves with pasta and cheese sauce - when the squash is a good one it's a tasty and reasonably priced meal. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28427541758188752712015-07-29T21:47:51.143-05:002015-07-29T21:47:51.143-05:00"Does anyone else have the same problem?"...<i>"Does anyone else have the same problem?"</i> YES! Mrs Adams and I eat lots of apples, but frankly even the 'organic' varieties we buy at the Co-op here are quite tasteless, and as you rightly comment, hard-skinned. As for the supermarkets, I wouldn't trust their produce not to slowly poison me with all the chemicals used. But don't they LOOK wonderful! And all the exact same size. A miracle of modern technology - if all you want is good looks.<br />It's not just apples, am I the only one who gets rotten, blighted, potatoes? Russets especially - they make nice chips (fries) but I need three large ones for Saturday dinner (herbed chicken, British chips, and salad) and I have to buy four because one is bound to be rotten on the inside. Reds are better, but full of eyes and a bugger to peel because they're so knobbly. Oh, for some nice King Edwards! I'm hoping French apples and potatoes will be an improvement.R J Adamshttps://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40783168239417221722015-07-27T18:58:39.483-05:002015-07-27T18:58:39.483-05:00We looked around again today and still couldn'...We looked around again today and still couldn't find any (fresh) organic fruit grown here in the US, not even at Whole Foods (other than blueberries and cherries, that is). Normally the apples grown here have been crisp and tasty. <br /><br />Maybe we'll see them again in a month or two. Pears sound good too.:) <br /><br /> LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22599845472890018542015-07-27T14:49:18.685-05:002015-07-27T14:49:18.685-05:00LB ~ It's a sad affair for sure! I've gi...LB ~ It's a sad affair for sure! I've given up on most fruits. Supermarket peaches are almost as bad as apples. Most never ripen properly and remain hard and chewy, no flavour at all. I have occasionally found an odd decent one - once a season perhaps. Pears are a better bet than apples here, but even they are tasteless compared to those of a decade or more ago. We buy just one lot of strawberries per season, maybe an apricot or two, and that's it, apart from a few bananas or grapes, which have remained fairly okay, so far.<br /><br />The exploitation of fruit pickers is something I try not to think about, but realise it's another injustice continuing in the shadows. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-8381450133171082682015-07-27T14:35:03.060-05:002015-07-27T14:35:03.060-05:00mike (again) ~ Awwww - poor you, and poor wee GiG...mike (again) ~ Awwww - poor you, and poor wee GiGi. I hope the problem is settling now. It does sound like a reaction to something seasonal - maybe she nibbles something that grows around now and it upsets her...or perhaps something iffy in the water?<br /><br />I hadn't looked at Trump's chart, but did so just now (at Astrodienst because I can't read Astrothemes as easily)-<br />http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Trump,_Donald <br /><br />LOL - if I didn't know whose chart that is, I'd expect to quite like its owner! Your<br />astro observations are interesting - thanks for them. <br /><br />I've not not looked at the Republican candidates' charts so far this time around. coincidentally I was looking through some of my Leo-related archives this morning and saw what I'd said about Mike Huckabee in 2007/8 - LOL! I liked him back then - but not his politics of course. I also liked John Huntsman and, very oddly, Rick Perry. Oh dear - there's no hope for me is there? ;-D I'm older and somewhat wiser now - a witty quip and a pretty face no longer are as tempting. <br /><br />Love to GiGi! <br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-17706067567718062992015-07-27T12:54:03.293-05:002015-07-27T12:54:03.293-05:00Adding how Trader Joe's had a big selection of...Adding how Trader Joe's had a big selection of organic apples. Grown in Chile. No.LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91812223085561484682015-07-27T12:41:09.529-05:002015-07-27T12:41:09.529-05:00Twilight ~ Once again, you and I are thinking alon...Twilight ~ Once again, you and I are thinking along similar lines! Yesterday while we were out food shopping, I actually got kind of depressed because we couldn't find any healthy looking **US-grown, organic** fruit ~ other than blueberries. Not even at our local food coop.<br /><br />I've been missing my apple (or two) a day and the last batch of oranges we bought were good but not available, neither were peaches.:( <br /><br />After reading how Whole Foods uses exploited prison labor to grow some of the food it sells, I'm debating about shopping there again. They carry 'locally grown, organic' fruit, including some nice looking apples from Washington, so I'm tempted. It's a tough call right now.<br /><br />I have a neighborhood friend who grows apples in her backyard. Last night we went to visit and she showed me how sparse the tree is looking because of the drought. My friend is older and kind of frail. Buckets of greywater are too heavy for her to carry these days.LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-56723782711940002152015-07-27T11:46:25.637-05:002015-07-27T11:46:25.637-05:00Re - Up early...no, I never went to bed! My GiGi ...Re - Up early...no, I never went to bed! My GiGi has been with front and rear discharges for the past several days, with last night & this morning the worst. Thankfully, from past experience, Pepto Bismol eventually controls the problem, but last night she was not keeping it down. The dose I gave her at 4 AM seems to have done its charm. She's always been a delicate girl, taken from her mother at 3 weeks old and sold as a miniature when she truly wasn't, so I suppose her digestive tract never matured properly. She had this last year at this time, so could be an allergy or something seasonal. I'm not opposed to taking her to her veterinarian, but the doctor prefers I try to get it under control without antibiotics and steroids. If blood is involved, it's an emergency, and the condition is hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, which she's had several times.<br /><br />Re - The Donald...have you viewed his natal chart?<br />http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Donald_Trump<br />Natal Sun, Uranus, N Node conjunct, opposing Moon...he was born about three hours prior to a full Moon eclipse. He has Mars in late Leo (sizzling, aggressive showmanship) and transiting Jupiter is currently conjunct (overblown ideologies). Transiting Venus is on his ASC and will retrograde over his Mars, then forward (public appeal). Jupiter will be on his ASC soon accentuating his public appeal. Transiting Saturn is square his ASC and his painful remarks will damage his reputation. I can definitely see how these aspects make him popular with the fringe.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39347954915076376422015-07-27T10:47:52.227-05:002015-07-27T10:47:52.227-05:00Sonny ~ Yes, we really should make an effort to s...Sonny ~ Yes, we really should make an effort to seek out farmers' markets in the area.<br />Whether there'd be any apples available though, I'm uncertain. Lots of squash, melons, peaches, sweet potatoes, and some tomatoes are mostly what I've seen around here in the past.<br /><br />El Trump - yep another Bad Apple, but at least he manages to be so darn silly that he can sometimes be good for a laugh; more than can be said for most of his candidate colleagues. :-/ Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61322058202792432172015-07-27T10:42:54.010-05:002015-07-27T10:42:54.010-05:00mike ~ (Wow - you were up early!)
It's a bi...mike ~ (Wow - you were up early!) <br />It's a bit late for us to consider planting an apple tree, sadly, not only due to our age, but also because the (even more) extreme weather isn't helpful to new and fairly delicate plantings. Maybe in my next life it'll be the first thing I do when able to wield a spade. :-)<br /><br />I remember crab apples too, back in the UK. Don't remember what they used 'em for there - possibly mixed in with pig-swill (feed for pigs). I don't think they were used in English cider, but I'm no expert on that. Cider was a very popular tipple down in the south-western reaches of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.<br /><br />Re Bad Apple Dunkin' D's CEO - let us hope that karma will await him, either in this, or a future lifetime. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-12510792687962924702015-07-27T05:36:52.900-05:002015-07-27T05:36:52.900-05:00And since you wrote about bad apples:
"Dunki...And since you wrote about bad apples:<br /><br />"Dunkin' Donuts CEO Who Earns $10 Million Claims to Be Outraged by $15 Minimum Wage"<br />http://www.alternet.org/dunkin-donuts-ceo-who-earns-10-million-claims-be-outraged-15-minimum-wagemike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-12634176896525638062015-07-27T05:11:47.844-05:002015-07-27T05:11:47.844-05:00I agree- grocery store apples have no taste.
W...<br /> I agree- grocery store apples have no taste. <br /><br /> We get our bushel of<br />apples up at the Virginia mountains in late august or early September.<br />Itsonly a 40 min. ride and the scenery makes it a nice trip.. Granted- they aren't pretty but they sure taste good and you can smell them as soon as you get to the fruit stand. <br /> Maybe you could find a local farmer near you.Sonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7294392377234380242015-07-27T04:49:43.245-05:002015-07-27T04:49:43.245-05:00I've quit purchasing apples and all "fres...I've quit purchasing apples and all "fresh" produce, as they are too expensive and the quality isn't there. Any apples purchased this time of year have been in storage since last fall, unless shipped from down-under: Australia or New Zealand. Heirloom varieties are rarely available. You and anyjazz should plant a tree of your very own! Apple trees grow well in Kansas where I grew-up, so I would think Oklahoma would be the same. <br /><br />A program I viewed several years ago mentioned that seeds planted from apples typically produce crabapples and not the parent fruit. There were many crabapple trees when I was a kid, but I don't see them that often nowaday. Crabapples are the main ingredient in the old fashioned hard cider.<br /><br />I attended university in southeastern Washington state and rented an old farmhouse in the country. The property had many assorted fruit trees including an abundance of apple trees. One apple variety would have ripe apples in July, another in August, and several were ready in September, but the best apple variety required a frost for the apples to sweeten and those were ready in mid to late October. I was in heaven!mikenoreply@blogger.com