Rain

sharke
To stop bananas going black so quickly put a Bluapple in the fruit bowl. You can buy them on Amazon along with refills. They absorb the ethylene gas which fruit gives off and stops it from ripening too quickly. They work great in the salad crisper in the fridge too. I got a set a couple of months ago and it's amazing how much longer they make your produce last.

It's really easy to remember when to refill them too. Just go on their website, put in your email address and they will email you when it's time.

Logic user finally learns how to keep bananas from going black. - Only in the Cakewalk Coffeehouse... 
 
Thanks Sharke!

You're welcome. I'm really enjoying mine. Fruit has a much longer window of perfect ripeness since I got them. Before, a pear in the bowl would be nice and ripe one day and then the next you give it a cautious squeeze and your finger goes right through. Now, they're at that good-to-eat phase for a good 2 or 3 days longer. 
 
Another thing I discovered from reading the blurb that comes with these Bluapples - don't keep your fruit anywhere near where there's combustion going on, i.e. the stove. The gases created by the combustion will make them rot much quicker. 

Me... I eat lunch there daily.
 
The scary thing is how much of their organics come from China.
 
How much of everything comes from China.
 
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/blog/whole-story/organic-china-possible
 

sharke

Old55
I thought I'd try one of the salads from Whole Foods for lunch at work.  Wouldn't you know it, I woke up around 3am with a mild fever.  No work work today.  I'll still have the salad, though.  

A couple of months ago the girlfriend and I decided to buy some expensive "raw cashew milk" from Whole Foods. It said on the back that it wasn't suitable for pregnant women or anyone with an impaired immune system. Well neither of us are pregnant and we're both quite healthy, so we thought we'd give it a go. 
 
Thus followed 3 or 4 days of horrible sickness. It wasn't even very tasty. 

I was recommended Almond milk.  That worked out pretty well and it doesn't expire as quickly regular milk.  

sharke
 
 
You're welcome. I'm really enjoying mine. Fruit has a much longer window of perfect ripeness since I got them. Before, a pear in the bowl would be nice and ripe one day and then the next you give it a cautious squeeze and your finger goes right through. Now, they're at that good-to-eat phase for a good 2 or 3 days longer. 
 
Another thing I discovered from reading the blurb that comes with these Bluapples - don't keep your fruit anywhere near where there's combustion going on, i.e. the stove. The gases created by the combustion will make them rot much quicker. 

I had spotted Bluapples on Amazon and figured we'd buy them next time we place an order but I saw them at Whole Foods today, so we grabbed them.
 
I'm usually quite good at planning ahead as to not lose fruits and veggies - and the Vitamix can help with that too. But bananas are the one thing I'm always having issues with. If we buy enough for the week, it's almost certain that we'll lose a few.
 
I often think back of the days before organic food, when everything was sprayed and engineered to last forever - when you see how some of those veggies and fruits have a relatively short shelf life, you realize how much junk they must have had to add to them to make them last so long... That can't be too good for you.

sharke
Well it's been explained (sort of). What I wasn't taking into account is that any card purchases made at the weekend won't get posted on my statement until Monday. So If I shop at Whole Foods on Monday as well, it'll appear that multiple charges have been made on that day. Going back through my statements from the first instance of this I could find (from the earliest statement I can access online), it appears that the vast majority of these multiple charges have been made on Mondays. And also discounting multiple charges on Tuesdays on weeks in which the Monday was a Federal holiday, I can only find 4 other instances of double charges, and these occurred on Tues, Wed and Fri. They all happened over a year ago and I'm not sure I have the inclination to investigate whether or not I made two trips to Whole Foods on those days. It's unlikely because my schedule only allows for one shopping trip a day, but I'm not confident about it enough to risk sitting in a Whole Foods security office seeing camera footage of myself making two trips (provided they even have footage going back that far). 
 
Don't know why the weekend thing didn't occur to me - I guess I never really pay that much attention to dates when I skim over my checking account. It's funny but I go over my business account with a fine tooth comb every week, but my checking account not so much. I've even stopped paying attention to things like utility bills, phone, internet etc. This is what happens when bills come out of your account automatically, you get complacent....

Dude, do you keep your receipts? Do they match your credit card charges? Have you asked your credit card company? There should be no double charges on your account due to anything. 

I used to go to Dunkin' for some hole foods...

Old55

sharke

Old55
I thought I'd try one of the salads from Whole Foods for lunch at work.  Wouldn't you know it, I woke up around 3am with a mild fever.  No work work today.  I'll still have the salad, though.  

A couple of months ago the girlfriend and I decided to buy some expensive "raw cashew milk" from Whole Foods. It said on the back that it wasn't suitable for pregnant women or anyone with an impaired immune system. Well neither of us are pregnant and we're both quite healthy, so we thought we'd give it a go. 
 
Thus followed 3 or 4 days of horrible sickness. It wasn't even very tasty. 

I was recommended Almond milk.  That worked out pretty well and it doesn't expire as quickly regular milk.  

Yeah I drink tons of the regular Whole Foods brand unsweetened almond milk. It's the best one by far! It's organic and best of all doesn't have carrageenan in it like most of the other almond milk brands. Here's a tip - mix it with coconut water, about 50/50. I discovered this by accident a couple of weeks ago and it's turned into one of my favorite drinks. 

Rain

sharke
 
 
You're welcome. I'm really enjoying mine. Fruit has a much longer window of perfect ripeness since I got them. Before, a pear in the bowl would be nice and ripe one day and then the next you give it a cautious squeeze and your finger goes right through. Now, they're at that good-to-eat phase for a good 2 or 3 days longer. 
 
Another thing I discovered from reading the blurb that comes with these Bluapples - don't keep your fruit anywhere near where there's combustion going on, i.e. the stove. The gases created by the combustion will make them rot much quicker. 

I had spotted Bluapples on Amazon and figured we'd buy them next time we place an order but I saw them at Whole Foods today, so we grabbed them.
 
I'm usually quite good at planning ahead as to not lose fruits and veggies - and the Vitamix can help with that too. But bananas are the one thing I'm always having issues with. If we buy enough for the week, it's almost certain that we'll lose a few.
 
I often think back of the days before organic food, when everything was sprayed and engineered to last forever - when you see how some of those veggies and fruits have a relatively short shelf life, you realize how much junk they must have had to add to them to make them last so long... That can't be too good for you.

Yeah I remember years ago eating half of an apple and leaving it on a plate, then when I came back a few hours later it hadn't even begun to turn brown. That kind of worried me. 

Crg

sharke
Well it's been explained (sort of). What I wasn't taking into account is that any card purchases made at the weekend won't get posted on my statement until Monday. So If I shop at Whole Foods on Monday as well, it'll appear that multiple charges have been made on that day. Going back through my statements from the first instance of this I could find (from the earliest statement I can access online), it appears that the vast majority of these multiple charges have been made on Mondays. And also discounting multiple charges on Tuesdays on weeks in which the Monday was a Federal holiday, I can only find 4 other instances of double charges, and these occurred on Tues, Wed and Fri. They all happened over a year ago and I'm not sure I have the inclination to investigate whether or not I made two trips to Whole Foods on those days. It's unlikely because my schedule only allows for one shopping trip a day, but I'm not confident about it enough to risk sitting in a Whole Foods security office seeing camera footage of myself making two trips (provided they even have footage going back that far). 
 
Don't know why the weekend thing didn't occur to me - I guess I never really pay that much attention to dates when I skim over my checking account. It's funny but I go over my business account with a fine tooth comb every week, but my checking account not so much. I've even stopped paying attention to things like utility bills, phone, internet etc. This is what happens when bills come out of your account automatically, you get complacent....

Dude, do you keep your receipts? Do they match your credit card charges? Have you asked your credit card company? There should be no double charges on your account due to anything. 

No I don't keep grocery receipts, I'm terrible with stuff like that. Anything else like clothing, gadgets, software or any other products, I keep them religiously. And I keep all business receipts and go over my business account with a fine tooth comb on a regular basis. But the day to day domestic stuff I've always been lax about. 

I don't shop for groceries. Never have.