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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoGenuinely what do you do with peaches you can’t sell?
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI’ll take them. I love peaches.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoNot these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoSo why are they grown?
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/23585077 So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoBecause they ship well and don’t produce as much ethylene that causes ripening. Like tomatoes and every other fruit they were chosen for looks and not spoiling, rather than taste.
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!
Genuinely what do you do with peaches you can’t sell?
I’ll take them. I love peaches.
Not these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
So why are they grown?
https://lemmy.world/comment/23585077
So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
Because they ship well and don’t produce as much ethylene that causes ripening. Like tomatoes and every other fruit they were chosen for looks and not spoiling, rather than taste.
You’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!