I haven't had an imported apple since I was 4. My parents gave me a USA Red Delicious and I was hyperactive for the rest of the day, having not eaten anything else out of the ordinary, so I stay away from them. Not to mention price, and why would anyone ship apples from America when they're in season here and fresher?
There aren't many things I take the skins off to eat, apart from bananas, avocado and bought citrus, though I can't quite handle kiwifruit skins and prefer to eat feijoas with a spoon if available. But when I was helping my flatmates make dinner, first night out of home, they assumed that I had never been taught how to cook AT ALL because I was so slow and clumsy trying to learn how to use a vegetable peeler. To me peeling vegetables is only for when you have to attempt to turn aged piggy scraps into something edible, not something I'd do more than a few times a year. And I pitied my flatmates for not knowing how to cook at the same time as they pitied me... in the 21st century, why would anyone peel and boil anything?
I like small fruit. I skipped buying oranges this week because they were twice the usual size. You can eat two small ones if that's what you need, but big ones are inconvenient. If you only want half of it the rest goes yucky.
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Date: 2010-01-19 10:56 pm (UTC)There aren't many things I take the skins off to eat, apart from bananas, avocado and bought citrus, though I can't quite handle kiwifruit skins and prefer to eat feijoas with a spoon if available. But when I was helping my flatmates make dinner, first night out of home, they assumed that I had never been taught how to cook AT ALL because I was so slow and clumsy trying to learn how to use a vegetable peeler. To me peeling vegetables is only for when you have to attempt to turn aged piggy scraps into something edible, not something I'd do more than a few times a year. And I pitied my flatmates for not knowing how to cook at the same time as they pitied me... in the 21st century, why would anyone peel and boil anything?
I like small fruit. I skipped buying oranges this week because they were twice the usual size. You can eat two small ones if that's what you need, but big ones are inconvenient. If you only want half of it the rest goes yucky.