http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/ we have the election fever! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-43617 johnnyhongkong says… » Blog Archive » seared! Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:35:15 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-43617 [...] the problems with food safety, and still other stuff he gets salty about. In light of the posts on my battle with Whole Foods and my ongoing struggle with Carmen Santa Rosa about veganism, here’s a little amusee trio [...] […] the problems with food safety, and still other stuff he gets salty about. In light of the posts on my battle with Whole Foods and my ongoing struggle with Carmen Santa Rosa about veganism, here’s a little amusee trio […]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-37171 donpablo Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:04:19 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-37171 oranges and minneolas are out of season in june. when you buy out of season fruit it is coming from halfway around the globe or has been in storage for a long period of time. peaches and nectarines should always be purchased firm and allowed to soften at home. when they soften, you eat them. a soft nectarine is something that needs to be eaten right away. the best advice on peaches and nectarines is to buy local ones when they are available. you almost can never go wrong. oranges and minneolas are out of season in june. when you buy out of season fruit it is coming from halfway around the globe or has been in storage for a long period of time. peaches and nectarines should always be purchased firm and allowed to soften at home. when they soften, you eat them. a soft nectarine is something that needs to be eaten right away. the best advice on peaches and nectarines is to buy local ones when they are available. you almost can never go wrong.

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-26551 big ups to the o.g. eco warriors at johnnyhongkong says… Mon, 21 May 2007 21:48:11 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-26551 [...] We’re totally caught up in the Al Gore fueled anti-global warming, pro-carbon neutral lifestyle, Whole Foods sucks but hey at least they invest in wind power, Earth Day as a national holiday hysteria.  While we’re not exactly carbon neutral, we are slowly reducing our carbon footprint by switching out all of our bulbs, driving a low emission car (not hybrid),  joining the California Environmentalists and we still shop at Whole Foods even though we hate every bit of rotten ass fruit they sell. [...] […] We’re totally caught up in the Al Gore fueled anti-global warming, pro-carbon neutral lifestyle, Whole Foods sucks but hey at least they invest in wind power, Earth Day as a national holiday hysteria.  While we’re not exactly carbon neutral, we are slowly reducing our carbon footprint by switching out all of our bulbs, driving a low emission car (not hybrid),  joining the California Environmentalists and we still shop at Whole Foods even though we hate every bit of rotten ass fruit they sell. […]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-1622 johnnyhongkong says… » Beef - the other red meat Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:51:02 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-1622 [...] And, I still have an axe to grind with Whole Foods. The axe being: please for the love off Christ, stop selling shitty produce and propping up the corporate organic agricultural complex. [...] […] And, I still have an axe to grind with Whole Foods. The axe being: please for the love off Christ, stop selling shitty produce and propping up the corporate organic agricultural complex. […]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-1063 Alyce Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:00:09 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/06/21/rotten-fruit-percentage/#comment-1063 I have had the same problem with produce from Whole Foods, especially "sale" items. I just peeled a 3 day old peach that wasn't even soft to the touch but is somehow rotten brown inside! This is not the first time I have been unsatisfied. I have bought berries that looked fine in the package and were actually rotten mush once I tried to consume them. I pay a relatively high price for this produce, why is it rotten? I have had the same problem with produce from Whole Foods, especially “sale” items. I just peeled a 3 day old peach that wasn’t even soft to the touch but is somehow rotten brown inside! This is not the first time I have been unsatisfied. I have bought berries that looked fine in the package and were actually rotten mush once I tried to consume them. I pay a relatively high price for this produce, why is it rotten?

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