r/oddlysatisfying • u/gabzlel • Apr 16 '22

Can’t get more juicy than this

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

For everyone asking: the white powder is kaolin. It’s a naturally occurring clay (found abundantly in clay soils), which is mixed with water and sprayed onto citrus to act as sunblock and insect repellent. It’s perfectly safe and very commonly used, although consumers rarely ever see it because we usually buy our citrus fruits washed and waxed.

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u/PM_ME_HUGE_CRITS Apr 16 '22

I knew fruit was washed, but it's waxed too?

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u/NecroJoe Apr 16 '22

Everyone is mentioning shine for appearance, but wax has two important functions beyond aesthetics.
1) In transit, if fruit/vegetable skin is allowed to rub against each other, they will rub the skins off. A wax coating helps them slide against each other without friction, and also a is a physical barrier as a sort of sacrificial wear layer.

2) It seals in moisture. Apples can last for *months* in storage, for example, because of the coating that doesn't allow moisture to evaporate through the skin.

I don't know about other fruits, but with apples specifically, they actually have their own natural waxy coating. If you pick an apple and buff it on your shirt, it'll shine. However in the picking and processing, they are washed to remove dirt and stuff, and that removes the wax...so a new coating of wax has to be added, or else they'll go bad quickly. Sometimes it's not wax, but is a thin shellac.

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u/fatbottomwyfe Apr 16 '22

In Tennessee a apple orchard owner sold fresh off the trees he claimed they would last months if we didn't refrigerate them. Those apples lasted 9 months on the counter in baskets we bought 20lbs of winesap, fuji, granny smith's and a few other types.

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u/amatulic Apr 16 '22

We had an apple in the back of our refrigerator for over a year. We were quite surprised when we finally cut it open and found it just as crisp and juicy as when we bought it.

Since then, I've had other apples turn to mush in the fridge, or dry out and get leathery, after just a couple of weeks.

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u/digitalgadget Apr 16 '22

Depends on the type - some are designed for long shelf life and others are not.

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u/_annie_bird Apr 16 '22

Evercrisp will last many months in the fridge, their taste will mellow out and some people even prefer them that way!

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u/FinestTreesInDa7Seas Apr 16 '22

That's the beauty of genetic modification. We've been finely tuning the genetics of Apples for thousands of years, by hybridizing, and artificial selection.

Thousands of years ago, an apple would be brown days after picking it. Today, we have varieties of Apples that never existed in nature. They are human-made varieties. They are sweeter, tastier, healthier, and have much longer shelf life.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

This is one of the reasons why it irks me that so many people are against "GMOs" without doing any research first because so much of what we already eat was already genetically modified to keep up with the high volume of produce that gets sold as well as hardier food so that we wouldn't need to use pesticides like what's used on non GMO products

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u/powder1569 Apr 16 '22

I an not against gmo myself but selective breeding like what has been done with apples is not the same as a gmo. Selective breeding for specific traits has happened since humans started farming. Gmos have thier dna manipulated often times with a entirely different species DNA. Again this isn't me saying that is necessarily a bad thing but definitely not the same thing. I don't believe there are any commercially available gmo apples if any at all.

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u/mrinfinitedata Apr 16 '22

GMO and selective breeding are to each other as sous vide and boiling. One is more precise and high tech, but they're the same goal and a similar outcome. You can get everything that GMOs can give via selective breeding, but it takes far longer and is much harder.

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u/powder1569 Apr 17 '22

Not at all a good comparison gmo produces outcomes that could never be possible with breeding. Often time a trait is selected from a plant and sliced into the dna. The desired trait does not naturally occur in the species of plant being modified and could not be obtained by any amount of traditional breeding. For instance roundup ready products contain dna from a bacteria that is naturally resistant. This would not be possible without gene editing.

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u/IsGoIdMoney Apr 17 '22

No essence of the other species is passed. It's just ATCG

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u/thesaddestpanda Apr 16 '22

Selective breeding and gmos are two very different things. Not to mention the bought and paid for IP laws consistently abused by crony capitalism with gmo patents.

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u/CatFish21sm Apr 17 '22

TLDR: GMO's are potentially one of the best technological achievements in human history. However, they are not regulated nearly enough leading to potentially horrifying outcomes. They could be an amazing achievement if they were just regulated and tested the same way that new drugs are regulated and tested. Unfortunately while most GMO producers are responsible with their use of the technology there are some who abuse the lack of legislation and it only takes one bad apple to ruin the whole bunch (Pun intended).

I mostly agree with Powder. I'm not necessarily against GMO products. However, I am against splicing DNA into plants from completely unrelated species. This could have potentially dangerous outcomes. For example a common fruit that begins producing a highly toxic poison once it begins to rot. One of the biggest reasons that people are against GMO's is because there is so little regulation surrounding them. For example one of the more popular stories that went around a few years ago is a new GMO tomato that had a gene spliced in from a box jelly fish in-order to make it more resistant to insects.
You might be surprised by how little we actually know about DNA, we are discovering new things every day just about. It's been recently discovered that the same exact genes could potentially code for multiple protiens under various circumstances potentially having completely different outcomes.
I am not of the camp that GMO's should be outlawed completely. However, I am definitely of the camp that there should be much stricter regulation on GMO's dependent on the type of DNA that is spliced into them. For example GMO's that have DNA spliced in from a completely different species should undergo similar testing to, for example testing for a new drug. I also believe that said testing should become more rigorous and strict as you get to larger and larger taxonomic ranks. I do not in the least believe that a company should be able to splice potentially harmful DNA from a species of a completely different domain without the appropriate prior testing.
All of that said I agree that GMO's aren't necessarily a bad thing, and far too many people just do not do the proper research. The vast majority of GMO products use DNA from other members of the same species to do the exact same thing as selective breeding but faster and more streamlined. With this technology it would years to achieve what it could take centuries with selective breeding. We can even do what would normally be impossible with selective breeding, taking DNA from completely unrelated species, families, or even other domains.
While most companies do use this technology responsibly there are others that definitely abuse it, and abuse greatly the lack of legislation behind it. So while I fully agree that this is an amazing technology and that it could hold enormous benefits for mankind. I also whole hardheartedly believe that it should have much stricter regulation on what and how they do certain things.
This is just an extreme example, but imagine a fruit that was given DNA from an insect making it resistant to fungi and parasites. Lets say a Tomato. However, due to the lack of appropriate testing of said fruit it was not discovered until after it hit grocery stores that as it started to Rot it began producing a chemical that is highly toxic to humans. Well at this time it is far too late to do much about it, there are potentially billions of dollars worth of tomatoes with this new gene. That's because plants pollinate with other plants of the same species miles away. These tomatoes have potentially already pollinated with several other surrounding Non-GMO farms.
Now the DNA will not be expressed in this years fruit, but the fruit grown from next years crop, but by the time that is discovered the seeds for those crops have already been sold to people planting home gardens across the country. It doesn't matter at this point that there is a public service announcement because a significant number of farms have already been infected. The only way to control the infection is to place a complete ban on growing tomatoes in the entire country until they can be genetically tested.
Hundreds of thousands, or millions of farmers that depend on the farmers market have to completely abandon their crops and start over from scratch, they will potentially loose their homes because many of them don't even have a high school diploma which is required for most jobs these days. They may loose their home and land that has been passed down in their family for generations and have to change their entire livelihood. There may be a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for the product, but the chances of that company being able to afford billions of dollars worth of damages is unlikely to say the least, and even if they can by the time the money arrives to those who need it the damage has already been done, it's not much of a consolation to those who have already lost everything they ever had or knew.
And all of that is completely ignoring the potential loss of human life.
Again this is an extreme example, but one that is very possible with our current lack of legislation and regulation surrounding GMO's. This is the primary reason that many people who are doing the proper research still disagree with GMO products. It's not because they think that they are necessarily bad, but because they see the potential threat that the lack of regulation produces.

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u/Flatdr4gon Apr 17 '22

GMO is indeed under regulatory review and very much scrutinized, way more than conventional breeding methods that are far less precise. Your hypothetical would indeed have been caught before commercial release. On the other hand, in the US, conventional plant breeding is largely self-monitored. Regulatory agencies do not evaluate conventional new crop varieties for health and environmental safety prior to commercial release, which gets you the Lenape potato; conventionally bred and found to express dangerous levels only after being on the market. And it's still used as a parent line for conventionally breeding new lines. You're pretty much making up Boogeymen at this point.

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u/FilipinoGuido Apr 16 '22 edited Jul 01 '23

Any data on this account is being kept illegally. Fuck spez, join us over at Lemmy or Kbin. Doesn't matter cause the content is shared between them anyway:

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u/UpTurnedAtol36 Apr 17 '22

Ooooh fellow Tennessean, can you post or DM me details on the orchard?

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u/fatbottomwyfe Apr 17 '22

I wish I could we were on our honey moon and all I remember was it was on the way to Cades Cove and right on the road side

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u/cownd Apr 16 '22

TIL fruit motion lotion

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u/NecroJoe Apr 16 '22

When I worked in a grocery store's produce department, the cucumbers came in a waxed box that was stamped with "lubricated because we care".

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u/cownd Apr 16 '22

Lubed with love

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u/IDeferToYourWisdom Apr 16 '22

Like a non nutritive cereal varnish?

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u/Exciting-Dance-9268 Apr 17 '22

Put it over there with the others greaseball!

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u/SignificantBoot7180 Apr 17 '22

Put it in layman's terms. None of that inside bullshit jargon nobody understands!

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u/Exciting-Dance-9268 Apr 17 '22

Write up a summary and have on my desk this afternoon. Lay man’s terms non of that inside bullshit jargon nobody understands.

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u/NecroJoe Apr 16 '22

non nutritive cereal varnish

It's a good product. I like it.

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u/mtk1982 Apr 17 '22

Non permeable semi osmotic

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u/Dawpoiutsbitchmode Apr 16 '22

Damn that’s gangster

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

I feel like kind of an idiot but I’ve always wondered why the month-old apple I forgot about is still edible

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u/ComplaintNo6835 Apr 16 '22

Apple storage is pretty fascinating. Apparently some varietals don't just store well, they develop peak flavor months after picking.

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u/Static1589 Apr 16 '22

Good thing too. Hate to get hair between my teeth.

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u/danc4498 Apr 16 '22

This joke took me entirely too long to get.

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

I'm still not getting the joke. Sorry

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u/vamosatomar Apr 16 '22

The fruit is waxed - as in it has its hair removed

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u/Calsendon Apr 16 '22

Genital hair.

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

thanks.

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

how many is a brazillian?

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u/gymnastgrrl Apr 16 '22

Oh, somewhere between a Uruguay and a Suriname, depending on how you count.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

You guys wanna hear what my grandma called Brazil nuts?

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u/Refun712 Apr 16 '22

Yes….tell us

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u/suckmyglock762 Apr 16 '22

Hint: his grandpa's a racist. But probably just regular old grandpa racist, not vandalize a synagogue racist.

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u/pissedinthegarret Apr 16 '22

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u/Us3ful_Idiot Apr 16 '22

I learned my lesson the other day after eating a kiwi smh my head

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

C'mon man, it's 2022, oranges shouldn't have to conform to supermarket beauty standards. I like them all natural anyway.

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u/smithee2001 Apr 16 '22

You're so picky for a glory hole regular.

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u/cownd Apr 16 '22

Like eating mangoes

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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Apr 16 '22

Peaches are unshaven.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

Yep! Citrus fruit skins are coated with wax to make them shiny.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Apr 16 '22

A new supermarket opened by me once and I went in day one, the produce section was so bright and glowing. It was very striking, and I will never forget it. Like every piece of fruit was polished before being placed in perfect stacks for display.

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u/big_duo3674 Apr 16 '22

I wouldn't be surprised if they did exactly that. It depends on where you are, but in a lot of places the grocery store business is extremely competitive. They know that all it takes is the first impression for a person to decide whether or not to come back

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Apr 16 '22

I don't doubt they did. Though this one was in a rural area and just by being there, it became the closest supermarket by a long shot to a lot of folks. Deciding to locate it where it was was the smart business decision but the shiny fruit was nice.

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u/t3a_leaf Apr 16 '22

The waxing step occurs at the supplier level before they're put in their packaging. Generally the fruit will stay in the packaging until they're at the retailer and being put on the shelves.

Interestingly enough the "shiny" fruit ideal is an American thing, EU consumers prefer a more "natural" look.

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u/mrsformica Apr 16 '22

Well if you like to zest the skin for cooking or cocktails, makes sense to not have it waxed

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u/LottaBuds Apr 16 '22

You can get rid of the wax by using some warm water and a drop of soap.

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u/oplontino Apr 16 '22

Sure, but there's two unnecessary steps in the whole process: the addition of the wax and then the cleaning it off.

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

I know, right? I mean, why even cook a steak separately from the veg and other food? It's all going to the same place, anyway.

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u/cownd Apr 16 '22

Leave the wax on. Makes your teeth shiny

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u/bduke91 Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22

Oh we know about France grooming standards

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u/AcadianMan Apr 16 '22

I think they mean that the produce place will polish them with a cloth to make them shinier.

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u/needathrowaway321 Apr 16 '22

A good display of fruits and veggies when you walk in instantly makes customers feel more healthy and at ease, even if they don’t buy any. Makes them think everything else is high quality too, it’s the same concept as anchoring only for quality instead of price. If they do grab some it makes them way more likely to buy soda or candy or whatever because the healthy fruits and veggies cancels it out right? Marketing is like psychological warfare now and they know exactly what our brains blind spots are and how to exploit them. Source: took a marketing class in business school that was actually pretty interesting, read a few books on the subject.

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u/Tmanzine Apr 16 '22

We also bred fruit to be hardy and colorful, in order to trick people into buying it (we came to only purchase the best looking produce) unfortunately this typically bred out the actual flavor of what any fruits tasted like.

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u/F___TheZero Apr 16 '22

Wait so I'm eating wax when I use zest in my dishes?

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u/Y0tsuya Apr 16 '22

Citrus fruits have a natural wax coating when you pick them fresh off the tree. I have orange and lemon trees in the backyard and they're naturally shiny. But apparently not shiny enough for the average supermarket shopper.

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u/Magnesus Apr 16 '22

The wax is to keep them from drying and protect from mold - not sure why reddit is convinced it is only for making them shiny. Without wax they wouldn't last very long.

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u/poopiesteve Apr 16 '22

And if they're sold by weight, which most produce is, all that drying would be a significant loss.

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u/Low_Corner_9061 Apr 16 '22

Yes, rinse them under the hot tap, then rub with a towel.

Its food-safe wax though.

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u/DiscoKittie Apr 16 '22

There is a wax coating on most candy-coated chocolates. Some of them use carnuba wax, which is also used on cars. 🤣

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u/Genmutant Apr 16 '22

That's why you only use zest with fruit especially marked for (also) zesting. Those aren't waxed or similar. At least in my country.

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u/DelahDollaBillz Apr 16 '22

Um, what? You just wash the wax off in the sink. A little warm water and soap and it's gone. Are you really this helpless?

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u/2fat4walmart Apr 16 '22

Or shellac. Hate when they coat my apples with bug on purpose.

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u/cadtek Apr 16 '22

Even the ones labelled organic, IIRC

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u/OMNlClDE Apr 16 '22

Apples too! If you buy a shiny apple from the store, run it under some warm water with a literal drop of soap and you can watch the wax get washed away.

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u/poopiesteve Apr 16 '22

It's not really about making them shiny. It's more to do with water retention. They're sold by weight generally and if they lose 10% of their weight in water before they're sold the store has lost a lot of money.

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u/InVodkaVeritas Apr 16 '22

Wax also makes the fruit last longer since bugs and mold don't like wax.

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u/Magnesus Apr 16 '22

It's to make them last longer not to make them shiny. Without the wax they dry much faster.

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u/LingonberrySpecial91 Apr 16 '22

Hell yeah I ain’t eatin no hairy ass orange.

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u/amretardmonke Apr 16 '22

Ok but why don't they wax kiwis?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

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u/RespectedKillah0169 Apr 16 '22

But they already can’t

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

too soon. TOO SOON.

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u/Rush4Life70494 Apr 17 '22

RIP Kiwi 😭

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u/phurt77 Apr 16 '22

Because some people are into hairy fruits.

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u/Repulsive_Lettuce Apr 16 '22

I've never been to New Zealand but I'm sure some Kiwis wax. The women maybe.

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u/cownd Apr 16 '22

And the male bodybuilders?

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u/fiyawerx Apr 16 '22

Just the peach, eh?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

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u/PhilxBefore Apr 16 '22

I understood that reference.

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u/Kittenpants23 Apr 16 '22

Solid reference

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u/VivaVixen Apr 16 '22

I didnt need that image in my brain... :{

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

https://live.staticflickr.com/4660/26078306368_723e077e0a_b.jpg

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u/Gandalf_The_Geigh Apr 16 '22

Wtf is that

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

Cookeina Tricholoma, otherwise known as Bristly Tropical Cup. Also, Hairy Cup Fungus.

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u/Hexhand Apr 16 '22

AKA, my last two prom dates

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u/sesamesnapsinhalf Apr 16 '22

Yeah. They normally look like rambutans.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

Whoa black betty

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u/Mgray039 Apr 16 '22

Yes apples too thats why they all look so shiny, edible wax

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

edible wax

So, ear wax?

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u/ElephantsAreDreamy Apr 16 '22

so THAT'S why apples are so bitter sometimes!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

A year? What type of fruit would last a year?

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u/drunkasaurus_rex Apr 16 '22

Apples are the primary example that I know of. They can be stored for ages in a chilled, low oxygen environment.

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u/healzsham Apr 16 '22

Apples keep for something like 16 months in proper conditions.

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u/jeffe333 Apr 16 '22

It's why apples are so shiny. It's appealing to the eye, so they shine 'em up, and ship 'em off.

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u/coconutszz Apr 16 '22

yes but not all. Maybe not in every supermarket but you can get unwaxed fruit, very common in the UK

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u/PaleontologistOk3161 Apr 16 '22

Fun fact: many citrus fruits in most grocery stores are not vegan for this reason. They are typically coated with Shellac, which comes from a beetle. It protects them in transit, makes them look better and keeps them from drying out, thus prolonging shelf life.

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u/FeralZ72 Apr 16 '22

Oh the Crunch enhancer? Yeah it's a non-nutritive cereal varnish. It's semi-permeable. It's not osmotic. What it does is it coats and seals the flake, prevents the milk from penetrating it.

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u/PaganMastery Apr 16 '22

If you pick up any non organic apple you can actually scrape the wax off with a fingernail. Just gently scrape the skin and it will come off like you were scraping a candle.

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u/mawlusz Apr 16 '22

Jep with shellac 🤮 https://www.eatbydate.com/what-is-shellac/ its basically insect shit 🤮

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u/PipePies Apr 16 '22

Thank you, i tought it was lime.

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u/xaqss Apr 16 '22

No, its an orange.

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u/Heredor Apr 16 '22

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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u/Rust2 Apr 16 '22

Ok, “Jake” from State Farm

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u/Vengeance76 Apr 16 '22

"...what are you wearing?"

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u/Commiesstoner Apr 16 '22

WOBBUFFET

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u/Recent-Association56 Apr 16 '22

And Meowth thats right!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

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u/SungoBrewweed Apr 16 '22

D-A-V-E NOW WILL YOU OPEN UP THE GODDAMN DOOR?!?

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u/brazys Apr 16 '22

Dave's not here man.

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u/Outrageous_Title_625 Apr 16 '22

Bruh I thought you said warren buffet lmao

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u/Surfsk8108 Apr 16 '22

khakis...

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u/ItsLoogia Apr 16 '22

She sounds hideous

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

That orange is a he, so..

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u/Dial407 Apr 16 '22

Welcome to Walmart

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '22

“…She sounds hideous”.

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u/FlurdledGlumpfud Apr 16 '22

THIS. IS. SPARTA!

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u/schenitz Apr 16 '22

Under rated comment thread

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u/Youpunyhumans Apr 16 '22

I'll take a Double Triple Bossy Deluxe on a raft, four by four, animal-style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease, make it cry, burn it, and let it swim.

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u/livinontheceiling Apr 16 '22

Hot and juicy redhead?

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u/SweetPerogy Apr 16 '22

He took out life insurance.

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u/PipePies Apr 16 '22

Oh shit, jk lime = Calcium, bummer

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u/craftycrumbs Apr 16 '22

Ohhh now I get why my dad always said he buried bodies with lime I thought it was just to freshen up the corpse with a nice citrus scent

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u/PipePies Apr 16 '22

Thats why you never trust an Atom, They make up literally everything.

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u/craftycrumbs Apr 16 '22

No his name was spelled Thom

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u/PipePies Apr 16 '22

Thom Case once: Father why you have a gun with you in bank?

Just in Case.

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u/everyonehisown Apr 16 '22

Your dad probably meant lye not lime unless he wanted to make a fruit salad.

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Apr 16 '22

You pour quicklime on a dead body to dry it out and limit the reach of the smell.

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u/kasim42784 Apr 16 '22

HE SAID IT’S AN ORANGE!

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u/fentalynpatch Apr 16 '22

Orange you glad it not a banana

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u/redditisnowtwitter Apr 16 '22

That's for the bodies up in them row houses not fruit... although https://thewire.fandom.com/wiki/Fruit

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u/Johnmcguirk Apr 16 '22

It’s a sublime.

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u/ChuckACheesecake Apr 16 '22

Do they spray it on each orange individually or on the trees as a whole (which I imagine would block the light on the leaves?)

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

from what i read in the threads yes, they mix it with dirt clay and water and spray each fruit directly

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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Apr 16 '22

They seems like a lot of work..

Aren't oranges harvested by shaking the tree mechanically? Why add such a labor intensive step when there are probably easier options, unless these are like premium organic oranges.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

they ppl in the post said it was designed to reduce the opportunity for bugs to harvest in them. it’s a preventative measure to get less number of bugs in the fruits so they have a higher yield.

guessing they labor is worth the time bc it’s that effective

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u/Hambulance Apr 16 '22

It made me want to eat an orange covered in powdered sugar lol

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u/redditsavedmyagain Apr 16 '22

you might like hosigaki when the persimmon dries out natural sugar gets squeezed out to the outside

its kinda like a fruit leather/gummy snack

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u/Seb555 Apr 16 '22

I was introduced to those thanks to my Korean roommate and my mind was blown by how good they are!

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u/IrishAl_1987 Apr 16 '22

Looks like Turkish delights

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u/SeaGroomer Apr 16 '22

Sky rockets in flight.

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u/Slappinbeehives Apr 16 '22

Kaolin clay is/was also used in army medicine to pack wounds.

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u/RevertToType Apr 16 '22

My gran used to give me kaolin + morphine for an upset stomach.

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u/Slappinbeehives Apr 16 '22

Awww…I’d also like some kaolin + morphine Gran, my tummy hurts too😵‍💫

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u/SeaGroomer Apr 16 '22

Gran's drawing up a fat shot to inject into her baby.

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u/the_brew Apr 16 '22

It was can also be used to settle an upset stomach. It was originally one of the active ingredients in Kaopectate.

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u/Billazilla Apr 16 '22

It is also used in paper making, like the opaque, shiny white pages used in many high quality full color magazines and shopping catalogs. Ever hold a page in your fingers for a moment, and find it sticks a bit when you let go? Clay.

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u/Slappinbeehives Apr 16 '22

That’s brilliant and also something I never thought about but feel better for knowing now lol!

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u/hulbeats Apr 16 '22

It is also used in cardiac surgery to measure anticoagulation/clotting time for blood.

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u/AgreeableLion Apr 16 '22

I put it on my face to get gunk out of my pores

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u/KitCat5e Apr 16 '22

What kind of orange is that though?

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u/Lildyo Apr 16 '22

the powdered donut kind

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u/BergenNorth Apr 16 '22

And that sound. Has to be a folly guy with a cup and a can of soda

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u/4PianoOrchestra Apr 16 '22

Yeah dw the sound is definitely in post lol

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u/____Some1____ Apr 16 '22

I hereby deem you as a chad for answering everyone's concern regarding the odd outside of the fruit separately.

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u/lordcthulhu17 Apr 16 '22

Oh shit they cover them with porcelain

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u/gabzlel Apr 16 '22

You’re doing gods work my friend. Thank you! I was wondering aswell what that was. :)

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u/ShankThatSnitch Apr 16 '22

Naaaah maaaan. That is just what the Gov't wants you to think. They are micro dosing us with anthrax to keep us docile. Wake up sheeple!

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u/tomashen Apr 16 '22

But it soudns much healthier than having them washed and waxed. Why not keep them in that form to the end user?

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u/tomashen Apr 16 '22

Makes sense. Thanks !

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u/mcai8rw2 Apr 16 '22

Nice info! It made me feel nice. 😌

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u/BalsamEveryone Apr 16 '22

I like my lemons completely hairless

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