Topic: "Fresh" fruit
started by: GORDON
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 14 2015,11:08
You ever notice how when you go to the grocery store and you check out the packaged strawberries or raspberries the berries on top look bright and fresh, but then you turn the package over and there are the old, dark, squished and rotten ones?What's up with that?
Are they actually pulling old product off the shelves and putting a fresh layer on top trying to fool you?
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 14 2015,15:54
No. It's due to people slamming the product around or spores no one caught. You want frfresh? Go to a farmer's market. I can't trust Costco peaches anymore. Total crap shoot.
Posted by TheCatt on Nov. 14 2015,16:28
Mostly what I have noticed is that most strawberries in the grocery store are made to be shipped, not to taste good.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 14 2015,17:58
There are no farmers markets up here in the winter.Every bag of potatoes has one rotten one in the middle. Every bag of onions has one rotten one in the middle. Since it happens every single time, it is hard to believe it is coincidence.
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 14 2015,18:05
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There are no farmers markets up here in the winter.
Yep, same here. Means you get to eat mediocre tasting things shipped in from where they can grow whenever. That means Florida or Cali, if you're lucky, for most fruit.
Posted by Alhazad on Nov. 14 2015,18:38
(GORDON @ Nov. 14 2015,17:58)
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There are no farmers markets up here in the winter.
Every bag of potatoes has one rotten one in the middle. Every bag of onions has one rotten one in the middle. Since it happens every single time, it is hard to believe it is coincidence.
Every bag of potatoes has one rotten one in the middle. Every bag of onions has one rotten one in the middle. Since it happens every single time, it is hard to believe it is coincidence.
It's not coincidence, but it's not sinister. The one in the middle has moisture trapped against it on all sides, while the rest can breathe on at least one side.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 14 2015,20:08
I think it is sinister. I think there is a massive conspiracy to repackage old produce to turn 10 pounds or new fresh stuff into 11 pounds. I bet they are making 10% more money repackaging old shit and only spending half of that for labor to do it. I am starting my old-age-paranoia early... THEY'RE STEALING FROM ME
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 14 2015,20:42
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I am starting my old-age-paranoia early... THEY'RE STEALING FROM ME
Someone start archiving the forum for when G's kid asks us wtf happened.
Posted by Vince on Nov. 15 2015,12:45
This made me laugh. Though on shelf life of fruit and veggies, they are bred to look good and last longer on the shelf, so it's not in your mind that your home grown ones taste better.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 16 2015,05:09
Well did ya ever notice that when you're preparing sliced chicken breast for fajitas, your chicken ends up boiling in an inch of water?< Salt water is being injected at the processing facility, > up to 30% of the weight of the chicken, that you typically purchase by the pound.
They say it is to "enhance flavor," but they can't hate the fact they are making an extra 20% by selling water.
Thinking about this makes me wonder if I should get some eatin' chickens as well as some egg layers, and learn how to butcher that shit. I've heard, though, that hawks and eagles love hanging around uncovered chicken farms around here, each taking one chicken a day. So.
< http://www.truthfullabeling.org/the-issues/ >
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“the US government estimates that consumers spend $2 billion per year buying salt water at chicken prices.”
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 16 2015,07:29
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the corrupt and bought US government estimates that consumers are indeed stupid enough to spend $2 billion per year buying salt water at chicken prices
Think you missed some parts.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 16 2015,08:46
I'm with Gordon.We've noticed the Kroger store near us has been putting out a bunch of shit. I'll accept it when some items are bad upon purchase. There's bound to be a bad strawberry in the box, bad onion, etc. However, it's happening so fucking often there, and they have no excuses. I live two minutes from the largest Kroger in Michigan, and I heard it's the most profitable as well. There's no reason for them to cut corners, yet they do.
Buying any of the packaged meat is a crap shoot. We've returned chicken and beef that were clearly going bad, and I'd bet anything had been repackaged. (John Stossel did a feature on this during Primetime years ago.) We bought a butternut squash that looked fine, but was rotted on the outside thanks to a hole that was conveniently covered up by a sticker.
There's honestly too many examples of this in the past year for me to give Kroger a pass. Granted, they'll accept everything back without question, but I'm sure most people don't do that. If they did, taking shortcuts on products wouldn't be cost effective...
Posted by TheCatt on Nov. 16 2015,08:52
Kroger is a crappy store. I won't shop there. Harris Teeter ftw.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 25 2015,04:54
Got a fresh package of mini-doughnuts, presumably made in the grocery store's bakery (not the little travel pack, the kind where there's like a reclosable box of mini doughnuts). We always choose the package with the furthest expiration date, but there are always packages set to expire in like 2 days, also. I always thought it was a waste that they had to throw away 10 pounds of doughnuts every 2 days.Well this morning the kid is eating from a brand-new package set to expire 12/7/2015, and he says he just bit into a rock-hard doughnut. So now I think they are repackaging old doughnuts to save money, too.
Posted by Alhazad on Nov. 25 2015,19:58
(GORDON @ Nov. 25 2015,04:54)
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I always thought it was a waste that they had to throw away 10 pounds of doughnuts every 2 days.
Guess you weren't the only one.
Posted by GORDON on Dec. 07 2015,10:41
20 nice fresh strawberries... and one near the bottom against one of the vent holes that's been repackaged twice, that you can't see until you dig down to it.
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 07 2015,12:00
You couldn't see that through the plastic?
Posted by GORDON on Dec. 07 2015,12:23
With a quick glance, no, I obviously didn't.
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 07 2015,12:25
(GORDON @ Dec. 07 2015,14:23)
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With a quick glance, no, I obviously didn't.
I've learned to double check that shit at the store and once when I get home.