i need alot of help, nubie in dire need

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Permalink Reply by Sunshine on July 18, 2012 at 4:08pm

i've had pears that took 3 weeks to ripen , i but those way ahead of time when on sale. 
mangos are hard to get good. look for more red and smell them to see what is sweeter

yellow more success for me

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Permalink Reply by ronnie811rv on July 19, 2012 at 1:06pm

thanks, so im a little confused.  look for more red but youve had more success with yellow?  

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Permalink Reply by Vicki Sorenson on July 18, 2012 at 5:19pm

Order yourself a case or two of dates and acquaint yourself with Datorade. Also get a case of bananas. They're much more dependable for ripening and taste.

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Permalink Reply by ronnie811rv on July 19, 2012 at 1:09pm

ok awesome thank you.  so do u recomend putting dates in a ziplock bag and taking out the air and putting them in fridge.  thats what ive done and they seemed to stay ripe pretty well.  i did that becuz i found alot of them to be bad.. also i once got a few bags of bananas and they never ripened with spots, they just got soft and a lighter shade of green(igot them when they were really green) and they never tasted that good.  

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on July 19, 2012 at 1:39pm

I second Vicki's advice, bananas and datorade! :)  I take out enough dates for a few days at a time to store on the counter so they are easy to pit.  The rest go in the fridge which can store for up to a year there and they can store for years in the freezer.  Dates are an everyday food and a great back up.  Bananas are usually good but sometimes I get a bad batch that just never ripen.  I highly recommend Earth bananas @ whole foods.  They have the best taste and are grown more sustainably than certified organic bananas.

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Permalink Reply by ronnie811rv on July 19, 2012 at 3:55pm

awesome great advice thanks alot

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Permalink Reply by Windlord on July 18, 2012 at 5:40pm

No worries, Ronnie.  Picking out quality fruit will come with experience.  But in the meantime, this link should help:http://www.30bananasaday.com/notes/How_to_pick_ripe_fruit

Also, despite you best guess and efforts, should fruit ever just not ripen or simply be terrible, as it sounds like yours is, by all means return it for a refund or credit!  It's beneficial for both you and the store, who needs to know that that batch was unsat, and that they need to be more careful of what they stock in the future.  

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Permalink Reply by ronnie811rv on July 19, 2012 at 1:10pm

ok thanks

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on July 19, 2012 at 1:25pm

by all means return it for a refund or credit!

 

Yes, yes, yes, I return bad fruit all the time.

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