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Ripen in the bowl
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Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,871
What the actual ****?
I bought 5 nectarines from Tesco yesterday morning, and they're still not ready to eat. I wanted to eat a ****ing nectarine yesterday, and am still waiting.
Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.
Don't for gawd's sake buy ripen at home avocados then!
brightn'ove
cringe
Put bananas in the bowl with them
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,930
There seems to be no happy medium with avocados! I buy a pack for my wife's daily salad for work. They are either so hard that she can't eat them, or they go brown inside after Monday...
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Put them in a closed brown paper bag with a banana or two 
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,016
plan ahead and buy your nectarines last Sunday.
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,871
You've got something like a three minute window sometime during the seven or so days after you buy them when they're ready to go. Miss it and they're going in the bin. It's worse than playing Russian roulette with five bullets in the chamber.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I feel your pain.
I'm having severe issues with my Tesco satsumas. I like them because the skin is nice and loose and easy to peel without accidentally RUPTURING a fleshy segment with a fingernail. But the loose skin comes at a price - within about 25 minutes of them being in the fruit bowl, they've all but dried out intside and gone all wrinkled.
Not.
Good.
Enough.
I'm having severe issues with my Tesco satsumas. I like them because the skin is nice and loose and easy to peel without accidentally RUPTURING a fleshy segment with a fingernail. But the loose skin comes at a price - within about 25 minutes of them being in the fruit bowl, they've all but dried out intside and gone all wrinkled.
Not.
Good.
Enough.
BlockDpete
Well-known member
- Oct 8, 2005
- 1,144
Was going to suggest the banana option, but in this warm weather they should ripen pretty quick.
Just press the top of the fruit and if its a bit soft then it's ready to eat.
Just press the top of the fruit and if its a bit soft then it's ready to eat.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
slow news day
FFS - satsumas are for Christmas only!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,265
You don't get this nonsense with apples.
Sussex on Leith
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I left one to ripen in the bowl this morning. My girlfriend came home, opened all the windows, flushed it away angrily and chucked me out of the house.
Tricky Dicky
New member
What the actual ****?
I bought 5 nectarines from Tesco yesterday morning, and they're still not ready to eat. I wanted to eat a ****ing nectarine yesterday, and am still waiting.
Provide me ripe ****ing fruit when I want it.
A complete con. Nobody ever says "you know what ? In 3 weeks time I might fancy a nice ripe plum or two". If I ever go into the co-op in Shoreham, they have nothing else except Ripen at home stuff. Just a way of getting you to save them money. Another one I saw recently was "unwashed salad leaves" in a bag, and they were charging more for it. B*gger that.
While we're at it, for all the ways they now have of getting you to scan their produce - which saves them money in checkout staff. If you want me to use those, I want a discount