beer pal's fruit review

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beer pal

pretty good banana today. maybe just slightly underripe - texture pretty good but a bit of a starchy mouthfeel. flavour a little bland. tomorrow's banana should be right in the sweet spot

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 21:02

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 02:23

beer pal

just u wait til mid afternoon

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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 22:33

beer pal

Bartlett pear, a little on the small side, and a bit of impact damage in one spot. Texture was optimal - very good crunch. Flavour a bit mild, but as any fruit eater will know there's a tradeoff to be had wrt ripeness between firm texture and flavour intensity. there's a lot of controversy on this point, but personally I put greater value on good texture

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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 23:02

beer pal

luvcow's fruit review review

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 00:15

beer pal

just had a couple mandarin oranges. both pretty average I'd say, more on the tart side than sweet. segments fairly juicy but not the most plump I've ever had

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 00:37

beer pal

Heather Papps posted:

how was the peeling experience? (i also wanted to ask this about the banana but was shy)

thanks for your question. The peeling was pretty good - as we all know, this is one of the strengths of a mandarin over larger orange varietals such as navels. The peel of the second fruit left a bit of extra pith on the outside face of some of the segments, but not enough to affect flavour noticeably.

As for the banana, there was a bit of peel splitting, as one expects with a banana still showing some green

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 02:40

beer pal

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

a good ripe mango man, nothin better

i dont want to spoil anything but i might happen to have a certain tropical fruit ripening in my kitchen as we speak

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 02:41

beer pal

i thought byob was a no politics zone

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 02:44

beer pal

if you recall, reader, my banana review of yesterday, jan. 5, you'll know i predicted today's banana would be of optimal ripeness. I'm glad to day my prediction was accurate. The texture was still quite firm and the flavour heightened. an early contender for banana of the year.

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 20:38

beer pal

ok I'll do my best. Imagine, if you will, that you're biting into an optimally ripe banana. it was very much like that.

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 20:54

beer pal

mixed bag on the mandarins today. The first was pretty good, the second a bit dried out and a bit bland

RickRogers posted:

Please review kumquats, never personally had one, thanxs

I'll check the produce section on my next grocery run

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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 23:46

beer pal

[to the safeway employee] yeah where do u keep the buddha's hands. yeah. it looks like a sea anemone made of bugles. oh drat i guess i'll just grab some grapes or something.

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 00:08

beer pal

Kief Richards posted:

Buddy have you heard of our Lord and savior, dragon fruit? It's real good this year.

are they good? ive always heard they just taste like not much at all

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 00:11

beer pal

look i get that everyones got their favorite niche fruits they want to share with people but im just not sure they stock "apples" in north america

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 04:07

beer pal

im strongly pro peach. but i have to say theyre a high variance fruit

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 04:11

beer pal

another great banana today

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 20:25

beer pal

i think ive seen them at the grocery store... maybe ill pick one up this weekend

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# ¿ Jan 7, 2021 20:29

beer pal

apologies for the delay, my day job temporarily pulled me away from my true passion.

Pleased to say today's banana was also very good. usually the friday bananas are too ripe for my preferences and almost unpleasant, but this one was still just a hair outside the optimal ripeness window - still pretty firm and not over-sweet

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# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 21:51

beer pal

very exciting post coming this afternoon... stay tuned folks

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# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 21:03

beer pal

i've just had my second ever mango. The first one i ate (this would be at least a year ago) was severely underripe, not a great experience. This time, I let it ripen for several days on the counter, to the point it had a fair amount of give. as it turns out, this was still not ripe enough. it was fairly bland - hardly any sweetness - not much flavour at all aside from a bit of a floral note. It's also a fairly large fruit to eat in one sitting, and relatively labour-intensive. Maybe sometime soon I'll get another mango and let it ripen much further. it could be a problem of buying mangos in winter, far from the equator, maybe you just cant get good mangos here. more experimentation is needed before i can come down firmly on mangos.

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# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 23:20

beer pal

i was at the grocery earlier today and im afriad they didnt have kumquats. very disappointing. i did however pick up a dragon fruit

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# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 23:42

beer pal

ive never heard of someone being a mango contrarian so maybe i could try that out. could be fun. mangos are trash! youre all lying to yourselvves that theyre any good. youve been duped by big mango!

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# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 23:45

beer pal

frankly im not sure the difference between tangerines, mandarin oranges and clementines. i think theyre all sold pretty interchangably here. i am very much in favour of them and i think theyre vastly superior to larger oranges.

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# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 23:51

beer pal

ive never had passion fruit, i could look for them next trip. althouh i googled them and i had no idea they look like a geode filled with little yellow condoms which isnt terribly appealing.

i havent had cherries for a very long time so i cant stand by this, but i have slightly negative feelings for them

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# ¿ Jan 10, 2021 00:08

beer pal

i am coming out as Pro dragon fruit ---haters back off----

the flavour is mild but pleasant, the texture is delightful - much like a kiwi, and the seeds add a little extra character. great eating experience. only downside is theyre a little pricey

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# ¿ Jan 10, 2021 22:49

beer pal

This week's banana bunch had me a bit anxious, as the colour of the peels is quite dull, and none of the bananas available for selection in the store had much green left on them. The texture of this first banana was very good, they don't come much firmer. There was something a bit off about the flavour, though - hard to put a finger on. This could well be a symptom of expectation - the dull peel colour affecting my perception.

An aside - did you know you can put your bananas in the fridge to keep them from further ripening? the peel will go brown quite rapidly, but the fruit will not degrade. I tried this for a short while, but i couldn't get over the psychological effect of the browned peel. it's true what they say that we eat with more senses than just taste.

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# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 21:44

beer pal

hello its come to my attention that people have been posting puns in this thread. I would like to state for the record that puns and other offensive language are not permitted and will be reported to the moderators. thank you

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# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 22:00

beer pal

pear today a bit riper than I prefer but those are nice too, the stronger flavour mostly makes up for the softness

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# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 23:29

beer pal

i'm a bartlett man. of the varieties available at my grocery (bartlett, bosc, anjou) i've found it my favourite. (they also have asian pears which i havent tried because they're expensive)

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# ¿ Jan 12, 2021 01:06

beer pal

Julius Seizure posted:

are you planning to do a pomegranate review? thanks

pomegranates are a scam there i said it

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# ¿ Jan 12, 2021 19:10

beer pal

[after spending 45 minutes and $45 to separate 12 seeds from the 45 pounds of pith] mm tastes like watered down water this is good to me

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# ¿ Jan 12, 2021 20:24

beer pal

its rude to throw things at innocent hogs. on the other hand they probably ate them afterward. drat someone get aristotle on the phone

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# ¿ Jan 13, 2021 00:31

beer pal

wowee been a few months since i had a peach this thing is good as hell

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# ¿ Jan 18, 2021 22:56

beer pal

it was a nice firm clingstone peach

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# ¿ Jan 19, 2021 00:16

beer pal

what do u think do yall like a fuzzy peach or a not so fuzzy peach

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# ¿ Jan 19, 2021 03:04

beer pal

mm really good banana today

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# ¿ Jan 19, 2021 20:17

beer pal

isnt that how you make jam

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# ¿ Jan 19, 2021 21:42

beer pal

Kief Richards posted:

OP what would you say compares to the density of a perfectly ripe banana

if they could make a banana snap like a carrot that would be ideal but sadly our talent for genetic modification hasnt yet got that far

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# ¿ Jan 20, 2021 03:18

beer pal

kuskus posted:

beer pal i was curious if you do estimates?

could you do an estimate on this banana before i dive in? i just want to know from a "pro" what i'mb getting into

mixed messages from this banana with the green stem but a fair amount of brown spots. From the appearance of the indentation at the point of peel rupture I would guess it's fairly ripe and will have a moderately soft texture and a moderately sweet flavour. i don't know about regional variants but by the standards of what im used to its a very small banana. im not going to be baited by the improper opening technique

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# ¿ Jan 20, 2021 04:30

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 02:23

beer pal

from appearances, i would expect that to be in the ideal ripeness stage for my personal preference. nice looking banana

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# ¿ Jan 20, 2021 04:36

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