Comments on: How long is too long? http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Disadvantage of Having a Cast-Iron Gut (and being kinda dumb) | Doubting to shuō: Chinese, Investing, EFL and Being a Geek in Taiwan http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-22188 The Disadvantage of Having a Cast-Iron Gut (and being kinda dumb) | Doubting to shuō: Chinese, Investing, EFL and Being a Geek in Taiwan Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:52:32 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-22188 [...] I was the solitary vote for 4-7 days in the poll related to this post.  I really was a far outlier. Tags: food, friends, health, personal, [...] [...] I was the solitary vote for 4-7 days in the poll related to this post.  I really was a far outlier. Tags: food, friends, health, personal, [...]

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-21959 Mark Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:13:26 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-21959 Actually, there is a <a href="http://toshuo.com/2007/the-disadvantage-of-having-a-cast-iron-gut-and-being-kinda-dumb/" rel="nofollow">story behind this post</a>, but someone else was the victim. Actually, there is a story behind this post, but someone else was the victim.

]]> By: Battlepanda http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-21950 Battlepanda Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:23:51 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-21950 Keeping cut fruit from the nightmarket overnight? Are you crazed? No wonder you're making more runs to the bathroom than Wang Chien-ming around the diamond all season. Keeping cut fruit from the nightmarket overnight? Are you crazed? No wonder you’re making more runs to the bathroom than Wang Chien-ming around the diamond all season.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-21805 Mark Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:01:16 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-21805 That's really creepy. Those fruits weren't cut, though. That’s really creepy. Those fruits weren’t cut, though.

]]> By: battlepanda http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-21802 battlepanda Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:43:37 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-21802 Frankly, this depends so much on the fruit (as well as what zhongtang pointed out, the state of the fruit) that the poll is pretty meaningless. Strawberries will get furry on you the next day. You can keep jumbo fruits for another day. Oranges stay good for many more days. You'll want to keep pineapple around for a few days in order for them to become more succulent, and out of the fridge at that. The king of endurance when it comes to fruit is the pomelo, often delectable after weeks of just lying around. By the way, remember one time when you came over to my place with a bag of apples and oranges from wellcome? I stuck the apples in the fridge and forgot all about it for a month or two. They still looked exactly the same when I realized that they're there. I ate one...a little lacking in crispness, but otherwise fine in terms of what I expect from a supermarket apple. But it creeped me out because it had been such a long time. I then set the bag out in my fruit bowl so that I would remember to take it out to the trash next day, but of course I kept forgetting about it. So now it sat in the fruit bowl for another two weeks, getting a little bit leathery around the stem end, but otherwise not degrading in any visible way. They were like the dorian greys of apples. Creepy. Frankly, this depends so much on the fruit (as well as what zhongtang pointed out, the state of the fruit) that the poll is pretty meaningless. Strawberries will get furry on you the next day. You can keep jumbo fruits for another day. Oranges stay good for many more days. You’ll want to keep pineapple around for a few days in order for them to become more succulent, and out of the fridge at that. The king of endurance when it comes to fruit is the pomelo, often delectable after weeks of just lying around.

By the way, remember one time when you came over to my place with a bag of apples and oranges from wellcome? I stuck the apples in the fridge and forgot all about it for a month or two. They still looked exactly the same when I realized that they’re there. I ate one…a little lacking in crispness, but otherwise fine in terms of what I expect from a supermarket apple. But it creeped me out because it had been such a long time. I then set the bag out in my fruit bowl so that I would remember to take it out to the trash next day, but of course I kept forgetting about it. So now it sat in the fruit bowl for another two weeks, getting a little bit leathery around the stem end, but otherwise not degrading in any visible way. They were like the dorian greys of apples. Creepy.

]]> By: Zhongtang http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-21635 Zhongtang Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:19:50 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/how-long-is-too-long/#comment-21635 Pre-cut fruit is usually better on the same day, otherwise the open flesh of the fruit might just start to rot slowly. You could probably wait 2-3 days, but would need to peel off the exposed part of the fruit. Pre-cut apples usually turn brownish quite rapidly, which is not really tasteful in my opinion. Pre-cut fruit is usually better on the same day, otherwise the open flesh of the fruit might just start to rot slowly. You could probably wait 2-3 days, but would need to peel off the exposed part of the fruit. Pre-cut apples usually turn brownish quite rapidly, which is not really tasteful in my opinion.

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