Not really. Learning how your fruit is processed is a good way to motivate yourself to buy local btw. :)
Jon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 16, 2010, at 1:49 PM, jberlin <jdy...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Isn't there a more natural way? > judy > > > > > > > > > On 08/15/2010 02:05 PM, Jon Bringhurst wrote: >> You would need to freeze the fruit using something like liquid >> nitrogen or a dry ice and ethanol before you store it in your home >> freezer. Your home freezer doesn't freeze the fruit fast enough and >> the cell membranes usually explode (which turns the fruit into a pile >> of mush when you defrost it). >> >> -Jon >> >> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM, jberlin<jdy...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >>> I have a peach tree. If I do not get to the peaches than the squirrels will. >>> One year I tried freezing them but it did not work out well. Even if the >>> markets buy local won't the fruit still sit in the warehouses? >>> Thanks >>> Judy >>> >>> On 08/13/2010 03:18 PM, gasp...@aol.com wrote: >>> >>> Refrigerated Trucks (like a big refrigerator on wheels) >>> >>> Some supermarkets do buy local. >>> >>> In a message dated 8/13/2010 12:57:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> jdy...@verizon.net writes: >>> >>> I'm guessing that the fruits bought in the supermarkets are not local. >>> How are these fruits kept from going bad? Example: peaches from other >>> states. >>> Judy >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chat mailing list >>> Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >>> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chat mailing list >>> Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >>> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chat mailing list >>> Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >>> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chat mailing list >> Chat@charlesvillage.info >> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/