Summer has passed and in the midwest all of the fresh fruit has gone with it. The price of strawberries has shot back up again and about the only thing priced right that looks good are the apples. Fruit is being shipping in more and more from all over the world and it doesn’t seem as ripe and fresh as it did just months ago. Every peach and pear that I buy now is hard and tasteless.
Did you know that you can easily ripen those fruits in a paper bag to make them softer and sweeter? Through some science involving ethylene gas, you can ripen up your fruit in just a day or two on your counter. The worst thing that you can do is keep the fruit in the plastic grocery bag and toss it into the refrigerator. Instead, stick a few pieces in a paper bag and close up that bag on your counter for 1-2 days. You will be amazed at how much better the fruit tastes when given a chance to ripen.
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