Fabulous Fruit
- When choosing an apple, look for firm and smooth skin.
- Store at room temperature for only a few days, otherwise store in a
perforated plastic bag in the fruit crisper in your refrigerator.
- Braeburn are firm and crisp. Ideal for baking or making sauce.
- Cameo are sweet and ideal for pies.
- Fuji are crisp and sweet. Good for baking or in salads.
- Golden Delicious are a great eating apple and can be used for baking.
- Granny Smith are green crisp and tart. They are good for eating or baking
. - Jazz are nice for salads.
- Macintosh apples are red and yellow and are good for baking pies and
crisps. - Pacific Queen are sweet and crisp. Great for salads.
- Red Delicious are red and are good to eat, but not bake with
Bananas
- Always store on the counter top, never in the refrigerator
- If bananas turn brown, peel and place in a zip lock bag and freeze. This
will make a good banana cake or bread someday (just thaw before
using and use all the contents even though it's a little watery).
Berries
- Store in refrigerator 2-3 days
- Rinse just before using as moisture will cause them to decay.
- Boysenberry- Large Blackberry, a cross between a blackberry and
Loganberry. Makes great jam. - Strawberry - Peak season June - September
- Blackberries - Peak season June - August
- Blueberries - Peak season June-August
Cherries
- Refrigerate after purchasing them
- Remove the pits and stems before eating or baking them
Grapes
- Refrigerate in a plastic bag.
- Wash before eating.
- Green Seedless Grapes are light and sweet.
- Globe Grapes are large and sweet, but have seeds
- Concord Grapes are sour and have seeds. They make great jam.
- Champagne Grapes are tiny sweet clusters.
Limes
- Store at room temperature until ripe, then refrigerate up to 2 weeks
- Key Limes are smaller than common limes.
Peaches
- They are juiciest at room temperature.
- You can speed up the ripening process by putting them in a brown
paper bag for a day or two.
Plums
- Plums can range in color from red to purple to gold.
- They can be sweet or tart
- Refrigerate only when they are ripe
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Buy fruit in various stages of ripeness, so you will have the perfectly ripe fruit throughout the week |
