Comments on: Supermarket finds: Beyond The Orchard apple slices http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/ Random Wanderings and Wonderings Tue, 15 May 2012 01:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: natalie http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106310 natalie Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:08:39 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106310 I have a two-year old who will only eat food out of a neat looking container or bag (I'm not kidding), so I suppose I understand the appeal here. Toddlers are completely unreasonable and maddening that way, especially when you add in the fact that they require very little food to survive. Moms (especially those that work full-time) are desperate to find ways to shave off five minutes everyplace that is possible so they can spend more quality time with their children. Also, convenience packaging of actually healthy food would be theoretically helpful at places like the zoo where french fries are the only predominant vegetable. Sometimes toddlers randomly enter into an emergency snacking situation, where you find yourself unprepared and required to purchase something immediately to stop the screaming. That all being said, these apple slices are useless. They do taste like crap, having sampled them, and the same product can be accomplished (in a much tastier format) using a knife, an apple, and a tablespoon of orange juice (ascorbic acid, i.e., Vitamin C, prevents apples and pears from turning brown and mushy). However, you must sacrifice five minutes to do this. My solution: slip-on shoes will account for the difference. I have a two-year old who will only eat food out of a neat looking container or bag (I’m not kidding), so I suppose I understand the appeal here. Toddlers are completely unreasonable and maddening that way, especially when you add in the fact that they require very little food to survive. Moms (especially those that work full-time) are desperate to find ways to shave off five minutes everyplace that is possible so they can spend more quality time with their children. Also, convenience packaging of actually healthy food would be theoretically helpful at places like the zoo where french fries are the only predominant vegetable. Sometimes toddlers randomly enter into an emergency snacking situation, where you find yourself unprepared and required to purchase something immediately to stop the screaming.

That all being said, these apple slices are useless. They do taste like crap, having sampled them, and the same product can be accomplished (in a much tastier format) using a knife, an apple, and a tablespoon of orange juice (ascorbic acid, i.e., Vitamin C, prevents apples and pears from turning brown and mushy). However, you must sacrifice five minutes to do this. My solution: slip-on shoes will account for the difference.

]]> By: Val Dodge http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106309 Val Dodge Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:48:27 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106309 No flavour indeed, poika. I've been planning an update post on the <a href="http://valdodge.com/2008/01/01/life-without-flavour/" rel="nofollow">flavour thing</a> for a while now. It should be out the door later this week or next week. In short, I don't really miss most of the things I've given up. Others have been a little harder to shake. No flavour indeed, poika. I’ve been planning an update post on the flavour thing for a while now. It should be out the door later this week or next week. In short, I don’t really miss most of the things I’ve given up. Others have been a little harder to shake.

]]> By: Torontopoika http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106308 Torontopoika Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:03:38 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106308 But no added flavour! How's that going, by the by? But no added flavour! How’s that going, by the by?

]]> By: Marc http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106307 Marc Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:06:27 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2008/04/21/supermarket-finds-beyond-the-orchard-apple-slices/#comment-106307 It's the calcium ascorbate that makes it taste that way. It's bitter and astringent. They're likely Fuji apples because they have a long shelf-life. I thought your pre-hard-boiled egg article was disgusting, but this is pretty nasty. It’s the calcium ascorbate that makes it taste that way. It’s bitter and astringent. They’re likely Fuji apples because they have a long shelf-life.

I thought your pre-hard-boiled egg article was disgusting, but this is pretty nasty.

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