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This is a thread that's meant to be an all-purpose oasis for Hatrack on days when it's unseasonably serious or unseasonably fluffy. Today it seems rather serious. And boring.
So, fluffy conversation #1: Creamy or Chunky Peanut Butter? Bananas or no bananas? Or do you just hate sandwiches??
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Slightly off-topic qusetion here (There are no rules in the Oasis right? right).
Do you have to put peanut butter in the fridge after you open it? My mom says you do, but I hate doing it because hardened PB is hard to spread.
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I tell myself that I prefer chunky because it seems somehow healthier. But I always buy smooth. I haven't decided if I do it because I prefer the taste/texture or because I've decided it's less healthy and therefore a treat.
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Umm I never keep my PB in the fridge. However if you buy the organic kind you might need to. What does it say on the bottle?
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Man, peanut butter and banana sandwhiches are one of my favorites, but I haven't had 'em in so long...
And there was a small shop called "The Oasis" at my middle school. They sold red licorice and pencils.
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creamy peanut butter w/syrup on top of french toast -- man, that was a breakfast that used to stick to my ribs all day! (my grandma would make me that before school in the mornings)
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Years ago I read that peanut butter, if left unrefrigerated after opening, would develop carcinogenic compounds. It was so long ago (at least a decade, maybe more) that I have no idea what my source was, so I don't know if it's true or not.
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Ketchup is another one that people didn't used to put in the fridge.
What about fruit? I realize that this is an aesthetics thing rather than a safety issue, but I much prefer my fruit to be somewhere between room temperature or warm (I love the way apples, cherries, peaches, and just about every other fruit tastes when it's fresh picked, still warm from being in the sun.). The only exceptions to this that I can think of are watermelon, which I like chilled (although I enjoy it warm too) and grapes, which I tend to prefer frozen (although again, warm works too).
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According to this guy and a few other sites I saw, there's a carcinogenic compound that is caused by mold, but it's more prevalent in organic peanut butter.
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Ah, yes. The fruit should always be out in a fruit bowl. Not only does it not need refrigeration, but things with high ethylene content (tomatoes, apples) will wilt everything else in your fridge a lot faster.
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mmmm....frozen grapes. One of life's greatest joys. I am also convinced that the only way a Red Delicious apple can be eaten is cold.
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Also, just about anything edible you buy at a Wal-Mart will never, ever go bad. It may cause cancer, but it did that anyway.
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OSHA (warning, PDF file) says that peanuts which test positive for the carcinogenic compound are not food grade and aren't allowed to be used by peanut butter companies.
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quote:What's your favorite fruit, if you had to pick one?
Mango! Mangomangomangomango.
It's hard to get good ones outside of July, but if you buy them then by the case and cut them into cubes and freeze them, you're set for the year.
The best are bought at a roadside stand in Mexico, hacked up expertly with a machete, and covered in lime juice and chile.
The mango, though, has many uses. One of my favorite things to do is to sautee a chopped mango in its own juice with cinnamon and nutmeg and serve it in crèpes with dark chocolate sauce.
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Oh, and the best apple by far is the Macintosh. Specifically, Macintosh apples from the Bitterroot Valley of Montana that you can only get for one week in September. The British Columbian ones aren't too bad, though.
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If I could only pick one fruit, it would be easy Strawberries...
yummmmmmm
I'm not big on Bananas though Celia made interesting Bananas Foster that were actually quite palatable considering I don't normally like anything with bananas.
btw I need that recipe celia so I can crack the whip and get Steve to make me some more
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Hey, me too Annie! There really isn't any food that I like better than a perfect late summer mango. A friend of mine from India says that even the best Mexican mangos he's tried (and he's travelled quite a bit in Mexico, so he knows what he's talking about) don't hold a candle to the mangos he gets during the hot season in India. At some point, I'm going to go over there and try one*.
*well, two. I tell a lie, three.
I'll eat only the 5 dozen mangos, thank you very much.
I love dried mangos too, as long as they're unsweetened.
Interestingly, I don't like most mango flavored candy I've tried, and most mango drinks I've sampled have been hidious.
I'll have to try that recipe, by the way. Sounds delicious. Ever have mango with sweet salty coconut milk drenched sticky rice?
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In general, fruit is my favorite type of food. I think that the roseapple and the delicious apple are the only two varieties I've ever tried that I wouldn't eat again.
I love all the fruits you guys have mentioned so far, as well as musk melons, cantaloupe, honey dew melons, lychee, rambutaan, longan, langsart, papaya, watermelons, rasberries, cherries, mullberries, pears, banannas (especially some of the smaller varieties), jackfruit, starfruit, durian...
My god I'm hungry now.
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Noem, have you ever had the little yellow mangoes? They're probably a quarter of the size of a big standard mango, and I've seen them in the US but only tried them in Mexico. They were sweeter and mushier, but very good.
And trying an Indian mango sounds like the perfect justification for visiting the subcontinent like I 've always wanted to
btw... where are they native to? India? Were they brought to the Americas?
*goes to research mango lore*
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Well, it's an old schoolyard joke. Doesn't come over too well as text. Something like:
Kisses are like fruits: There's peaches, (said with pursed lips) pomegranates, (said with mouth wide open) plums, (said with tongue extended) and alfalfa. (said while flapping tongue)
Hey, a kid from California told it to me, and my wife had already heard it, growing up in Utah, so it can't be that obscure. And besides, this is an oasis, so gimme a break.
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Yeah Annie, they're pretty good. I don't like the texture so much, but at least they aren't super fiberous like some of the ones you get in conventional grocery stores. There is an Asian grocery not too far from my house that gets amazingly good mangos, in season of course. They actually call me when they get a shipment in, and when I walk in the door the woman who is always behind the counter says "Ah, mangos!" and goes back to their walk in to get me a case of them. Yes, I have a case a week mango habit. But I can quit any time.
On my way home from the gym tonight I stopped and bought myself a bunch of different fruits. I'm going to gorge on them over the next couple of days. Unfortunately, the nectarines were fruit fly infested, so I had to do without.
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Skillery, I've never heard that in my life. Guess it hadn't made it to KS when I was in school.
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