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Originally Posted by bjones6416
Seriously, though, the supermarket imported fruits and vegetables are what the majority of Americans eat, I think, and those can be pretty tasteless.
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Almost all imported fruits and veggies have to be picked before they ripen. Otherwise they would be rotten by the time they reach the markets. So they pick them 'green' then spray them with ethylene gas just prior to arrival. This gas causes the ripening process to begin, but with the produce no longer being attached to the vine/tree/bush, etc., they don't get the benefit of the host flavors.
I remember buying a peach in Georgia, one day while riding through some rural area and stopping at a farm stand, that almost made my head explode because of the intense peach flavor. It's a shame they don't have farms inside cities...
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