Many of you have already heard the story of the bananas that occurred while I was here for my survey week in November. The administration was very concerned about how I would get rice for breakfast and I told them I don't eat breakfast. I guess they were fairly well horrified. I told them I would have a banana for breakfast. This apparently is unheard of. My entire stay was for 6 days and they brought me 30, yes, I counted 30, bananas. The miracle was that they only generated one fruit fly.
Seriously, there is something quite different about the produce here. It seems to last for a much longer time than in the US. As far as I can tell, the produce is fairly organic. Almost everyone here on campus has a garden and they don't use any chemicals. The bananas just grow naturally. People harvest them and bring them to market. You can see papaya trees around campus as well.
And you can buy two weeks worth of bananas and by the end of two weeks, the last one might have a small brown spot on it. The bananas are smaller, maybe 4", and very sweet. I have bought one cabbage and had it in the fridge for 2 weeks and it still appeared and tasted quite fresh.
I think the big food corporations have sold the American public a line. I suppose if our produce were raised to ripen naturally and not shipped cross country, we also might have longer lasting fruits and vegetables.
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