today's lesson: apple cancer
this is a photo of what i term "apple cancer."
it's a silent (buzz)killer.
it occurs when an apple is perfect on the outside -- crisp, firm, unblemished -- but, unbeknownst to the consumer,
is actually rotting from the inside out.
i have sliced open many a honeycrisp only to find apple cancer lurking within.
honeycrisps, and their abbreviated growing season, seem prone to this disease.
today's specimen was actually a fuji, though.
and i have never seen a case of apple cancer quite like the one above.
usually, the cancer is in patches, within the flesh.
but this? this was like cutting open the apple and finding gross, sticky mush at its core.
i carved out the dead apple and cut the rest into the already-in-progress fruit salad i was making.
and you know what?
the rest of that cancer-free apple was insanely sweet and rather delicious.
usually, the cancer is in patches, within the flesh.
but this? this was like cutting open the apple and finding gross, sticky mush at its core.
i carved out the dead apple and cut the rest into the already-in-progress fruit salad i was making.
and you know what?
the rest of that cancer-free apple was insanely sweet and rather delicious.
3 comments:
Yes, I've seen this. I always thought it had something to do with improper storage of the fruit. For example, I think that growers might refrigerate upon shipping, and this creates a problem.
it's SO disappointing!
at least this one was salvageable because the cancer was localized -- when it's spotty, it just becomes too much work to try to excise the bad parts, so the whole thing has to go.
exactly.
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