Peaches as good as they get.

We have been getting luscious peaches and loving it!  They are messy, but, oh the taste.  Last week I got into some that were mealy and pretty disappointing.  When you bite into one like that, you know what has happened.  They have been stored too cool, before they were ripe.

Peaches and nectarines are climacteric and do need ethylene in order to ripen properly.  But, they are a little more sensitive to temperature treatment than most fruits.  They should be fully ripe before they are refrigerated.  When you have peaches that need a little time, do NOT refrigerate them.  They should be stored together, perhaps in a closed space, at room temperature until they are ready to eat.  If they are stored together in a closed space, where the ethylene they are giving off can accumulate, the ripening will be a little more even.  Be sure not to restrict oxygen, though.  Only when they are perfectly ripe should they be put in the refrigerator, in which there is an E.G.G.

Peaches are one of the surest sign of summer.  Don’t miss out.

Actually, I wish LT would be dramatic.

 

Customer letter

 

The E.G.G. and bananas

I had a long conversation with a customer (happy, I hasten to add) about using the E.G.G. with her bananas. She said that one of her problems has been that when she has bananas on the counter, her kitchen fills up with fruit flies.  She said that she has found a way around the problem. She puts the bananas into a brown paper sack with an egg (from the E.G.G.). The paper bag keeps the flies from getting to the fruit.  Before the E.G.G., she could not get away with that because the bananas would ripen very quickly, because of the ethylene trapped inside. She said the E.G.G. fixed the problem.  Clearly, that would work with any fruit that draws fruit flies if you live in an area that has that problem.

Generally, my calls from customers are asking for advice.  I love it when customers call me with advice.  If you have advice for our customers, drop me a line.  If you have advice for me, that is funneled through Betsy.  I am not giving out her email address!

Word of Mouth works for the E.G.G.

Right after Friday’s post, we received this confirmation:

A friend referred me to your website. She thinks your product is amazing and is telling everyone how great it works!
WQ from CA 8/2/09

Of course, the real payoff comes when she tells her friends about it.