My kitchen is usually clean. I do dishes once if not twice a day. My fresh fruit is in my fridge. the past few weeks i have noticed these little reddish fruit flies or gnats around my sink area. How do i get rid of these damn things? They drive me crazy.
Fruit files or gnats?
The drive me crazy too, but this works, take two ounces of cider vinegar and a couple of drops of liquid dish washing soap and put them in a small juice glass or baby food jar and leave it set for a few days and look thru the bottom of the glass, you won't believe how many are in there, I usually set several jars of this out until I no longer see any signs of fruit flies, change the mixture as needed....
Reply:Make sure that all the counter tops are clean and disinfected and then you can use bug spray just like you would use for mosquitos.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Am I allergic to fruit or is it the residual pesticide?
Whenever I eat fruits, well particularly watermelon, plums and other fruits my lips tend to swell just a teensy bit and my gums and lips tend to itch really bad. I rinse my fruits off very well before I eat them so I wanted to know could this be that I'm allergic to the fruit or could it be residual pesticides thats is somehow still left after rinsing?
Am I allergic to fruit or is it the residual pesticide?
Unfortunately, I know a lot about allergies. Fruits are a very common allergy. Pesticides cover the outside of the fruit. So, grapes, apples, plums, and other foods where you typically eat the skin, would have quite a bit of pesticide on them. With watermelon, canteloupe, mango and other fruits where you typically do NOT eat the outer covering it couldn't be the pesticide triggering the allergic reaction, it would be an allergy to the actually food. There is also the possibility that you are allergic to both. You could rule out the pestide allergy by purchasing organic fruits and see if you still are producing an allergic response. If organic fruits are out of your budget you can try canned fruit that has the skin removes such as: pears, grapefruit, and peaches. I wish you luck; food allergies are not fun.
Reply:You should go see an Allergist. He will hopefully be able to tell you if it's a food allergy or a chemical one. If it's chemical, which is what I have, unfortunately it will be practically impossible to establish which chemical is causing this reaction. So hopefully, it's a food allergy, then you can at least avoid that food. Good luck.
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Am I allergic to fruit or is it the residual pesticide?
Unfortunately, I know a lot about allergies. Fruits are a very common allergy. Pesticides cover the outside of the fruit. So, grapes, apples, plums, and other foods where you typically eat the skin, would have quite a bit of pesticide on them. With watermelon, canteloupe, mango and other fruits where you typically do NOT eat the outer covering it couldn't be the pesticide triggering the allergic reaction, it would be an allergy to the actually food. There is also the possibility that you are allergic to both. You could rule out the pestide allergy by purchasing organic fruits and see if you still are producing an allergic response. If organic fruits are out of your budget you can try canned fruit that has the skin removes such as: pears, grapefruit, and peaches. I wish you luck; food allergies are not fun.
Reply:You should go see an Allergist. He will hopefully be able to tell you if it's a food allergy or a chemical one. If it's chemical, which is what I have, unfortunately it will be practically impossible to establish which chemical is causing this reaction. So hopefully, it's a food allergy, then you can at least avoid that food. Good luck.
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If a fruit is a seed carrying structure.... would a seedless grape still be a fruit?
Fruit is defined by a seed carrying structure... but would you technically consider a seedless grape a fruit since it doesn't carry seed?
If a fruit is a seed carrying structure.... would a seedless grape still be a fruit?
The term fruit has different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds.[1] In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plums, apples and oranges. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.[2] No single terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits.[3] The cuisine terminology for fruits is inexact and will remain so. The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied to a fruit like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms, such as yew, have fleshy arils that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones. The term "fruit" has also been inaccurately applied to the seed-containing female cones of many conifers.[4]
With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowledge of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy.[5] Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as acarpous, meaning "without fruit".[6]
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Reply:It's a fruit people have manipulated. I guess that makes it a frankinfruit.
Reply:Of course. Just because the seeds have been bred out of a particular plant doesn't mean it isn't fruit. So how can a seedless grape be propagated? By the original method that created it, hybridization, or grafting.
Reply:thats a good question but i think people still say its a fruit
If a fruit is a seed carrying structure.... would a seedless grape still be a fruit?
The term fruit has different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds.[1] In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plums, apples and oranges. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.[2] No single terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits.[3] The cuisine terminology for fruits is inexact and will remain so. The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied to a fruit like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms, such as yew, have fleshy arils that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones. The term "fruit" has also been inaccurately applied to the seed-containing female cones of many conifers.[4]
With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowledge of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy.[5] Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as acarpous, meaning "without fruit".[6]
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Reply:It's a fruit people have manipulated. I guess that makes it a frankinfruit.
Reply:Of course. Just because the seeds have been bred out of a particular plant doesn't mean it isn't fruit. So how can a seedless grape be propagated? By the original method that created it, hybridization, or grafting.
Reply:thats a good question but i think people still say its a fruit
Fruit of the Loom? Someone please resolve this for me LOL!?
Okay, my son who is 7, me, and my husband were watching a Fruit of the Loom commercial. I think one guy is green grapes, one is purple grapes, and one is an apple. What the heck is the green guy with all the leaves? My son said he is lettuce but I said he can't be lettuce because they are all fruit right?
Fruit of the Loom? Someone please resolve this for me LOL!?
He's a Leaf...
Leaf, the wild card of the group, is often the topic of much discussion. The most often asked question is whether he’s in fact a fruit – to which he replies, “Well technically, no, but our lawyer says that because a leaf can be attached or connected to fruit, I can legally be called a “Fruit Guy.” Leaf was born in Rochester, New York, and found that the competition for foliage was just too intense, which is why he ended up in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After a near-deadly leaf-blower incident, Leaf developed a nervous tic that has actually helped his drumming prowess and established him as one the most powerful percussionists in country music.
Reply:Green grapes
Reply:peach??
Reply:fig leaves cause he's a fig (a fruit)
Reply:actually there is grapes,apple,green grapes,and a peach
Reply:green grapes
Reply:FIG
Reply:Either it's Fig Leaves or Tea Leaves.
Reply:I think you mean brown leaves, and I think it is a Date....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fruit...
Reply:You know I never really looked but I will next time I see that commerical ..........lol
Could he be a pear perhaps ...it has to be a fruit your correct in that ,but this is talking under ware tags now and TV so we cant be sure : )
Great web site kya so hes just a leaf I bow to your wisdom
Reply:There are four fruits. The 1893-developed logo includes:
Purple grapes
Green grapes
Apple
Gooseberries or currants (according to the dictionary, they are the same thing, or at least both belong to the bush genus "ribes")
In addition to the fruit, on the commercials, there is a character who appears to be a bunch of leaves, which matches with the leaves accompanying the fruit on the logo. These leaves look the most like tobacco leaves in real life, but some assert that they are fig leaves, which traditionally cover the same area of the body as Fruit of the Loom products do. The company only says that they are leaves.
Fruit of the Loom? Someone please resolve this for me LOL!?
He's a Leaf...
Leaf, the wild card of the group, is often the topic of much discussion. The most often asked question is whether he’s in fact a fruit – to which he replies, “Well technically, no, but our lawyer says that because a leaf can be attached or connected to fruit, I can legally be called a “Fruit Guy.” Leaf was born in Rochester, New York, and found that the competition for foliage was just too intense, which is why he ended up in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After a near-deadly leaf-blower incident, Leaf developed a nervous tic that has actually helped his drumming prowess and established him as one the most powerful percussionists in country music.
Reply:Green grapes
Reply:peach??
Reply:fig leaves cause he's a fig (a fruit)
Reply:actually there is grapes,apple,green grapes,and a peach
Reply:green grapes
Reply:FIG
Reply:Either it's Fig Leaves or Tea Leaves.
Reply:I think you mean brown leaves, and I think it is a Date....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fruit...
Reply:You know I never really looked but I will next time I see that commerical ..........lol
Could he be a pear perhaps ...it has to be a fruit your correct in that ,but this is talking under ware tags now and TV so we cant be sure : )
Great web site kya so hes just a leaf I bow to your wisdom
Reply:There are four fruits. The 1893-developed logo includes:
Purple grapes
Green grapes
Apple
Gooseberries or currants (according to the dictionary, they are the same thing, or at least both belong to the bush genus "ribes")
In addition to the fruit, on the commercials, there is a character who appears to be a bunch of leaves, which matches with the leaves accompanying the fruit on the logo. These leaves look the most like tobacco leaves in real life, but some assert that they are fig leaves, which traditionally cover the same area of the body as Fruit of the Loom products do. The company only says that they are leaves.
Fruit dip recipies.?
my family loves fruit and I was trying to find some dips that are good with fruit.
Fruit dip recipies.?
We eat a lot of peanut butter on either apples or pears.
marshmallow fluff is good on strawberries. Cool whip with choclate syrup. Cream cheese, warmed and thinned with a little milk, and cinnamon and vanilla added is nice too.
Honey drizzled over peaches with a sprinkle of cinnamon is a favorite too. (Good on most fruits)
Fruit dips are pretty easy.
Reply:Cream Cheese mixed with honey
Marshmallow cream mixed with Cream Cheese
Cream cheese mixed with lemon yogurt (8oz. each)
Pineapple Dip
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup marshmallow creme
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
Reply:plain yogurt mixed with brown sugar and fresh mint
Reply:A really good simple one is to combine sour cream and brown sugar. I'm not sure of the exact ratio of the stuff I had, but you can adjust it to your own taste.
It sounds a little weird, but it is so good. I've had it on all kinds of fruit.
Reply:oooh! here's one. weird combo of ingredients but comes out very yummy.
1 C. cottage cheese
2Tbsp peanut butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 or 2 tsp. milk
Mix thoroughly in a blender till very smooth. Goes great with many fruits.
Fruit dip recipies.?
We eat a lot of peanut butter on either apples or pears.
marshmallow fluff is good on strawberries. Cool whip with choclate syrup. Cream cheese, warmed and thinned with a little milk, and cinnamon and vanilla added is nice too.
Honey drizzled over peaches with a sprinkle of cinnamon is a favorite too. (Good on most fruits)
Fruit dips are pretty easy.
Reply:Cream Cheese mixed with honey
Marshmallow cream mixed with Cream Cheese
Cream cheese mixed with lemon yogurt (8oz. each)
Pineapple Dip
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup marshmallow creme
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
Reply:plain yogurt mixed with brown sugar and fresh mint
Reply:A really good simple one is to combine sour cream and brown sugar. I'm not sure of the exact ratio of the stuff I had, but you can adjust it to your own taste.
It sounds a little weird, but it is so good. I've had it on all kinds of fruit.
Reply:oooh! here's one. weird combo of ingredients but comes out very yummy.
1 C. cottage cheese
2Tbsp peanut butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 or 2 tsp. milk
Mix thoroughly in a blender till very smooth. Goes great with many fruits.
Calories and fruit?
I know fruit is healthy, but are there better kinds than others? are there actually fruits that can almost be considered "negative" cals, like celery? Does your body burn more calories digesting an orange than an apple? Basically, what fruits have the least amount of net cals?
Calories and fruit?
Here are a few negative calorie fruits (you burn more calories than you intake) :
Apricot
Mandarin orange
Blackberry
Melon
Blackcurrant
Peaches
Raspberry
Grapefruit
Rhubarb
Guava
Strawberry
Honeydew
Melon
Lemon
Watermelon
augmon
Calories and fruit?
Here are a few negative calorie fruits (you burn more calories than you intake) :
Apricot
Mandarin orange
Blackberry
Melon
Blackcurrant
Peaches
Raspberry
Grapefruit
Rhubarb
Guava
Strawberry
Honeydew
Melon
Lemon
Watermelon
augmon
Fruit Salad question?
I'm making a fruit salad and I'm not sure how to fix the whipped cream. I've heard warming it up then letting it cool down, and just to put it right in. I've also heard not using the whipped cream. I don't know how to do it because I don't want to overpower the whipped cream so you can't taste the fruit. I want it to taste fresh. How does it taste without whipped cream?
Fruit Salad question?
my guess is what the person who gave the ambrosia recipe said.
but mostly I just wanted to say --
how good that sounds right now!
Reply:I make FRUIT AMBROSIA at least every 2 weeks:
2 c. heavy whipping cream
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 large can mandarin oranges, drained
1-2 cans fruit cocktail, drained
bananas / coconut - OPTIONAL
3-4 c. miniature marshmellows
Whip the cream, sugar and extracts until very stiff peaks (cold cream - do NOT heat anything up).... then fold the fruit and marshmellows into it and chill.....
But, I also make fresh fruit salads every day:) Just cut up fruit, with nothing on it. You can hollow out half of a watermelon, and refill the watermelon half with all sorts of cut up fresh fruit for a nice presentation
Reply:I don't use whipped cream - I use vanilla or peach yogurt %26amp; mix in a sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg %26amp; brown sugar - then stir together with the fresh fruit. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar %26amp; fresh mint.....
Reply:I use sour cream with 1 T sugar per cup...if I am using sweetened coconut or bananas I omit the sugar...
Reply:i'm not much help because i never heard of a fruit salad with whipped cream.
Fruit Salad question?
my guess is what the person who gave the ambrosia recipe said.
but mostly I just wanted to say --
how good that sounds right now!
Reply:I make FRUIT AMBROSIA at least every 2 weeks:
2 c. heavy whipping cream
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 large can mandarin oranges, drained
1-2 cans fruit cocktail, drained
bananas / coconut - OPTIONAL
3-4 c. miniature marshmellows
Whip the cream, sugar and extracts until very stiff peaks (cold cream - do NOT heat anything up).... then fold the fruit and marshmellows into it and chill.....
But, I also make fresh fruit salads every day:) Just cut up fruit, with nothing on it. You can hollow out half of a watermelon, and refill the watermelon half with all sorts of cut up fresh fruit for a nice presentation
Reply:I don't use whipped cream - I use vanilla or peach yogurt %26amp; mix in a sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg %26amp; brown sugar - then stir together with the fresh fruit. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar %26amp; fresh mint.....
Reply:I use sour cream with 1 T sugar per cup...if I am using sweetened coconut or bananas I omit the sugar...
Reply:i'm not much help because i never heard of a fruit salad with whipped cream.
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