Why are all the fruits rotting from the inside?

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
I bought apples at an orchard. I left them in a bowl for a few days and went to have one and it turned into slimy applesauce in my hand. I checked the others and they were getting rotten around the stem. The apples at the library food give away were the same. I got an eggplant last week and it was dark brown down the center when I cut it open. What is going on?
 

I'm not seeing that here. I bought some apples yesterday, and while not as crisp as I'd like (late in the season for the variety now) they weren't spoiled.
 

What happens here is the fruit is picked too early... its then kept in cold stoargae for far too long and then after it goes out on the shelves it very quickly deteriorates ...so we find ouselves buying fruit..particuarly bananas even green bananas which are attracting fruit flies within 2 days...
 
I think they(you know..they) are pumping up produce in the same way that chicken breasts and thighs are now bigger that what turkeys used to be. Jalapeno chilies are now almost as big as a Bell pepper, purple onions are bigger than lawn bowling balls, and peaches are not only hard as a rock when you buy them, they stay that way.
 
debodun said:
I bought apples at an orchard. I left them in a bowl for a few days and went to have one and it turned into slimy applesauce in my hand. I checked the others and they were getting rotten around the stem. The apples at the library food give away were the same. I got an eggplant last week and it was dark brown down the center when I cut it open. What is going on?
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The apples were stored poorly and perhaps held too long.

The eggplant certainly was not grown in upstate NY and the 2 issues are a coinkydink. The internal browning is due to rough handling after packing in the distribution system and old age.
 
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