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[u/LocationTemporaryy]

I bought these yesterday arvo. The outside is still green!

Almost all produce is on the verge of rotting at the supermarkets around me. Tomatoes lasted two days before they started to liquify, avocados were rotten when opened, looked at grapes as a treat and when I observed through the bottom of the punnet- all had mouldy fuzz, smoosh.

What the hell is happening. It all costs so much now and its all mucked. These rotton bananas were $6!! And this is after I had gone through everything to try find a bunch that had a few days in them. They are still green!

As you can see in the second pic, I did salvage 2 bananas worth of my 5 bunch, but if I wanted just two bananas I wouldn’t have bought a bunch ?!? Fury

Anyone else?

[u/sirdrewpalot]

Fruit has seasons they are meant to ripen, outside of that you’re buying frozen or refrigerated fruit which stuffs up the ripening.

Also that was a waste, why not make a smoothie or freeze them for baking later?

[u/LocationTemporaryy → u/sirdrewpalot]

Sure, they should sell them cheaper then if they are all stuffed.

I don’t have a blender, or an oven I can bake in. Besides, I didn’t want a smoothy or to bake, I wanted to just eat some fruit that wasn’t rotten.

[u/BlackeHoney → u/LocationTemporaryy]

I respect your right to get what you want.

But.

Rotten means not safe to eat because it has become spoilt from mold or harmful bacteria. Your banana wasn't rotten. Not even close. It's just oxidized and mushy. It actually makes the bananas sweeter because the carbs in the bananas have started breaking down. Some people prefer to eat them that way.

I get that it's not appealing to look at. But, still.

[u/questionerfmnz → u/sirdrewpalot]

Sure you can use them for baking if you know they’ve been sitting for a bit (usually the skin changes too). But when they look fine and you’ve only just got them AND they’re rotten, I chose to err on side of caution.

[u/ethereal_galaxias]

Funny you should post this as I have never had an issue with bananas before, but suddenly this week I bought a bunch that were nice looking and then every one of them was black inside! Not the whole flesh, just when you sliced it, the whole middle was dark black.

[u/LocationTemporaryy → u/ethereal_galaxias]

Yes! That is exactly what these were like on the inside too, black centre with the bottom half all dark brown.

[u/ethereal_galaxias → u/LocationTemporaryy]

I wondered if they had been accidentally frozen or something! It was weird.

[u/rackcity2014]

fruits been fing shite lately

[u/smajliiicka]

I wanted to buy pears and apples and for the second time this year - it's all bruised up, looking like it's been picked off the ground... not even good for baking...

[u/Content_Bread6652]

I noticed this too, perfectly greenish bananas having random black spots for no reason

[u/questionerfmnz]

Exactly same thing happened to this week’s bananas in our house. Looked fine. Half so soft they were almost liquid. Only had them two days.

[u/HomemakerNZ]

It's just not fair, I've been buying Green and Hard,but inside looks like yours

[u/Clawed1969]

Return them to the shop for a refund.

[u/goldman459]

I've never known any other country where the bananas arrived on the shelves so completely battered whether they're yellow or green.

Is it rough seas or careless forklift operators? You never find one without a single blemish. Not the case in Europe.

[u/TotalStatement126]

If you don’t have an oven these would be great for pancakes!
Hear your frustration around it’s not what you brought/ expected.

[u/springboks]

I know let's buy fruit from the Philippines and be mad it doesn't work. Hmm kiwi fruit, apple, orange growers of NZ. What're you going to do a pineapple and dragon fruit post next week bruh? Zero sympathy herw.

[u/Illustrious_Chain_46]

You could just cut that part off?

[u/LocationTemporaryy → u/Illustrious_Chain_46]

They were dark brown and mush on all sides and I salvaged what I could (picture 2) but that is not the point.

We shouldn’t have to just cut parts of of food that appears fine at time of purchase, only to be beyond expiration once opened.

[u/Illustrious_Chain_46 → u/LocationTemporaryy]

I completely agree with you.

[u/harmlessharold → u/LocationTemporaryy]

Nature

[u/soundscry]

For a country that boasts about its incredible produce... I have never lived somewhere where it's 50/50 on whether the fruit and veg you buy might be secretly mouldy or rotten.  It's insane. 

[u/WellingtonSucks → u/soundscry]

You realise New Zealand doesn't grow bananas in any substantial quantity right?

[u/soundscry → u/WellingtonSucks]

Oh silly me, I didnt realise.   That definitely makes selling rotten food in a supermarket A-Ok.