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Let's talk about FRUIT

When you walk to the produce section at your grocery store, what's your strategy?
Do you walk right to your favorites, grab it and walk away?
Do you walk straight to the organic produce?
Do you walk back and forth comparing prices?


I would probably fall in the walk back and forth.  I'd like to buy organic all the time, but I just can't seem to.  Call me frugal, call me what you wish.


I read the Environmental Working Group's list of the pesticide levels of common fruits, ranked from 1 (lowest pesticide load) to 100 (highest load).
Here are the results:
YES (splurge on organic fruit)
-Peaches,  100 (yeah, the highest possible...)
-Apples, 89
-Strawberries, 82
-Pears, 65
-Grapes, 43
-Oranges, 42


NO (not necessary for the splurge)
Blueberries, 24
Bananas, 16
Pineapples, 7


Well, that's sad.  Especially since most of my favorites are in the yes list and I very rarely, like very very rarely, buy organic produce.


I'm going to look at it as an investment, not a splurge, and try.  Yes, I know I've said that before, but maybe this time I will succeed.


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On a somewhat related note:


I had my last mango of the year this morning.  (No, I'm not crazy, I only like the yellow ones.)
It was delicious and I throughly enjoyed it!
Until next year dear mangos.

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