As you know, part of living green is reducing the amount of
waste you create. So I was most interested to read the most of us waste at
least 30% of every apple we eat. I hadn’t thought about that, but it’s
certainly true that I eat my way around the outside of the apple and leave the
core in the middle. Well, according to a new report, you should eat an apple
starting from the bottom and work your way upwards. What we call the core is
actually a thin, fibrous cylinder which apparently you don’t taste when you eat
the apple vertically. (You can either eat the seeds or discard them). Eating an apple this way means there’s almost
no waste!
I love eating the bananas I grow, but I’ve been getting it
wrong, and I bet you do too! We normally open or peel a banana at the stem,
which can sometimes be easy and sometimes definitely not. Well, when you watch
a TV documentary featuring monkeys, you’ll see that they’ve found a much easier
method. Just give the other end a gentle squeeze, and it pops open beautifully!
Oh, and if you eat pistachio nuts, here’s a great tip. You
know how some nuts have a really tiny opening? Instead of fighting it and / or
losing a nail, simply use half of another pistachio shell, twist it inside the
opening and voila problem solved! ( Tip:
You can use this same idea with mussels – use an empty mussel shell like a pair
of tongs to pluck the other mussels out of their shells).
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