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Kibbegirl
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Username: Kibbegirl
Post Number: 554
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:14 pm: | 
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The kids love sliced apples at home. I try to pack them in their lunches, but they always come back to me. Problem? The kids complain that the apples look "yucky and brown". Is there a way to preserve apples once cut? Someone told me squirts of lemon juice, and although I haven't tried it, wouldn't the apples taste lemony? |
Alleygater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1974
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:27 pm: |
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do the apples need to be sliced?
How about a dip in a very diluted solution of lemon juice. The acid is supposed to prevent browning. |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 2186
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:27 pm: |
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I was once told that to keep fruit salad fresh put just a few drops of lemon juice in and it keeps bananas and apples and pears from turning brown. I have been doing this ever since and have never detected a lemon taste. I would try slicing them and putting them all in a bowl and adding just 2 or 3 drops of juice. Toss 'em up and then put them in whatever container you send them off to school in.
the other option is giving each kid a paring knife and having them do it themselves on their lunch hour.
(yes I am kidding!)
good luck!
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BGS
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Username: Bgs
Post Number: 986
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:28 pm: |
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Kibbe- Try dipping them in apple juice-it worked for me...also get as much air out of the bag as you can...that contributes to the brown...I also happened upon a terrific plastic large cutting knife from Target recently (to use for lettuse) ...I know that cutting apples and the like with metal contributes to the browning as well...I used that knife on some avocado yesterday and there was no browning...
Hope this helps...
BGS |
Alleygater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1979
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:57 pm: |
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Yeah, but can't the kids just do what I did as a kid and bite into the darn thing? Who needs a pairing knife? I mean sure sliced apples are really convenient and nice, but it's NOT a lunch-time necessity. |
Kibbegirl
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Username: Kibbegirl
Post Number: 557
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:07 pm: |
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would apple juice and/or lemon juice be useful if apples are packed in a Tupperware container? If I put lemon juice and/or apple juice inside the container, could I guarantee no browning at lunch? |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3172
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:13 pm: |
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papayagirl
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Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 551
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:13 pm: |
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Ditto the lemon juice and as little extra air as possible in the bag/container. Also, i noticed the other day that costco now sells small bags of sliced apples, just like the ones i've seen served at an elementary school. I don't know what they do to them, but they don't get brown. They're in the big refrigerated room in the back. |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 2187
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:17 pm: |
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kibbe
I put lemon juice in a fruit salad I made the other night. Slapped a cover on it, put it in the fridge overnight and it was A-OK the next day. So, yeah. I think putting it in tupperware would prevent the apples from turning brown |
mjc
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Username: Mjc
Post Number: 1126
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:18 pm: |
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All the above, also Cortland apples brown much less than most other varieties. |
mantram
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Username: Mantram
Post Number: 237
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:44 pm: |
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Talking about feeding fruit to our kids, here's something good to know:
http://www.plantea.com/genetically-modified-foods.htm |
Jennifer Pickett
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Username: Jpickett
Post Number: 215
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 11:51 am: |
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The Costco ones are good- but big bags! They seem like an apple and a half. I also like lime juice on cut fruit- it adds a sweet tang. |
Goldyjess
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Username: Goldyjess
Post Number: 47
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 7:42 pm: |
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I buy pre-sliced apples in the bag in refrigerated area of produce dept at Kings. I like the green ones, but they also have red ones. They last a long time and don't turn brown - delicious! |
flugermongers
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Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 601
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 10:51 pm: |
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Yeah I was going to say, I saw them at King's - but I'm anti pre-sliced fruit anyway. Though I'm also anti King's produce's prices more.
Lemon juice does the trick, and you don't need much --
If taste is your concern, let the kids try them with lemon juice at home, and see if it goes over... I like adding lemon to fruit. I like adding lemon to anything. I'll drink turpentine if it's got lemon in it. |
flugermongers
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Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 602
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 10:58 pm: |
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Oh, one more thing - if you must resort to them cutting it themselves, I don't recommend a plastic knife, 'cause apples are hard, and having the knife slip could cut them -- there are those apple slicers, that cut them into pieces, they have little handles on the sides, I suppose you could buy your kids one of those each - but i have no idea how sharp they are. Mine is all metal, but something like this - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004OCKT/002-0849560-9996017?v=glance&n=28450 7
Maybe you can find one that is not sharp? Though they're all metal used for cutting... so I'd stick w/ the lemon.
I used to hate biting in to apples too... I had/have very sensitive teeth. |
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