Keeping fruit fresh?

[Woodman]

Went for a ride the other week and decided that instead of the usual moro bars i would take a banana and a nectarine with me.
I put them in the pocket in my hydra pack and left for an epic adventure thinking that when i got peckish they would be there waiting for me all fresh and juicy as they were when they went in. Wrong wrong wrong , the banana had turned black and was all mushy and the nectarine was well, well its a little hard to talk about really, but, but it was was mutilated beyond recognition.
Couldn't bring myself to eat either one so gave them a decent burial near the top of the maungatap, so if you see a bananarine tree one day when riding near the summit just nod in recognition as you zoom on past. That is all they would have wanted.

Anyway what do you guys do to keep your fruit fresh? maybe a carrot would be a better idea.

Your thoughts please.

[DR650gary]

Refrigerator. :innocent:

[Night Falcon]

I put my fruit in basket tied to the top of my helmet....it keeps it fresh alright but people keep asking me if I'm from the carrabian:blink:

[Ender EnZed]

http://bananabunker.com/

[Hitcher]

Buy a Goldwing and get the optional pannier chiller unit fitted.

[Rosie]

It pains me to say it, but oranges are an excellent adventure fruit :mellow:

Apples are ok, if they are in season - best if you pick them from a tree on the side
of some dodgy little gravel road.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/968/p3290038.jpg

Failing that, you could always invest in a banana guard (http://www.bananaguard.com/).

Or I could give you a good muesli bar recipe :yes:

[Oakie]

Possibly ... just possibly the problem was that a nectarine and a banana shouldn't be stored together. I know there is one fruit that gives off a gas which hastens decomposition in other fruits. Can't be arsed researching it though.

[Ocean1]

You're not supposed to store bananas with other fruit, something in one accelerates the rotting process in the other.

[Hitcher]

Bananas give off ethylene gas, which is a fruit ripening agent.

There are times when having an agricultural science degree has its uses.

[Woodman]

You're not supposed to store bananas with other fruit, something in one accelerates the rotting process in the other.

Yes its bananas , thats where the "no bananas in boats" thing comes from cos on long sea journeys the bananas would wreck all the other fruit. But for a half day ride they should be fine as they live together in our fruit bowl for a week with no worries.

shit Argentina just scored against Scotland. :woohoo: Tight game.

[Ocean1]

Yes its bananas , thats where the "no bananas in boats" thing comes from cos on long sea journeys the bananas would wreck all the other fruit. But for a half day ride they should be fine as they live together in our fruit bowl for a week with no worries.

shit Argentina just scored against Scotland. :woohoo: Tight game.

Yes, doesn't seem long enough does it? Still, I've known it happen quite quickly.

Suggestion: Freeze the fuckers. Changes the way they eat but I don't mind it.

[Shewolf]

what the....fruit? next you'll be wanting to pack a guitar and play kumbaya at the campsite :shutup:

[blackdog]

http://bananabunker.com/

Imagine the hilarity and poking of fun when you get that from your pack when out riding with mates!

I'll stick with oranges I think.

[Shewolf]

thats in interesting dual-purpose apparatus :innocent:


http://bananabunker.com/

[Padmei]

Good grief, another DR vs KLR thread - you won't let it rest will you Woodman:facepalm:


:shutup:

[pete-blen]

thats in interesting dual-purpose apparatus :innocent:

:shit:...........:love::banana:

[dino3310]

put the Banana in with the 6pack, its kept cool and protected

[Waihou Thumper]

I cut up apples and take a container.. Thing is, they do turn a little brown after a day so have to be eaten ASAP. Now, eggs? that is another story :) Hard boiled in a egg container, these taste good at the top of Antimarloch :) as does Cabin bread, cheese and vegemite :yes:

[p.dath]

You're not supposed to store bananas with other fruit, something in one accelerates the rotting process in the other.

+1. Bananas accelerate ripening/rotting in other fruit.

[NordieBoy]

Anyway what do you guys do to keep your fruit fresh? maybe a carrot would be a better idea.

Your thoughts please.

Don't fall off onto them then...

[Transalper]

Ok, was the fruit in your opinion rotten, cooked or blended?
Answer that question and the answer to yours may be more obvious.

[pete376403]

According to Ed Hertfelder (The Duct Tapes) proper enduro/off road riding food is fried egg sandwiches wrapped in waxed paper.

[Ocean1]

fried egg sandwiches

I didn't like to say... I mean, fruit?

Tripe butties, cold black pudding and gravel is proper.

[Underground]

mmm, tripe butties.....now thats real adventure riders fruit that is!

But how do you keep them fresh?

[Woodman]

I didn't like to say... I mean, fruit?

Tripe butties, cold black pudding and gravel is proper.

Yup. 5 plus a day. Works a treat.

And the fruit was fresh.

Might try vegetables next time. vegetables are superior anyway.

[warewolf]

Might try vegetables next time. vegetables are superior anyway.Especially pumpkins... :shutup:

Monstaman did some scary damage to an avocado sandwich on the Tekapo Tamer, maybe he'll post a pic?