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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 2 July | 151 comments (151 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

You'll be happy to know that 'ugly' fruit is again allowed in the EU. Our cucs no longer have to be straight ;-)

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 04:39:11 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 3)

Sven Triloqvist:

Our cucs no longer have to be straight

Not straight?! Oh noes! Quick, somebody pass a "Defense of Vegetables Act"!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 04:49:26 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 2)

The new regulations are a replacement for:

In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, the bananas must be:

green and unripened
intact
firm
sound; produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded
clean, practically free from visible foreign matter
practically free from pests
practically free from damage caused by pests
with the stalk intact, without bending, fungal damage or dessication
with pistils removed
free from malformation or abnormal curvature of the fingers
practically free from bruises
practically free from damage due to low temperatures
free from abnormal external moisture
free from any foreign smell and/or taste

In addition, hands and clusters (parts of hands) must include:

a sufficient portion of crown of normal colouring, sound and free from fungal contamination
a cleanly cut crown, not bevelled or torn, with no stalk fragments

The physical development and ripeness of the bananas must be such as to enable them to:

withstand transport and handling
arrive in satisfactory condition at the place of destination in order to attain an appropriate degree of maturity after ripening

<it says here>

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 04:57:10 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (none / 1)

Not to be confused with ugli fruit.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 04:59:53 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (none / 0)

HOLY GMO! Ugli is trademark? You won't bloody likely see that tree in my orchard (if I had one).

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:15:11 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (none / 1)

We had a plan once to apply acetate stencils around the circumference of apples to emboss a brand name during the last period of growth. I think we were too stoned to wait for the results.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:21:29 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 2)

LOL. Not that I was planning on export this season or next. Given our capital requirements are currently commited to soil conditioning as it were.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:01:45 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 2)

Compost, compost, compost. I've become quite religious about it. 60 - 100 kilos a year is, of course, peanuts - but it makes me feel good ;-)

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:15:00 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 3)

Compost, compost, compost.

LOL. Tell me more. I've started two 'informal' heaps and one basket cooking. (Red wigglers are on hold.) None of which simplifies the gravel isssshue or accelerates the time issshue or funds the massive tree pruning issshues.

The photo is dated and doesn't show my lovely improvements to the briar patch. LOL. It's a pity in a way that half the property is shaded.

I'll be pleased with myself if I can extend the growing season into November. I find most "cool season" vegetables quite tasty.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:29:05 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (none / 1)

I'm a prune when it comes to pruning. We had a willow hit by lightning and amputated it in such a way as all were convinced that we would be confronted by a stump. This year we have osierville - I could be making baskets for a living if I knew my warp from my weft.

Life, like hope, springs eternal.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:58:08 PM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 2)

I bought a hatchet two weeks ago, and I'm saving up for a pocket chainsaw.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 06:55:25 PM EST
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Garden stuff (4.00 / 3)

'The Texas Pocket Chainsaw Massacre' would be far more gruesome than the original.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 03:48:29 AM EST
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Re: Garden stuff (4.00 / 2)

but fortunately far too slow for the modern cineamgoing public, I think we will be saved this by the ADD of the youth of today. ;)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 05:25:59 AM EST
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Re: I haz cuc trauma (4.00 / 3)

OMG a gadget... must... stop... coveting... GAAAH!!!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 04:29:01 AM EST
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