Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > > > We don't refrigerate those things either. The only vegs we routinely
> > > > refrigerate are lettuce and spring/green onions if not being used right
> > > > away. Fruits usually only the strawberries and blueberries. Most things
> > > > are left out at room temp for a couple of days until used.
> > >
> > > The trick being not to buy more than you can use. <g>
> >
> > As always. Trying to keep produce 'fresh' for days at a time negates any
> > point in buying them fresh in the first place.
>
> Yes. I can go to the store every morning after work if I wanted or
> needed to as I can simply hit it on my way home. One of the advantages
> to working night shift is that I can get to the store around 07:00 so
> there is hardly anyone there, and they are just stocking in the freshest
> produce.
>
> Also by then, the meat market has been there long enough to sometimes
> have markdown stuff.

Yes always liked shopping after a night shift as well. But in urban
areas there are enough places to shop that picking up something on the
way home or at lunchtime is easy enough.
>
> >
> > > Around here, another issue is fruit flies but we've DRASTICALLY cut back
> > > on that by washing all produce well in hot soapy water as soon as we get
> > > it home. Bananas especially.
> >
> > Can't say we've had problems with that. Damaged fruit would certainly
> > encourage fruit flies. We don't wash the fruit until we use it, as it
> > can hasten spoilage if it is damaged.
>
> Fruit flies are a real problem around here. Probably because many
> University genetics class students sometimes set their fruit fly
> cultures free at the end of the semester (or at the end of each breeding
> experiment) instead of Etherizing them and dumping them in the mineral
> oil cans/morgues like they are supposed to!

LOL. The very few experiments I've done with fruitflies didn't end to
their advantage anyway, ie had to isolate their DNA. They don't survive
*that* procedure in any case


>
> I know I sure killed any extras that _I_ had when I was finished with
> them! The only vial I kept going the entire semester was a vial of
> virgin Wild type females because it saved me a lot of time on the
> assignments... I'd collect those at the two hour hatch period along
> with any others from the other vials I needed to complete the lab.
> --
> Peace! Om
>


Never did that sort of fruitfly work during university.