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Hard pears and avocados can ripen faster in a paper bag with a banana or apple. Ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas, which tells fruit to soften and sweeten. The paper bag keeps that gas close while still letting moisture escape.
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Hard pears and avocados can ripen faster in a paper bag with a banana or apple. Ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas, which tells fruit to soften and sweeten. The paper bag keeps that gas close while still letting moisture escape.
What's this? The life cycle of a blackberry. Fascinating and yummy, right?
The New Yorker November 19, 1984 cover art by Arthur Getz
Piano Piano...
Non servono promesse grandi. Mi bastano i piccoli gesti ripetuti ogni giorno, la gentilezza, la presenza, quel modo semplice di farmi sorridere senza chiedere niente.
