MetaFilter posts tagged with fruit

Chimera Apple

HotPants — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:23 -0800

Million to one apple is half red, half green. "Fruit grower Ken Morrish was left stunned when he found a golden delicious apple on his tree split exactly half green, half red down the middle." Favorite Quote: "If there was a whole branch of apples with the same colouring then fruit experts would get even more excited."

Doom smash!

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:01:37 -0800

Dr. Victor von Doom, ruler of Latveria, master of magic and science, demonstrates his new Doom-O-Matic (SLYT)

Floyd Zaiger, father of the pluot, aprium, and others

pombe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:09:41 -0800

Many of you have probably eaten a pluot, and you're probably aware that it's a cross between a plum and an apricot. But were you aware that there are also apriums , plumcots, and even a peacotum? Pluots, apriums, and the peacotum are all developed by Zaiger's Genetics, a family fruit breeder that is also responsible for the white nectarine (the plumcot is a much older cross, developed by Luther Burbank). All of Zaiger's varieties are distributed by Dave Wilson Nursery, which has an impressive list of the fruits he's developed. There's even a book about the pluot.

Star Wars - Starring: the Internet.

logicpunk — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:04:58 -0800

Star Wars Uncut is an attempt to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope 15 seconds at a time. Individuals pick a 15-second segment and give it their best shot. Some of the results are predictably bad, some are abstract, and some are kinda awesome. There's still time to sign up for Round Two.

Coffee Cup Art

alzi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:33:27 -0800

Cheeming Boey is an artist. Sharpie on coffee cups are his chosen medium. Boey even outlines his process. The cups, of course, are for sale, and arrive in a tasteful glass case. His other projects are similarly creative.

Feliz Dia Del Trabajador

univac — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:36:14 -0800

Hope withers on the vine. A look at daily life among the produce workers in Mecca, California.

Of man's first disobedience.

peggynature — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:56:43 -0800

Butt nuts. Muffin fruits. Cashew apples. Jaboitcabas. Kinbaran. Miracle fruit (whose extract, miraculin, has been banned as a food additive by the FDA.) Bignays, gourkas, sapotes, mombins, langsats, and jaboticabas. The semi-ferocious rat-tailed papaya (parody.) "There are thousands upon thousands of fruits that we never imagined – and that few of us will ever taste, unless we embark on fruit-hunting expeditions." Adam Gollner shares photos of the experiences that led to his well-received first book, The Fruit Hunters. Via Cardhouse. Previously: 1, 2, 3.

Gomphotheres, megafauna, and anachronistic fruits

fiercecupcake — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:01:56 -0800

Osage orange, avocado, papaya, honey locust, paw paw, persimmon, and many more: fruits that have outlasted the gomphotheres and other megafauna. These "anachronistic fruits" can be a key to understanding their intended consumers. More. More. More. And even more.

Rutabagas, Artichokes, Kiwis, Oh My!

netbros — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:04:43 -0800

FruitAndVeggieGuru – everything you need to know about the delicious fruits and vegetables you enjoy. Answers about how to lower your cholesterol or how to prepare asparagus. You’ll find loads of background and variety information, nutrition specifics, serving sizes, preparation ideas and care and handling tips.

Get your damn fruits and vegetables off my lawn.

Toekneesan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:21:22 -0800

I’ve discovered that typically, a farmer who grows the forbidden fruits and vegetables on corn acreage not only has to give up his subsidy for the year on that acreage, he is also penalized the market value of the illicit crop, and runs the risk that those acres will be permanently ineligible for any subsidies in the future. (The penalties apply only to fruits and vegetables — if the farmer decides to grow another commodity crop, or even nothing at all, there’s no problem.) If you can't stop demand, curtail production. One farmer's view on the power of commodity crops. See also: Joel Salatin & Polyface Farm. Everything I want to do is Illeagal (Amazon) Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Amazon ) Barbra Kingslover's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year in Food (Amazon)

going forward with the "true eye of a lynx" to study the very anatomy of nature

jessamyn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:53:19 -0800

"While we are generally horrified by monstrosities in the case of human beings, we love them in fruit" - Giovanni Battista Ferrari (naturalist, "discoverer" of the blood orange and the cure for scurvy). Illustrations in Ferrari's book Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum cultura (1646) are based on close collaboration with Cassiano dal Pozzo and his Paper Museum, called one man's project to "commission drawings of all known antiquities, and to attempt to systematically categorize this vast repertory of visual images." This collection of over 7,000 seventeenth century illustrations, drawings, and prints -- now held by the Royal Collection -- is being assembled, cataloged and published in thirty-four separate (expensive) volumes with every item reproduced. It contains the work of the Linceans and the first illustrations created with the use of a microscope. Most of the non-fruit illustrations have never before been published. tl;dr? Here are some links to "the good stuff": highlights of the Paper Museum with Sir David Attenborough, article on the Paper Museum's discovery by David Freeberg in Natural History (1990), three scholarly articles from David Freedberg about the collection Ferrari and the pregnant Lemons of Pietrasanta, Cassiano dal Pozzo, Natural Historian, Ferrari on the Classification of Oranges and Lemons (more) [via]

Have you ever TRIED to fuck a grapefruit?

wendell — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:00:07 -0800

I knew that sooner or later, the backlash to xkcd would begin, but I never expected it would start over.... fruit... R. Stevens, that old Diesel Sweetie, is the first to respond.... Now, a very well-interfaced polling device is put online for your fruit opinions...Vote for the fruit of your choice... but vote! Anybody can make an X/Y chart... as this response found @reddit proves... (the poster says... "Um... the grapefruit drew it. I just uploaded it for him." and "Please also keep in mind that the grapefruit has an axe to grind.")

omg, it's made of food!

taz — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:06:41 -0800

Surreal photographic Foodscapes by photographer Carl Warner. Strawberry hot air balloons, towers of cheese, potato boulders, green pea boats on seas of salmon, spice roads, and sugar beaches populate these intricate and luscious scenes. More dishy foodscapes (the plate rainbow = ♥!) and other wonderful visual tricks at his Flash site in the "Fotographics" section (look for the fabulous forest of boots and the white cotton winter wonderland!). Note that the Foodscapes and other illusions are in the second section at his site (the orange box), which contains four folders. Flash. gah. I also found a bit about the process at The Thinking Blog. Via presurfer, via neatorama. And other places... but too good not to link here.

Bent fruit

Mitheral — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:52:33 -0800

An espalier is a plant trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or trellis. Developed by the Romans, they were popular in Middle Age Europe as a source of fruit in castles and monasteries because they could be grown against the keep's stone walls leaving open space unencumbered. Now they are an excellent choice for apartment and condo dwellers with small yards. For larger yards espaliers can be used as a decorative feature, to provide shade or to increase the variety of trees under cultivation. University of Florida PDF detailing the technique.

Produce aisle freak show

hydrophonic — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:24:40 -0800

Mutatoes is a photographic collection by artist Uli Westphal of non-standard fruits and vegetables found at Berlin groceries and farmers' markets. The distorted, the discolored, the bumpy, the stumpy, the coiled and the conjoined all get star treatment. (Flash site)

Lets Make Baby Trees

Stynxno — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:13:08 -0800

Impale It With Mr Carrot! Our Masters Will Be So Proud!

Australian Bananas Costing Hundreds

matkline — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:01:19 -0800

$200 Bananas Thanks to Cyclone Larry, Australian bananas are getting almost expensive as Japanese melons.

watch out for flying watermelons

christy — Thu, 25 May 2006 15:28:08 -0800

TANGO'D! remember that awesome sony advert with all the bouncy balls in san francisco? well british drink firm tango have made an great parody of it. however, the residents of swansea north, where the ad was filmed, are not too happy. beautiful music provided by josé gonzalez (review) . [via]

I'll have some of of that aam ras with puris, please.

anjamu — Thu, 11 May 2006 18:34:13 -0800

It's mango season in India! Thanks to a new agreement, Americans will be able to partake in the joy of Indian mangoes, but in the meantime, there are plenty of ways to enjoy a Florida mango. Get creative with recipes, try one with chili powder or salt and pepper (and no, MTV, it's nothing sexual), buy the mango lover in your life a splitter, or make a wish at a mango tree. (Hint: try South Florida.) Just don't eat (or burn) the leaves!

The Banana Cell Phone Cover

nitsuj — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:22:00 -0800

The Banana Cell Phone Cover - Just in time for Christmas! Hey, it looks like he's talking into a banana.

Environmentalism gets personal

orthogonality — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:20:42 -0800

The little bug eats the bigger bug, and "[i]t's bad news for beekeepers, farmers and anybody who likes to eat." An invading parasite imperils the American honeybee -- and your fruit basket. In only six months "40 percent to 60 percent of the bees nationwide have perished". And "that, in turn, hampers production of about one third of the human diet, including almonds, apples, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, sunflowers, melons and cranberries."

The fruit with a peel

Robot Johnny — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:13:22 -0800

The Secret of Bananas - Caught on tape!

Nice Melons.

dirtynumbangelboy — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:34:51 -0800

Nice Melons. Entirely and completely worksafe.

fruity beauties

madamjujujive — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:56:24 -0800

Watermelon carving - a gallery of intricate work and eclectic subjects. In Thailand, there is a tradition of elaborately carving fruit and vegetables, especially when preparing foods for royalty or as part of festivals such as Loi Krathong. This gallery offers some pictorial instructions; books, tools, and sample instructions are also available from the Temple of Thai.

I cleverly take one peach.

iconomy — Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:57:28 -0800

1: dear fruit master, you never got my first letter! i'll tell you what it said- i hate the stupid, idiotic game of fruit! the new one and the old one! they both stink! if i lose again i'm going to smash in the computer screen! i will win i will not lose again! or in three words- I WILL BE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Signed, LAURENE 2: Dear Fruit Master, I lost your game after I tried about 200 times!!!! This game is really hard, and I thought you improved it. My child is highly upset and we will never go on the internet again!!!!! signed,a very angry parent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(:(:(:(:(:(:(