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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Readers reply: Is ‘ripen at home’ fruit the supermarkets’ idea of a joke?

A woman in a yellow apron holds a pear in each hand

I can’t be the only person who has become deeply distrustful of “ripen at home” fruit and veg. I’ve tried many varieties – peaches, pears, avocados – but either they stay rock-hard for weeks or they turn overnight and I find them oozing in the fruit bowl. When and how did we start having to pay extra for produce we can actually eat? Graeme McIntyre, Edinburgh

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