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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago

Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock Pawpaw Fruit?

www.theatlantic.com

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Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock Pawpaw Fruit?

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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago
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Why Is the Most American Fruit So Hard to Buy?
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With a bit of science, maybe someday we will all eat pawpaws.

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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  • grue@lemmy.world
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    I can’t read the whole article because paywall, but the answer is because it goes bad quickly and is too soft for easy commercial-scale transport.

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      https://archive.is/jxG6C

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    Because one only grows randomly in the world once the previous user dies, duh. Science has only figured out how to make zoan fruit artificially.

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    Cuz they ain’t never heard of it

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    https://archive.is/jxG6C

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    Because…

    Now when you pick a paw-paw or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw, well, next time beware

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