Fruits are paired with something every day. I like affordable fruits, like apples and oranges; the fresher, the better, and the lower the price, the better. Only seasonal fruits can meet these requirements, while many off-season fruits are easily identified by their prices. For example, eating watermelon now. Even if the price isn't an issue, it doesn't taste that good. It might be due to the high price, or perhaps the off-season makes it feel more precious? This leads to higher expectations.
Cantaloupe#
I mentioned before that I sometimes buy from roadside stalls or wholesale markets, and I find the prices and quality quite good. For instance, I previously bought over ten cantaloupes wholesale. They were priced at either 1.5 or 1.2 per pound. I eat slowly, one a day, and a small one weighs over four pounds. The refrigerator's cold storage is too small, so I can't keep them fresh. As I eat them, I notice some cantaloupes start to have surface dents, turning gray and dark, with small pits appearing. At this point, I usually just throw them away; spending money to buy medicine for stomach issues or liver damage, along with the psychological trauma, isn't worth it. It's better to just toss them.
Sugarcane#
Red heart sugarcane looks quite nice. When I was young, I always thought it was a marking, just like the blue-purple stamp on pork. In fact, it's a type of fungus; during the reproduction of the fungus, a highly toxic toxin—3-nitropropionic acid neurotoxin—is produced. Initial symptoms of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, followed by dizziness, headaches, and convulsions. In severe cases, it can lead to cerebral ischemic necrosis, respiratory failure, or even death. Some poisoned patients may experience speech and motor disorders. I ate it when I was young. Fortunately, I probably had a small amount, so there were no issues. If I see it again, I’ll just discard it.
Persimmons#
A few days ago, I bought chocolate persimmons and ate one each day. On the first day, there was no issue, but on the second day, I felt discomfort in my stomach, sour and uncomfortable. After drinking water, I felt fine. Later, I found out that eating too much hawthorn can also cause this problem; someone ate a one-meter-long candied hawthorn and ended up with a stomach stone.
Note
Hawthorn contains high levels of pectin and tannic acid, which can precipitate into an insoluble substance when it comes into contact with gastric acid, sticking together with hawthorn skin, fibers, and food residues, making it hard to digest and prone to forming stomach stones.
After the formation of stomach stones, most patients experience discomfort in the upper abdomen, bloating, nausea, or pain. Some patients exhibit symptoms similar to chronic gastritis, such as loss of appetite, indigestion, dull pain, acid reflux, and heartburn.
Therefore, hawthorn should not be consumed in excess, as it can easily lead to stomach stones. Hawthorn contains a large amount of organic acids, fruit acids, and hawthorn acid, which can cause a sharp increase in gastric acid, adversely stimulating the gastric mucosa. Eating 2-3 pieces occasionally is more appropriate, and it should not be consumed on an empty stomach or after drinking alcohol. Patients with gastritis, gastric ulcers, or esophagitis should also avoid it, especially avoiding eating raw hawthorn on an empty stomach.
This seems unrelated to spoiled fruits, but that feeling made me reevaluate fruits like persimmons and hawthorn.
Pomelo and Grapes#
I've eaten purple heart pomelo a few times; it's not expensive, and if it's neither sour nor astringent, it's considered good pomelo. My standards aren't high, and this year's first one was indeed sweet; it's the best experience I've had in recent years. Thanks to cultivation techniques, like the Qingwang grapes, which seem to be better than the Dazeshan or local grapes available in the market. The Qingwang variety has many branches; some are seedless and don't require peeling, some have edible skins with seeds, and some are seedless but need peeling. The flavors vary, some are similar, some are sweeter, and some have a more astringent tannin taste. I can't tell the difference between Li Kui and Li Gui; after all, I can't identify them from a genetic perspective. Qingwang grapes feel less like grapes. By the way, the flesh of Qingwang grapes has a texture that mixes tomatoes and grapes. The advantage is that they are easy to transport, not too bouncy, and not easily broken. Each grape is tightly packed together, taking up minimal space, making it seem designed for efficient transportation.
Back to the pomelo, I bought one and left it for almost a week. It looked okay on the surface. It was a bit soft; the skin of the pomelo is thick. After removing the white pith and skin, the seeds inside and the shape and color of the flesh didn't seem right. Perhaps I was biased; there was a strong alcoholic smell. I wondered if the alcohol could kill bacteria and if it had fermented. I was wrong; I even tried a bite and immediately spat it out. The sourness combined with the alcohol flavor was unpleasant. Then I rinsed my mouth and discarded it. I silently thought about the cost of medicine and irreversible physiological damage. I can set aside the psychological aspect for now.
Fruit Ninja Game#
I first played it on a graphics tablet, which I only used a few times for Fruit Ninja before it sat idle. My child likes to draw; I wonder if it can still be used. Speaking of the graphics tablet, I initially planned to write my own font, but later found it difficult to write, so I printed it out and handwrote it with a pen, then took a photo to upload. My handwriting is quite average. I'm just messing around for fun.