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I feel as if I've read this before, about the risks of putting all bananas in one basked so to speak. Still, interesting. I did not know that the banana can be

by unwind 4y ago

I feel as if I've read this before, about the risks of putting all bananas in one basked so to speak. Still, interesting. I did not know that the banana can be classified as "our most important fresh fruit crop". Also, this part was ... quirky and made me want to click for more details or something: A McDonald’s burger and fries meal hardly varies from Riverside, California, to Elk Grove, Illinois, to Uppsala, Sweden. (Actually, McDonald’s fries in Sweden are a pleasant surprise.)

sandos 4y ago
In Sweden we have the chain Max which is a direct competitor to McD. Max switched their fries to a much crunchier variant with the peel left on a couple of years ago, and we discussed just the other day that McD fries is not as loose and sloppy as it used to be. We guessed it might be a market adaptation to the (imho) much better Max fries.
- teddyh 4y ago
  MAX Burgers: https://www.maxburgers.com/ https://www.maxburgers.com/
- shaftway 4y ago
  So... if McDonalds french fries had been left to their typical sexual reproduction instead of mankind meddling and creating asexual clones then the McDonalds french fry would have adapted to the changing environment and increased competition from the Max french fry by itself?
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  > with the peel left on So much food waste reduction by doing that.
elil17 4y ago
They definitely are the most important fresh fruit. Bananas are the most consumed fresh fruit - the average person eats 32 pounds of bananas a year. They're the most popular fruit in many developed countries and a staple food in many developing countries. Now, not all of these are Cavendish, of course. Other countries, especially in banana-producing regions, have much wider varieties of bananas in their diets. The only fruit more popular is tomatoes - the average person eats 50 pounds of those a year. But they are typically not consumed fresh. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-popular-fruit-in-the-world.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-popular-fruit-i...
detourdog 4y ago
There is a McDonalds at the intersection of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and the Cross Bronx Expressway. One time in the middle of the night I ordered whatever hamburger and received a double cheeseburger with fried onions(fried onions are not on the McDonalds menu). That same McDondalds on another visit I found the drive-thru worker head down sleeping on the counter. The exception that proves the rule. I remember that McDonald's hamburger.

by unwind 4y ago

sandos 4y ago

In Sweden we have the chain Max which is a direct competitor to McD. Max switched their fries to a much crunchier variant with the peel left on a couple of years ago, and we discussed just the other day that McD fries is not as loose and sloppy as it used to be. We guessed it might be a market adaptation to the (imho) much better Max fries.

teddyh 4y ago
MAX Burgers: https://www.maxburgers.com/ https://www.maxburgers.com/
shaftway 4y ago
So... if McDonalds french fries had been left to their typical sexual reproduction instead of mankind meddling and creating asexual clones then the McDonalds french fry would have adapted to the changing environment and increased competition from the Max french fry by itself?
Scoundreller 4y ago
> with the peel left on So much food waste reduction by doing that.

elil17 4y ago

They definitely are the most important fresh fruit. Bananas are the most consumed fresh fruit - the average person eats 32 pounds of bananas a year. They're the most popular fruit in many developed countries and a staple food in many developing countries. Now, not all of these are Cavendish, of course. Other countries, especially in banana-producing regions, have much wider varieties of bananas in their diets. The only fruit more popular is tomatoes - the average person eats 50 pounds of those a year. But they are typically not consumed fresh. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-popular-fruit-in-the-world.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-popular-fruit-i...

detourdog 4y ago

There is a McDonalds at the intersection of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and the Cross Bronx Expressway. One time in the middle of the night I ordered whatever hamburger and received a double cheeseburger with fried onions(fried onions are not on the McDonalds menu). That same McDondalds on another visit I found the drive-thru worker head down sleeping on the counter. The exception that proves the rule. I remember that McDonald's hamburger.