I like apples and eat at least one a day.I like them cold and keep them in the refrigerator. When I want one,I take it out of the fridge,rinse it in cold water,and wipe it dry with a paper towel,even though I’m going to peel it with a small knife.I only buy Fujis,for what it’s worth,but there’s occasionally somethin" happenin’ here,and what it is ain’t exactly clear.
Soetimes after drying my apple,I’ll hear a distinct snapping sound,and upon putting it next to my ear,I can tell that it’s coming from where the stem would be if I hadn’t twisted it off.
When I first heard it and finally located it as coming from my apple,I thought maybe I had got hold of a Mexican jumping apple,but it wasn’t moving,just snapping. Then I thought possibly my apple was sentient and trying to communicate with me through some snapple(Hee)code,and had I been high I probably could have interpreted it,but lamentably,I wasn’t.
So,it’ll snap for possibly between a minute and two,and then shut off. This happens about every eighth or tenth apple.Does anyone have any idea what this can be? Yes,I welcome the jokes I’m gonna get,but I’d really like to hear any real theories,too.
Any chance the stem-removal could’ve opened a small air-passageway into the core of the apple? and the water from rinsing would be attempting to block that airway, and the snapping is just air bubbling through as the cold air inside the core warms, expands and bubbles out?
That seems quite logical.I admire your thought process,althoughI wonder if the water wouldn’t just bubble out of the stem hole without making sounds. Or maybe I just want some exotic,possibly extraterrestrial solution. Maybe they’ve decided to bypass the SETI system and talk to someone they can trust:ME! After all, no one else has come forward to say how happy they are to find someone else that this is happening to. Maybe I’ll start a cult.
vetbridge:
I don’t remember seeing Galas at my local Safeway,but I’ll look. May I ask how you know they don’t snap? Do you follow the same system I do? Maybe they just don’t snap at YOU.Anyway,I’ll check it. If they also communicate (that’s the way I’ve chosen to think of it) with me,I’ll e-mail you,but I will require sworn secrecy on your part.
MaybeI’m just channeling Johnny Appleseed. Yes,in case that’s it,I’ll gather a bag of seeds and start walking the country in the spring,spreading seeds and happiness among the apple-cheeked country gir–um,folk.
I can’t be seen buying Pink Lady apples! That would be like going into a bar and saying loudly,“Oooo,mithter bartender,may I have a Shirley Temple,pleath.”
On the other hand,in certain bars that might get me some of that there feelaysheO,and it’s been a long time…
I am sure your Safeway would have Galas if they carry Fujis. Check with the Produce Manager. Also, if you reread my previous post I did not say Galas do not communicate. I said they do not snap. Galas communicate via a high pitched chirp.
