I’m sure I’ve bitched about the quality of fruit in Japan before. The stuff you get down at the supermarket is generally overripe, overpriced and of shit quality anyway. Hello single Apple for $3. Good day to you Mr. $40 melon. More often that not they wrap fruit in these near air-tight plastic bags which coupled with the heat and humidity only hastens the fruit along the road to bad, bad, badness. Today I was looking at Bananas (about the cheapest fruit during Japanese summers) and had three options:

1. Two extra large, plastic bag wrapped, half-dead bananas: 168 yen
2. Four large, plastic bag wrapped, half-dead bananas: 268 yen
3. Twenty, non wrapped, fresh bananas: 398 yen

Umm, now there’s a tricky decision. The crazy thing, people were staring at me as I wandered around the supermarket with my bunch of bananas in one hand and shopping basket in the other. The woman at the checkout asked if i’d like them wrapped in plastic and looked bemused when I said I’d rather leave them as they were.

I’m going to drink so many banana smoothies this weekend, then I’m going to make banana cake in my rice cooker next week with the remaining mushy ones. I’m excited.

Posted in Japan on Thursday August 11, 2005.

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