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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Modified food
« on: September 04, 2009, 08:24:35 AM »
Why ??? - ?5 for a pear - no matter what it is shaped like is just mad  noooo:



Britain could soon see the arrival of pears from China which have been shaped to look like babies

Farmer Gao Xianzhang spent six years perfecting his idea, which involves growing each fruit for a certain amount of time inside individual moulds.

Despite costing ?5 each, people in his home village of Hexia, in northern China's Hebei province, have been snapping up the unusual fruit.

He said: 'People seem to think they are cute or lucky and will buy them as soon as they're off the tree.' He has cropped 10,000 of the pears this season and is planning to export them to Britain and the rest of Europe.



Luckily for Mr Gao, he should have no problem getting his irregular shaped fruit past EU officials.

In July, wonky shaped fruit and vegetables such as curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots returned to supermarket shelves thanks to the abolition of EU rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg.
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 08:30:37 AM »
There could be money in this. Are turnips susceptible?
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 08:34:57 AM »
What moulds could we suggest for DS ????
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2009, 08:37:05 AM »
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 08:38:29 AM »
And people would be interested in eating willy fruit and veg would they  lol:
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2009, 08:38:58 AM »
Nowt so queer as folk
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2009, 10:42:38 AM »
I'd probably buy one of those pear babies.  redface:
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2009, 10:45:53 AM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on September 04, 2009, 10:42:38 AM
I'd probably buy one of those pear babies.  redface:

Will you then show us your pair?
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2009, 04:34:24 PM »
 drumroll:

TBH it looks more like a mini Buddha than a Babby  rubschin:
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2009, 07:07:37 PM »
That's what I thought! Buddha belly pears!
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2009, 07:18:52 PM »
I know, I have something similar ...  whistle:


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Re: Modified food
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2009, 07:26:42 PM »
Wouldn't you hurt your teeth on that one  eeek:
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2009, 07:29:30 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on September 04, 2009, 07:26:42 PM
Wouldn't you hurt your teeth on that one  eeek:

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Re: Modified food
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 08:57:03 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on September 04, 2009, 08:38:29 AM
And people would be interested in eating willy fruit and veg would they  lol:

Better than the real thing and one would not feel guilty about having five a day?????
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Re: Modified food
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2009, 02:59:53 PM »
Quote from: Miss Creant on September 05, 2009, 08:57:03 AM
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on September 04, 2009, 08:38:29 AM
And people would be interested in eating willy fruit and veg would they  lol:

Better than the real thing and one would not feel guilty about having five a day?????
lol: lol: lol:
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