HKG166: Apple Crisp

today was a nice, low-key day. we are still catching up and normalizing after being away, and it was nice to keep it mostly quiet.

we skyped with a dear friend this morning, and then josh took the kids to the pool while i sat on my tukus and did nothing. once they got home, it was time for lunch, so i whipped up some grilled cheese and tomato soup. while i was slaving over the stove, i kept smelling burning plastic. i moved the pans around to make sure their handles weren't over the flame...still smelled the burning plastic. i then realized there was an apple behind one of the pans...an apple i bought at a fruit stand last night and that had fallen out of the fruit bowl i moved before starting lunch.

the apple was producing the HELLACIOUS burning plastic smell. this makes me wonder exactly how much wax/plastic is on this fruit to make it look shiny and fresh. finding organic food here is not really hard, but it is SUPER expensive...far more expensive than in the states. i do 90% of my fruit and vegetable shopping in the wet markets, and i know that nothing i buy is even remotely organic. i did not realize, though, exactly how unnatural it was. the apple was exposed to a high, open flame for several minutes and it has a big, crispy burn on it...like a burn you'd see on plastic that had been exposed to an open flame.

YUCK!!!!!!