Peach Woes

Last week, a massive earwig, with antenna and everything, climbed out of a peach that I was washing for lunch. Needless to say, I was itchy for the rest of the day.

I had bought said peach at a local food stand in attempt to be more "local" and "organic" and whatnot. Man, did that backfire. Normally, encounters with foreign objects in my food cause me to place a boycott, but I seriously LOVE peaches and with several weeks of peach season remaining, I just couldn't give them up.

So, I went to my regular ol' grocery store, where I was hoping to procure some peaches hopped up with pesticides. No more earwigs for me! After a couple days of ripening, my grocery store peaches were perfect. Juicy, sweet, slighty tart, and no earwigs.

So, I went back for more. This next batch, though, tasted like nail polish. That's right, if nail polish were a flavor of smoothie, these peaches would be the main ingredient. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I consulted Google. Turns out, others have also noticed the odd flavor too. The most reasonable answer Google provided is that the chemical flavor comes from pesticides sprayed on the peaches while they're in the orchard. Foiled again!

This appears to be a lose-lose situation. If you want to be "organic," hopefully you don't mind bugs. If you don't want to be "organic", hopefully you don't mind nail polish. If you mind both bugs and nail polish and you have a constant craving for peaches, you lose.