Body Preservation Help

[Dingo]

I have heard that fruit only lasts 2-3 days and then it decomposes/loses its nutrition. I am worried that once I buy fruit for the week, that they will rot the next day. So how much and how frequently should I buy fruit and veggies? I have though of freezing, but I want to hear your opinion. Help?

[DeeJay]

Fridge.

[Dingo]

Thanks. I found the solution!
After school nearby, there is a supermarket, to which I could go to every 3 days and get fruit, and eat fresh! Thanks anyway.

[shengoikee]

yeah shopping often is a good idea. i usually go 3 or more times a week for fruit and veg.

[compleks]

How long do you think it takes the fruit to get from the growers to the supermarket shelves?

[PaRaSiTe_X92]

At least a month.

[Rahf]

Some of the fruit ripens on the way to the grocery shops.

Dingo: Buy smaller batches and buy them more often, like Shengoikee said. If you want something that lasts longer, buy it frozen.

[rock_ten]

I got four big melons from the bins behind a supermarket yesterday. And crates of good fruit and veg left behind when the market stalls closed. If I ate bread and cakes and shit like that, I needn't ever buy food again.

[Lobo]

Ha ha, you eat refuse.

[Lees Dragon]

I got four big melons from the bins behind a supermarket yesterday. And crates of good fruit and veg left behind when the market stalls closed. If I ate bread and cakes and shit like that, I needn't ever buy food again.

You're serious???!

Sarcasm is quite hard to distinguish sometimes :tongue:

[rock_ten]

You're serious???!

I'm serious.

[thaeds]

I didn't read the thread but the standard way to preserve a body is as follows...

The actual preservation process usually involves four parts:

1. Arterial embalming, which involves the injection of embalming chemicals into the blood vessels, usually via the right common carotid artery. Blood is displaced from the right jugular vein. The embalming solution is injected through a mechanical pump and the embalmer massages the corpse to ensure a proper distribution of the embalming fluid. In case of poor circulation, other injection points are used.

2. Cavity embalming, the suction of the internal fluids of the corpse and the injection of embalming chemicals into body cavities, using an aspirator and trocar. The embalmer makes a small incision just above the navel and pushes the trocar in the chest and stomach cavities to puncture the hollow organs and aspirate their contents. He then fills the cavities with concentrated chemicals that contain formaldehyde. The incision is either sutured closed or a "trocar button" is screwed into place.

3. Hypodermic embalming, the injection of embalming chemicals under the skin as needed.

4. Surface embalming, which supplements the other methods,especially for visible, injured body parts.

A typical embalming takes one to two hours. An embalming case that requires more attention could take longer. The repair of an autopsy case or the restoration of a long bone donor are two such examples.

Hope this answers your question.

[Rahf]

Thaeds, this is the training forum. Not the "Corpses And Carcasses" subforum.

[Dingo]

Oopsie, I put body instead of food, heh, silly me:tongue:

[Final Prophecy]

I'm serious.

HAHAHA rock ten actually finally made the plunge. Hows it feel to have dropped out of society?

Weren't you the one who made that thread about dropping out in the publicus?

[Ashtar]

Nutrition doesn't alway disappear. I guess some of the vitamins might. It's due to bacteria right? Spray it with lysol.

[Rahf]

HAHAHA rock ten actually finally made the plunge. Hows it feel to have dropped out of society?

Weren't you the one who made that thread about dropping out in the publicus?

He's the one who dug around in refuse for food.

[rock_ten]

HAHAHA rock ten actually finally made the plunge. Hows it feel to have dropped out of society?

I've hardly dropped out of society.
I take cool shit from bins - you'd be a fool not to.

[rock_ten]

He's the one who dug around in refuse for food.

To clarify - it isn't a swampy mess of rotting shit, flies, mould and crocodiles. Supermarket bins are pretty clean - just cardboard boxes and packaged food. No worries.
I did find a pretty funny item in another skip - I'll post a pic in the publicus later.

[Cully]

To clarify - it isn't a swampy mess of rotting shit, flies, mould and crocodiles. Supermarket bins are pretty clean - just cardboard boxes and packaged food. No worries.
I did find a pretty funny item in another skip - I'll post a pic in the publicus later.

Yep.. we have one "fruit street" in dublin and it's always like that... If I could be bothered to cycle there after work, I could find tons of really good fruit... and to be honest, who gives a crap if a watermelon has dirt on it.... It's got such a tough skin that you bring it home, wash it, and then feed it to your guinea pig (or yourself).... Hey that's how I get some "treats" for my Guinea Pig.. and he loves it... or I steal it from my other house members... But recently I've been actually buying lettuce.. eww.

How long do you think it takes the fruit to get from the growers to the supermarket shelves?

Ages.... But I spoke to a guy who works in a fruit delivery company... as in they get the fruit from whatever countries, then box up certain amounts and deliver them to companies around dublin every morning...

Anyway... He said that for certain fruits (apples esp), they FREEZE the fruits... Then ship them over... They defrost them and then deliver to the companies.. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that this is REALLY bad nutritionally for the food. Also, if you ever bite into an apple and the inside seems really 'wrong'... then this is probably what happened.

For Bananas, they generally pick them when green, and it takes a long time to ripen, so when they get to your shop, they are more yellow looking.

Dunno about the rest....I do know that if you make a fruit smoothie at home, you better drink it within the hour or it oxydises really fast.... Drink it straight away if you can....

Just cut an apple and leave it in the air... watch it go brown... That's not something you wanna put in your stomach, so keep fruit in the fridge to keep them fresher if you have to keep them for longer.

[Rahf]

It's not like a slightly brown apple will give you collic. Bananas ripen on the way from the plantations, since they also release a gas which ripens other fruit, you shouldn't put banana with other veggies or fruit. Citrus-types are fine since the gas won't penetrate the peel.

Freezing fruit is fine, why would it be bad when all you do is put it in suspended animation? I'd understand certain fruits that would maybe change in consistency and texture but overall I have never heard of any problems with freezing fruit, quite the opposite.

Regarding the apple thing, I just had a hilarious picture in my mind where you gulp it down in like 3 chews just to avoid the "browning". :tongue:

[Ashtar]

One time I bit into an apple and it was starting to go brown. Actually many times. If it wasn't too bad I still ate it. Wouldn't it be neat if there was a way to have the calories in some foods decompose and then the calories turn into more vitamins? Fuck yeah.

[rock_ten]

Now that people are calling you on how wild your ideas seem to be, you must be getting conscious of it and probably trying to play it up, right?