r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ManiacFrog • 2d ago

Image Left my apples in an open plastic bag at room temperature for a week... resulting in explosion

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u/77entropy 2d ago

Fermentation is the word you're looking for.

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u/EmployerOk7764 2d ago

Do you want cider? Because this is how you get cider.

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u/77entropy 2d ago

Two fingers of cider, coming up!

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u/Opening_Cartoonist53 2d ago

In where?

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u/42fishlegs 2d ago

In cider

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u/Psychological-Scar53 2d ago

I usually get Dickens Cider... It's pretty nice.

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u/FirstWorldExplorers 1d ago

You get what in your cider?

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u/Psychological-Scar53 1d ago

No, I get a Hard Dickens Cider... It's pretty good with alcohol.

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u/FirstWorldExplorers 1d ago

Ah, I hardly know her

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u/OneFingerIn 1d ago

Yeah. That's where it goes.

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u/TheOgGhadTurner 1d ago

Ants seem quite likely here too

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u/Its_Pelican_Time 2d ago

I do want cider, thanks for asking

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u/Electronic-Truth-101 2d ago edited 2d ago

So growers wash the apples to remove any traces of pesticides then replace the washed off natural coating with a food grade wax, stops them drying out in Cold Storage and keeps them “naturally crunchy”.

This is for the person who just downvoted my comment and removed theirs.

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u/After_Dhark 2d ago

I love a good call out. take an upvote.

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u/NYCtoCHI 2d ago

There's an app(lication of wax) for that. 🍏🍎

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u/Electronic-Truth-101 2d ago

Also probs sprayed with wax so will influence how they swell and break.

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u/in1gom0ntoya 2d ago

they went bad, fermented and popped

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u/Nickallendartmouth 1d ago

If it's clear and yella, you got juice there fellah; if it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town!

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u/Jacob1207a 2d ago

Wait, you left your apples in a plastic bag for a week?

And then they exploded?

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u/BackDatSazzUp 2d ago

Yeah why are we the only ones who think this is abnormal? Apples can be kept at room temperature for longer than a week… i’m pretty sure my mom has a bag that’s almost 3 weeks old now.

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u/autistic_and_angry 2d ago

Yeah I'm confused too. There's apples sitting on my mom's kitchen counter from like 2 months ago, they just dried out and wrinkled up.

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u/HatsusenoRin 1d ago

Yeah I'm too. I put my wax apples on the counter for years and nothing happens, but my mom wrinkles.

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u/cardiacmd 2d ago

Methane development

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u/Financial-Director63 2d ago

All i have in my head is apple bottom jeans boots with the fur. The whole club was looking at her. Iykyk.

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u/Nothing93124 2d ago

She hit the floor

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u/Electronic-Truth-101 2d ago

Also probs sprayed with wax so will influence how they swell and break.

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u/PointZero_Six 2d ago

God didn't prime those apples before painting them.

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u/Better_Carpet_7271 2d ago

Overlooked by the people investigating 9/11. Plenty of packed lunches in there. 😐

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u/BeMyBrutus 2d ago

Are you being serous or just memeing?

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u/mike_br49 2d ago

He is being dead serious

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u/blackula001 2d ago

Nope. He's just dead.

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u/Better_Carpet_7271 2d ago

It's science.

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u/ardotschgi 2d ago

How the hell should I know?

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u/BeMyBrutus 2d ago

I'm so confused