Rotting Fruit on the Second Day of Rain
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
Philippines
April 30, 2016 3:20am CST
The apple slices were turning brown. The skin of the bananas were black on both ends.
I sliced them up and put them in the blender with some ice cubes.
In a mug of water, I mixed powdered milk, mango-flavored condensed milk, red drops of strawberry flavor, then added this liquid into the sliced fruits and ice.
I press 'blend' for just a few seconds, then poured the fruit shake into two mugs.
Rotting fruit problem solved.
It rained quite heavily last night and I was surprised that it rained again today.
But you know what? It's still hot and humid even while it's raining and after the rain.
Maybe because here in the city there's so much concrete. Maybe the streets, houses, and buildings absorb the heat and it's released when they get wet with rain.
Maybe it's cooler in places where the rain hits the soil, plants, hills, and rivers even though it's summer.
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22 responses
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
the condensed milk brand is jersey and it's produced in cebu. flavors are chocolate, buko pandan and mango.
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@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@hereandthere aww. Hope we have it here
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 May 16
I find cities are always hotter than the country. I love you made a smoothie with your fruit. We do that too, often for breakfast for a healthy one.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
3 May 16
aside from the concrete, there's also metal and glass. we're quite lucky this area isn't that crowded yet
what is the difference between smoothies and shakes? is it the milk?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 May 16
@PainsOnSlate like milkshake. i think here, anything with blended with crushed ice, with or without milk or ice cream, is generically called a shake. hahaha! i think you can also substitute yogurt?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 May 16
@hereandthere I think of a shake as having ice cream in it, A smoothie is something healthy using fruit, veggies, and milk for breakfast.
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
2 May 16
That fruit shake sounds delicious! It rained? Where was I when it rained?
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
2 May 16
@hereandthere agree with you, might as well make use of the fruit rather than leave it rotting.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 May 16
better to make shakes before it becomes unusable. 
no more rain today 
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 May 16
i think soft brown bananas make banana bread moist and tasty than new bananas
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@gudheart (12659)
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5 May 16
@hereandthere I think you are right. I did not think I would like banana cake, but it was lovely.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
yes, that's exactly why i did it! i wanted to use up the condensed milk, too, which i did not buy.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@JudyEv i saw it last year in one supermarket, but it was someone else who started buying it. the other flavors are chocolate and buco pandan.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 16
@hereandthere I haven't heard of flavoured condensed milk. That is new to me.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
an instant fruit shake. that is good.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
and with homemade fruit shake, you know it's real fruit
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@ridingbet i did put ice cubes, but should have put more because it wasn't cold enough
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@hereandthere with some bits of ice, it is really beneficial this summer days. right timing pa.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
it did rain for a long time last night, but you don't feel the temperature cooling down at all
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
30 Apr 16
@hereandthere I think it is very light rain, not the kind of thunderstorm rain.
i like those thunderstorm rain, but it is bad for farmers because the young plants will die.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
it was, but i should have added more ice cubes. wasn't cold enough. and probably more strawberry flavor. hahaha!
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@toniganzon (77209)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
OH how i wished it rained last night but it didn't. I don't even see it coming today, but i'm still wishing.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
the rain doesn't seem to help, because it's still hot. but, of course, it's good for our plants and saves water.
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 May 16
great that you were able to salvage the fruit rather than just throwing it out
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
3 May 16
it's also a way of using up other ingredients. i think i even added some orange marmalade to it.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Apr 16
turning bananas make me want to make banana bread!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
i love banana bread, too, but don't bake
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 May 16
@hereandthere I do some, not often.
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@garymarsh6 (24025)
• United Kingdom
1 May 16
Usually cities are much warmer than the suburbs. I do not like too much rain especially in the tropics as it just makes it humid.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
3 May 16
true. relatives from my parent's hometown find it really hot here in the capital. but when it rains during the rainy season, it really does feel cooler.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 May 16
i might have to do another one today. the bananas and mangoes are rotting - again!
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
1 May 16
It's also raining heavily in our place this morning that our drainage overflow. Good thing I found out earlier if not then flooding happens all over our house. Huh. Our house is still under renovation that's why.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
we collect rainwater to water the plants so the plastic drums are full.
oh, yeah, i remember the renovation. i hope it's finished soon.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
i saw the product last year, but didn't buy it. they also have chocolate and buco pandan.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Well, some of the mangoes have riped after a month of total irritating sun day.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
there are a lot of old mango trees here, too, around the neighborhood, but the fruits are too high to reach.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
according to other mylotters, it rained in their area, too, but in others it didn't because it's not really the rainy season yet.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
and we can control how much liquid there is. when you buy fruit shakes they tend to load it with ice, less fruit.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Yes, the weather here is cooler after the rain; I love the smell of grass, of dry leaves that were soaked by the rain; so soothing!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
1 May 16
that's why we cooked malunggay in coconut milk the next day because the dusty leaves were washed by the rain.
if there were more soil here maybe it will be cooler when it rains.
