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On 8/22/2010 4:34 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> I still don't understand to what you were referring. Was it the pit that
>>> was split?

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>> Me neither anymore.

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> lol oh dear)
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>> What I was thinking, if such >
>> -I've had dried peaches. These are half peaches no pit. They taste a bit
>> a like peach, but mostly taste fuzzy. Seems like somebody cut around a
>> freestone peach, tossed the pit and dried the halves. (And did so often
>> -I've seen dead tiny bugs stuck to peaches and perhaps that was from
>> them getting those teensy little bug feet caught in the peach fuzz.

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> Ahhhh NOW I understand!!!!
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>> -If so brushing things off of the peach would leave little bug feet
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>> in the peach fuzz.

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> Gotcha)
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>> The morals of this story are don't drink and post,

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> Nodnodnod! I will try to remember that
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> Make very sure more
>> than three times that your software won't try to help you, don't eat
>> peach
>> icecream that tastes: "Ick! Fuzzy?!" and that aphid feet are, like maybe?
>> all fiber and therefore _good_ for you.

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> Bleagh! Added protein?
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>> I peel peaches because of peach fuzz.
>> How to peel 'em depends on how many you got. Each method has a per
>> peach time.
>> 2 peaches? Heck with that. Eat em. Or knife, or fingernails.
>> 20 peaches? Knife, fingernails, and if they aren't ripe a potato pealer.
>> 200 peaches? That boiling water method.
>> Shawn T

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> Thank you for the explantion)
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> ps George... phtttttttttttt
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It has been my experience that you can defuzz a peach by simply washing
it and drying it with a paper towel. After that you just eat skin and all.