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Today is Kalevala day. It seems to be one of the many flag-raising days.

How long do natural apples look good in room temperature? The “golden delicious” apple in the second photo has been sitting on my kitchen table for a month, and it’s only a tiny bit wrinkled. I’m starting to suspect that they might have used some preservatives on it.

A teacher (in yläaste) once asked us if anyone had seen a kiwi fruit tree. “Do they have hair already in the tree? Or do preservatives help it grow on them on a month long sea voyage from Kiwiland to Finland?” He wondered about mangos too. He suspected them being about plum-sized in their natural environment, but after enough preservatives are pumped into them, they swell into things we know as mangos – and which the mango farmers wouldn’t recognize.