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When you are ready for a piece of fruit, where is it that you go? Do you keep them in the refrigerator, or on the counter in a fruit bowl? Fruit is one food which most people find they like. When fresh fruit is fully ripened it is naturally sweet, refreshing and delicious. To keep our bodies healthy, we should all eat some fruit each day.
In fact, according to the New Food Pyramid, for a 2,000-calorie diet, you should consume 2 cups of fruit a day. That can be achieved by 1 cup of fruit or 100% fruit juice, 8 small strawberries, 1 small apple (2.5 inches in diameter) or 1 cup of dried fruit can be considered as 1 cup from the fruit group. Plus don't forget that fruits are high in fiber, vitamins and minerals, and are naturally low in calories, fat and sodium.
Unless you are purchasing garden fresh, local produce, most fresh fruit is picked for shipment to supermarkets before it is ripe. Many people do not buy fresh fruit unless it is already ripe. But don't pass up fruit just because it is not already ripe-green or underripe fruit can be ripened at home.
The key to ripening fruit is knowing which ones will ripen outside of the refrigerator, and which ones will not. Some fruits that you can ripen at home and the process is listed below.
