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Fruit Slinger This Fruit Slinger post was really hard to write. My thanks to everyone for a great season. It's been a lot of fun and I really appreciate it.

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Fruit Slinger is a seasonal blog about fruit and farmers markets
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Fruit Slinger I find this more amusing than I'd care to admit: Fruit Slinger got a mention in Time Out Chicago.

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5 spots to try, plus tips from an expert.
Melanie Rheinecker
Melanie Rheinecker
Not only did Fruit Slinger get a mention, but you are referred to as "Dan Shumski, The Apple Expert." I'm so proud to know you.
October 22 at 1:41pm
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Fruit Slinger
It's hard to believe, isn't it? I would have even settled for "Dan Shumski, AN Apple Expert."
October 23 at 6:10am
Christine McCabe Scroggins
Christine McCabe Scroggins
Yes, indeed. Dan, it's so nice to see you get recongnized!
October 26 at 9:28am
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Fruit Slinger New section on Fruit Slinger: the photo gallery.

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Fruit Slinger is a seasonal blog about fruit and farmers markets
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Fruit Slinger Just siphoned off cider into a second fermentation vessel. Siphoning is like witchcraft! Or possibly physics.

October 6 at 4:15pm
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Fruit Slinger The history of cider in America: http://www.slate.com/id/2231001/ [All those apple trees weren't for apple pie]

October 2 at 3:56pm via Selective Twitter Status
Jessica D'Amico
Jessica D'Amico
Excellent article/primer thank you for sharing it!
October 2 at 7:18pm
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Fruit Slinger Fruit Slinger on Huffington Post Chicago.

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Any idiot can do this. Because, really, I'm nothing if not any idiot.
Leslie L'Hommedieu
Leslie L'Hommedieu
Love it, Dan!
September 29 at 7:32pm
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Fruit Slinger Have a favorite apple website? Please let me know.

September 21 at 10:57am
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Fruit Slinger Why the Red Delicious no longer is, from the Washington Post archives.

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Fruit Slinger Three new apples this weekend: Senshu, Jonagold and Mutsu.

September 11 at 6:56am
Michele S. Hays
Michele S. Hays
Yay! Mutsus! Thanks for the heads-up!
September 11 at 10:44am
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news.yahoo.com
Tim Byrne picked an apple from the spindly tree, sliced it and popped a chunk into his mouth. He couldn't have been more pleased as he chomped and got a juicy blast of sweet-tart flavor.
Michele S. Hays
Michele S. Hays
I'm glad to see it was bred for more depth of flavor than Honeycrisp - I'm always disappointed that our newest varieties lack brightness and tang (my current fave is the Japanese Mutsu) I'll be on the lookout for this one!
September 4 at 5:00pm
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Fruit Slinger Fruit detective David Karp writes on the new pluot book. Worth a glance if only for the mention of nectaplums, cherums and peacotums(!)

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Is it possible to fall in love with a fruit? Six or seven years ago a young Web producer named Chip Brantley was browsing the Culver City farmers market when he encountered a yellow-skinned, outrageously sweet fruit that changed his life. ...
Michele S. Hays
Michele S. Hays
I'm trying to decipher peacotums: peas, apricots and plums? Peanuts, apricots and antacids? Peaches, army-issue sleeping gear, and Captain Morgan? Neutered peacocks and indecision?
August 27 at 1:06pm
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Fruit Slinger
Peach + apricot + plum = peacotum!
August 27 at 2:33pm
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Fruit Slinger Interesting article on pluots. (With a strange and superfluous final paragraph).

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In late June, an editor at Bon Appétit appeared on The Early Show to talk about the pluot, a fruit available throughout the summer that she described as a plum-apricot hybrid consisting of "75 percent plum." She had three different fruits with her, which s
Fruit Slinger

Fruit Slinger In case you were wondering what kind of camera I got (and what kind of camera I already had), the About This Blog page has been updated.

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Fruit Slinger is a seasonal blog about fruit and farmers markets
Julia
Julia
Your lowest f-stop is 3.5? Next investment: a fixed 1.8 35mm or 50mm lens--you'll probably want to throw away your zoom once you see what you can do with a lower depth of field. And fixed lenses are much cheaper than zoom lenses. Don't know what options Nikon has, but I got a new Canon 1.8 50mm lens for $50 a couple years ago.
August 14 at 7:57pm
Julia
Julia
p.s. the pictures on your blog are great, though.
August 14 at 7:59pm
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Fruit Slinger Wow. This review really made my day. I don't even know what to say. http://bit.ly/ibAEu

August 6 at 6:12pm via Selective Twitter Status
Celeste Dolan
Celeste Dolan
Congrats!
August 7 at 8:09am
Jess McNeil
Jess McNeil
It's a great review, but I was having trouble getting past the part where the lady actively hates fruit.
August 13 at 10:26am
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