I never really noticed the tiny hairs on raspberries until we tried golden raspberries and I was convinced that they were covered in mold. Not mold! Now if I had a $2,000 macro lens on my camera you’d be able to see what I’m talking about. Unfortunately – or fortunately – they just appear to be golden and delicious from the shot that you’re seeing above. Which they are, but you missed out on all of the faux mold fun. So husband, family, reader(s), if you a) care about me and b) would like to see more moldy-looking hairs on your fruit, feel free to support the macro fund and I’ll work on getting up close and personal with our fruit for you guys….
ME: What are these?
SAM: Raspberries!
LAUREN: They’re orange raspberries.
ME: Lauren’s right – they’re like orange raspberries. But maybe they have a name….
[paper rustling]
ME: Maybe my receipt says it. Carrots, carrots, celery, orange juice….Here we go! They’re called Golden Raspberries. That’s the name – Golden Raspberries. Cool right?
EMMA: Cool.
ME: OK, who’s going to smell it? Does it smell different from a red raspberry?
SAM: Smells the same.
ME: I can’t smell. You know why? [sniffling]
SAM: Because of your nose?
ME: Yeah, because just I burnt my nose by touching it with hot chili pepper hands. You guys all learned a lesson about hot chili peppers this summer, right? Well, sometimes mommies make mistakes too.
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