Typhoon-damaged apples sold for bargain prices
Mainichi reports that supermarkets across Japan are offering great deals on apples that suffered some damage from last week’s typhoon:
The apples, priced at a mere 15 yen per 100 grams, hail from orchards in Iwate Prefecture, where Typhoon Melor triggered a massive preharvest drop of apples earlier this month.
Though damaged and irregular in size, the apples apparently pleased the palates of urban housewives. “They are juicy and taste like apples that I ate as a child,” said a 67-year-old housewife, who bought two sacks after tasting some at a Daiei outlet in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday.
A TBS News report also covered the cheap apples:
At the end of the clip, we see that a lot of damaged apples are also being made into apple-flavored beer.
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