The Virtues of Oranges and Bananas

Oranges and bananas are highly utilitarian. They can be found everywhere, are healthy, and safe to eat.

When you are embarking on a 15 hour train ride, what do you take with you? When you are out in the city and are tired of filling your body with fried pirozghis, what do you do? When you go to a street market because you are hungry and then you see all kinds of unsanitary conditions, what do you do?

One of the reasons why oranges and bananas are so great is that they are protected by their own skin. This becomes important when one does not have access to water that it is safe for one to use. Furthermore, both can be peeled by hands cleaned by hand sanitizer. I love tomatoes, but they don’t do much good without water to clean them and a knife.

I have become a champ at peeling and eating an orange with my own clean hands. Bananas are easy.

I find myself eating a lot of bananas and oranges.