This week's WTF is one of my favorite healthy desk-drawer snacks. Here's a hint: You've actually probably eaten this food before, but maybe not in this wrinkly-looking form. Any guesses? Get the answer after the jump.
It's an unsulphured dired apricot!
Dried fruit is usually treated with sulphur dioxide, a preservative that keeps the fruit soft and colorful. Apricots without the sulphur are darker and more shriveled. Personally, I prefer the slightly more sour taste and chewy texture of unsulphured dried apricots. It's like eating one of my favorite sour candies! (Or so I tell myself.)
From: Michael Scott | 1/9/13 at 12:07 pm
Unsulfered dried apricot?
From: Jenny | 1/9/13 at 12:23 pm
Dried figs?
From: Gloria Simpson | 1/9/13 at 12:36 pm
Dates
From: aimee | 1/9/13 at 12:42 pm
it looks like some sort of mushroom!
From: PentWeazle | 1/9/13 at 12:47 pm
Unsulphured stone fruit, maybe peach or apricot?
From: Lanae W | 1/9/13 at 12:48 pm
It looks like an apricot!
From: CSE | 1/9/13 at 12:49 pm
Sundried tomato not yet packed in oil?
From: Andrea M | 1/9/13 at 12:53 pm
Sun-dried tomato.
From: LaurieC | 1/9/13 at 1:00 pm
Looks like a sun-dried tomato, but since you mention it's a snack, I'm guessing dried strawberry?
From: emmi haddock | 1/9/13 at 1:10 pm
dried persimmon...
From: Leslie Blythe Miller | 1/9/13 at 1:14 pm
Dried persimmon
From: MIKI | 1/9/13 at 4:55 pm
Looks like a dried fig