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Uncle Buck feels that it is very
important to feed your children FRESH
vegetables, in season, locally grown
(form your continent) if possible.
Frozen is better than canned for most
vegetables, and if you use canned
vegetables be sure to rinse them for
excess salt before serving.
| It may be an extra trip, but for a
family of 4 a trip to the fruit store
can make sense. Often these stores
are the base distribution point (or end of the run; depending on
store and the location) Buying produce that is in season and
local may seem hard to do; but there is
a good reason for this. Not only
will it be less expensive you may reduce
your risk to harmful chemicals.
There is a reason you can buy those
beautiful strawberries or asparagus in
February; it is imported from
overseas. What chemicals are used
in the production, storage, transport,
etc are completely out of your control. |
If you waited a few months you could
buy locally grown examples of both for
much less; since the transportation
costs are so much lower.
Don't always search for the perfect
fruit; especially for cooking. Ripe
fruit is soft and sweet as opposed to
hard and starchy. Much of the fruit we consume these
days is eaten much too early; still hard
and hard to digest. Sometimes you can
get reasonable pricing on some slightly
bruised food; not too bad if used for
cooking or you don't mind cutting off
some waste. Nobody ever said
fruits and vegetables had to look
perfect right out of the bin; in fact if
they look TOO perfect you can be sure
that they are coated with all sorts of
wax and colorant.
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