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Produce Smackdown: Organic v. Not
I will never, ever, ever forget the first time I ate an organic banana. It tasted so completely different, and soooo much better, than a regular banana. I think I drove Alan crazy because I talked about that banana for several years.
Tonight I had an even more dramatic experience with organic: broccoli. I've always hate, hate, hated those twiggy little trees. But tonight I forced myself to eat organic broccoli and almost could not believe I was eating the same vegetable. Even the Dragon had seconds.
(Seriously. No one's paying me to write this.)
If we could afford to buy all organic, we would. But we can't. We have to pick and choose. So I ask you: What produce is remarkably better, in your opinion, when it's organic? What's worth the extra coin? What tastes pretty much the same?
Or do you just tart it up with seasonings and dressings anyway? If you go that route, what're your favorite accessories to veggies? How do you choke them down?
Tonight I had an even more dramatic experience with organic: broccoli. I've always hate, hate, hated those twiggy little trees. But tonight I forced myself to eat organic broccoli and almost could not believe I was eating the same vegetable. Even the Dragon had seconds.
(Seriously. No one's paying me to write this.)
If we could afford to buy all organic, we would. But we can't. We have to pick and choose. So I ask you: What produce is remarkably better, in your opinion, when it's organic? What's worth the extra coin? What tastes pretty much the same?
Or do you just tart it up with seasonings and dressings anyway? If you go that route, what're your favorite accessories to veggies? How do you choke them down?
Tags: broccoli redeemed, food, nutrition
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Permalink Reply by Ylimemagic on -
Super cute, and amusing that the "Dirty Dozen" only has 11 fruits and veggies included.
I just saw the newest list released. It added blueberries to the Dirty Dozen.
How come potatoes are a no-no, but sweet potatoes are fine? I've always wondered about that.
hermit crab said:On a related topic, the very cutest dirty dozen list ever.
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Permalink Reply by jenra on -
I stick to shopping for things in season, preserving when I can and organic as much as possible. Farmers markets around here rock my socks. It seems like some things are expensive but a lot of things are actually cheaper than the big box grocery stores and you get your stuff fresh!
I always get organic greens, root veggies, bell peppers, grapes, melons, and when I can afford it, meats and dairy. The prices are coming down for these things, at least it's better than it was 10 years ago. More equal to non-organic anyways.
I do find a difference in taste, but I think it's mostly that the organic stuff I'm buying tends to be fresher.
One thing I'm conflicted on is the dairy. I saw a blurb in a documentary about organic foods (I think it was Food, Inc.) where a farmer said he follows organic procedures mostly, but when his animals are sick, he's going to give them the medicine his vet prescribes because it will help them feel better faster. I buy organic dairy mostly, but wonder if it's truly the best thing.
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Permalink Reply by Csperal on -
there's a organic co-op in Colorado that delivers, that we started getting a weekly box from (http://www.doortodoororganics.com in CO, Kansas City, MI and 8 areas on the East Coast)-I did comparisons, and the produce prices were so similar with their cost vs grocery stores, vs the the Whole Foods -lettuce and spinach and leeks-the lettuce we get is sweet, and I have bought leeks that aren't organic, and its not the same-brocoli ditto-I find when I buy regular non-organic, it goes bad within a week-organic brocoli will be good until its finished-apples and pears-their strawberries-tomatoes-organic tomotoes are to die for-and I use to hate tomatoes-carrotts-potatoes-etc etc-and we are trying to keep our diary, and meats the same-I am noticing food is just tasting better when the chemicals are not a part of it-
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Permalink Reply by Boring User Name on -
I was thinking about this question as I planted my garden this year. And um, I still don't have any answers, so I was wondering if you had figured it out! Does it have to do with a vining versus a flowering plant?
Ylimemagic said:How come potatoes are a no-no, but sweet potatoes are fine? I've always wondered about that.
hermit crab said:On a related topic, the very cutest dirty dozen list ever.
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Permalink Reply by Ylimemagic on
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I still have no idea. I'm growing potatoes this year and I think of this often.
Weird.
I'll let you know if I stumble across any answers.
Daria said:I was thinking about this question as I planted my garden this year. And um, I still don't have any answers, so I was wondering if you had figured it out! Does it have to do with a vining versus a flowering plant?
Ylimemagic said:How come potatoes are a no-no, but sweet potatoes are fine? I've always wondered about that.
hermit crab said:On a related topic, the very cutest dirty dozen list ever.
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Permalink Reply by MamatothaMax on -
We don't have the means to buy organic often but the commissary does stock somethings. I super big heart the mixed micro greens that we get (dressed up with a little feta and some oil and vinegar).
I've started buying veggie burgers cause the kids they love them.
We used to get our milk from a local dairy in Illinois with glass bottles and everything. When I was little and would spend the summer in England my grandmother and I would wake up really early. The milkman always woke me with the clinking of the bottles. My Nana would let me take the top off of one of the bottles and take a drink. Staple childhood memory right there. That and running to catch the veggie truck for a turnip. Yes I spent part of my childhood in a Dylan Thomas poem.
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