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Old 06-04-2005, 10:46 PM
shazzbat
 
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"Kay" wrote in message
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"Kay" wrote in message
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You can revive shrivelled carrots by putting them in water. That is, if
they've shrivelled. Supermarket ones nowadays seem to go black and

slimy
instead.


I saw some french beans curling up and turning black at the ends

yesterday
on a shelf in tesco. I checked the label, and they had been grown in
Zimbabwe. By this morning they were probably in the bin. So no waste

there
then.

I'm trying to eat only those vegetables that are in season. There's no
guarantee that they haven't been flown half way around the world, but
there's at least a better chance of it. Just wish I liked the cabbage
family a little more than I do ;-)


I make a point of checking a few labels now when I'm following SWMBO round a
supermarket, the thing that really made me angry last year was to see runner
and french beans which had been flown in from Africa on the same day that we
were picking them off the allotment. I can understand it when stuff is out
of season here, but that is ridiculous.

We like the cabbage family OK incidentally, but neither of us are fond of
any kind of spinach. We got seeds of swiss chard on one of the magazines the
other week, and we're growing it for the attractive coloured foliage rather
than to eat.

Steve