Comments on: Savor the Earth and Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/ Promoting a healthy appetite for a thriving planet. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Karen http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-14431 Karen Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:32:21 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-14431 Deliabird - There are many factors which play a part in seasonality and taste. Growing conditions, soil type, use of chemicals, to name a few. I choose to look at pro-active solutions, beyond highlighting the negative. Deliabird – There are many factors which play a part in seasonality and taste. Growing conditions, soil type, use of chemicals, to name a few. I choose to look at pro-active solutions, beyond highlighting the negative.
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]]> By: deliabird http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-14426 deliabird Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:07:28 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-14426 Growing up in Canada I found the comments absurdly funny.Because of the short growing season everything gets planted as soon as possible. We don't begin with root vegetables, we end with them as they are the reserves the plant has built.We can take them out of the ground way after everything else has finished. In California if you want great veggies you have to grow them yourself.Growers only grow tomatoes and all manner of product bred or modified to go great distances,or chemically nuked to make them look uniform and pretty, even if they are grown around the corner(Watsonville, Salinas, Sacramento Valley)Commercial produce is a bland inferior experience compared to a carefully tended garden (yes you can do this yourself!)I have driven behind huge trucks dodging the bright red tomatoes bouncing all over the road.Tomatoes should not bounce and then roll!Even at farmer's markets you are still getting commercial crops. Its not even close to what our parents and grandparents ate. Sorry to burst the bubble. Even the strawbs are bred tend to be huge and yes quite tasteless.Produce is picked before it matures and ethylene gas is used to prompt it to visually ripen.If you have grown up in an urban setting then you have never tasted real food,just commercially grown food,unless you can drive out to a farm(not a roadside fruit stand!)and pick it how could you even know what you have been missing? Growing up in Canada I found the comments absurdly funny.Because of the short growing season everything gets planted as soon as possible. We don’t begin with root vegetables, we end with them as they are the reserves the plant has built.We can take them out of the ground way after everything else has finished. In California if you want great veggies you have to grow them yourself.Growers only grow tomatoes and all manner of product bred or modified to go great distances,or chemically nuked to make them look uniform and pretty, even if they are grown around the corner(Watsonville, Salinas, Sacramento Valley)Commercial produce is a bland inferior experience compared to a carefully tended garden (yes you can do this yourself!)I have driven behind huge trucks dodging the bright red tomatoes bouncing all over the road.Tomatoes should not bounce and then roll!Even at farmer’s markets you are still getting commercial crops. Its not even close to what our parents and grandparents ate. Sorry to burst the bubble. Even the strawbs are bred tend to be huge and yes quite tasteless.Produce is picked before it matures and ethylene gas is used to prompt it to visually ripen.If you have grown up in an urban setting then you have never tasted real food,just commercially grown food,unless you can drive out to a farm(not a roadside fruit stand!)and pick it how could you even know what you have been missing?

]]> By: Coffee: The Good News | Vegetarian diet Blog http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-7863 Coffee: The Good News | Vegetarian diet Blog Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:29:24 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-7863 [...] Savor the Earth as well as Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp | Cook4Seasons [...] [...] Savor the Earth as well as Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp | Cook4Seasons [...]

]]> By: LMRLADY http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 LMRLADY Sun, 16 May 2010 17:45:18 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-4467 Long Meadow Ranch/Rutherford Gardens now has delicious organic strawberries. Available Fridays at the St. Helena Farmers Market and Saturday at Long Meadow Ranch's outside tasting counter at 738 Main St., SH!!!! Long Meadow Ranch/Rutherford Gardens now has delicious organic strawberries.
Available Fridays at the St. Helena Farmers Market and Saturday at Long Meadow Ranch’s outside tasting counter at 738 Main St., SH!!!!

]]> By: Karen http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-4444 Karen Sat, 15 May 2010 20:39:16 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-4444 Thanks for stopping by! Ironically, I am making the crisp again tonite:) .-= Karen´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cook4seasons/~3/fPCqUqoTtNI/" rel="nofollow">Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Greens</a> =-. Thanks for stopping by! Ironically, I am making the crisp again tonite:)
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]]> By: Art Studio Furniture http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-4431 Art Studio Furniture Sat, 15 May 2010 10:53:06 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-4431 Hey really good weblog!! Hey really good weblog!!

]]> By: LMRLADY http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 LMRLADY Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:53:12 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-1567 Fascinating concept of the vegetable plant with root, stem, flower,...! I like that a lot! Yes, too early for sweet ripe Napa strawberries. Fascinating concept of the vegetable plant with root, stem, flower,…! I like that a lot!
Yes, too early for sweet ripe Napa strawberries.

]]> By: Karen http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Karen Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:53:45 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-1564 Mick, Yes, berries are fruits in spring and summer but I agree with you about the strawberries here right now. That's why I use them in a baked dish with the spring veggie rhubarb. Mick,
Yes, berries are fruits in spring and summer but I agree with you about the strawberries here right now. That’s why I use them in a baked dish with the spring veggie rhubarb.

]]> By: Mick Winter http://www.cook4seasons.com/archives/savor-the-earth-and-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Mick Winter Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:16:22 +0000 http://cook4seasons.com/?p=1031#comment-1559 Looks like a great recipe. And the comments on roots, stems and fruits very interesting. Two questions: 1. I assume berries are considered fruits. They seem to go summer-fall, no? 2. Got a good current source for strawberries in the Napa Valley? I've been getting from all the usual suspects, and most are lousy. Just too early, I guess. <abbr><em>Mick Winters last blog post..<a href="http://villagenapa.com/2009/04/22/napa-green-drinks-may-6/" rel="nofollow">Napa Green Drinks - May 6</a></abbr></em> Looks like a great recipe. And the comments on roots, stems and fruits very interesting.
Two questions:
1. I assume berries are considered fruits. They seem to go summer-fall, no?
2. Got a good current source for strawberries in the Napa Valley? I’ve been getting from all the usual suspects, and most are lousy. Just too early, I guess.

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