How to Buy Fresh Fruit & Vegetables
How To Buy Fresh Fruit & Vegetables. Experience is the best teacher in choosing quality but here are a few pointers on buying some types of vegetables.
ASPARAGUS…..Stocks should be tender and firm, tips should be closed and compact, choose the stalk with very little white…they are more tender. Use your asparagus soon after purchasing…it toughens rapidly.
BEANS, SNAP…..Those with small beans inside are the best. Avoid beans with dry looking pods. BROCCLI, BRUSSELS SPROUTS, and CAULIFLOWER…..Flower clusters on broccli and cauliflower should be tight and close together. Brussels sprouts should be firm and compact, Smudgy dirty spots may indicate insects.
CABBAGE and HEAD LETTUCE…..Choose heads heavy for size, avoid cabbage with worm holes and lettuce with discoloration or soft rot.CUCUMBERS…..Choose long slender cucumbers for best quality. May be dark or medium green, but yellowed ones are undesirable. PEAS and LIMA BEANS…..Select pods that are well-filled but not bulging, avoid dry, spotted, yellowed, or flabby pods.
ROOT VEGITABLES…..Should be smooth and form, very large carrots may have woody cores, oversized radishes may be pithy, oversized turnips, beets and parsnips may be woody, Fresh carrot tops usually mean fresh carrots, but condition of leaves on most other root vegetables does not indicate degree of freshness.SWEET POTATOES…..Porto Rico and Nancy Hall varieties…with bronze or rose skins…are soft and sweet when cooked. Yellow to light brown ones of the Jersey types are firmer and less moist.
How To Buy Fresh Fruits & Vegetables BERRIES…..Select plump, solid berries with good color. Avoid stained containers indicating wet or leaky berries. Berries such as blackberries, raspberries with clinging caps may be unripe. Strawberries without caps may be too ripe.MELONS…..In cantaloupe, thick close netting on the rind indicates best quality. Cantaloupes are ripe when the stems scar is smooth and space between the netting is yellow or yellow-green. They are best to eat when fully ripe and fruity odor. Honeydews are ripe when rind has a creamy to yellowish color and velvety texture, Immature honeydews are whitish-green Ripe watermelons have some yellow color on one side but watermelons that are white or pale green on one side. They are not ripe.ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS, and LEMONS…..Choose those heavy for their size. Smoother, thinner skins indicate more juice. Most skin markings usually do not affect qualith. Oranges with a slight greenish tinge may be just as ripe as fully colored ones. Light or greenish-yellow lemons are more tart than deep yellow ones. Avoid citrus fruits showing withered, sunken, or soft areas. Fresh Fruit & Vegetables are essential for good health.
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Gourmet Biscotte : An Exquisite Gourmet Delicacy
Gourmet Biscotti requires great care and extensive processing to achieve the right taste. The word’Gourmet’ is generally associated with delicacies that are exquisitely made for the sophisticated classes of people. The Biscotti is also a similar preparation that obviously requires lot of training and passion to prepare.
Gourmet Biscotti, like all other Gourmet recipes, requires great care and extensive processing to achieve the right taste. Infact, the word Gourmet is generally associated with delicacies that are exquisitely made for the sophisticated classes of people. The Biscotti is also a similar preparation that obviously requires lot of training and passion to prepare. However, more than the complex procedure, what is more tiring is the lengthy process it requires. Unlike chocolate crisps, Biscotti is baked twice. First the bread that is baked is cut into pieces. These pieces are again baked to achieve the desired crunchiness. It’s because of this reason that housewives or house cooks avoid preparing it.
However, in spite of its hassles, you can prepare it, if you have the interest, passion and patience to achieve the right taste. Other than solely biscuits, Gourmet Biscotti can be made in several flavors and can be savored for several occasions. For instance, other than preparing at home, if you go through the recipes of La Biscotteria – a famous bakery in San Francisco – you will come across varieties of old Biscotti preparations made in new twists. Thus, though keeping the concept same, the taste is different, unique and exquisite.
Above all, more than just the taste, it’s also the presentation that matters. In La Biscotteria, Gourmet Biscotti comes in two sizes: The ’3 Biscottini’ that is served along with a coffee cup – both kept over an assorted desert plate. While it is enough for a single person to savor this and be satisfied, yet, the flavor and taste makes you greedier and hanker for more. The other is the ’5 Biscottini’ that actually comes in gift bags. These are excellent Christmas gifts for your friends and loved ones.
Next, it is the diverse flavors/recipes in which Gourmet Biscotti is available. It is quite troublesome to achieve such flavors/recipes if you are preparing at home. However, you can always try it. In renowned restaurants the most common flavors/recipes – that obviously needs your consideration – are Anise Biscotti and Biscottini, Dark Chocolate Anise Biscotti and Biscottini, Lemon Biscotti and Biscottini, and Orenge Biscottini.
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