tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post1816230825013055091..comments2014-01-17T02:29:36.317-08:00Comments on Grammy's Ramblings: Growing Fruits, Vegetables, and Eating StickersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post-22659855194781147172013-02-02T06:01:45.763-08:002013-02-02T06:01:45.763-08:00Great, as always, Farmer Judy. Carrots and beans c...Great, as always, Farmer Judy. Carrots and beans could fit in your limited space too, IF those two appeal to you.<br /> <br />You don't even mention the issues with store-bought produce whereby consumers don't know how long the fruit and vegetables have been in storage and how cool or hot that storage and transport were, how clean those areas were (pest free as well as normal dirt), or whether at some point the product had been frozen and then defrosted (without any declarations to state that such treatment was done).<br /> <br />The pre-peeled, baby carrots seen in every supermarket, packaged by several companies, all have an unusual amount of moisture in the bag and on each carrot. This had not always been the case but has been true for at least one or two years. I suppose that the explanation MIGHT be that the carrots are washed as they are peeled and that some of the moisture follows them into the bags. <br /> <br />But they seem too wet, as if they had been frozen and then defrosted. The result is that they don't last as long once you bring them home. The unpeeled carrots, however, look very tired in many cases, as if they had been in storage for MONTHS.<br /> <br />My dad used to grow carrots. I know what carrots should look like, and I remember when the store-bought carrots looked more like the ones that came from our garden....Something has changed!<br /> <br />Barbara<br /> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.com