Farmer’s Markets and Home-Grown Organic Vegetables
August 16th, 2006
The most satisfying food is tasteful fruits and vegetables. In college I believed that the fruit I got at the market was not as sweet as the ones I would get back home because the fruit had to travel further and was picked when it was less ripe.
Now that I have been living in California with my own garden and access to Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and local farmer’s markets, the homegrown and farm fresh produce still wins out.
What is the point of this post? It’s about how to find satisfying food. Would you rather eat an aromatic sweet and soft apricot or a mushy scentless apricot? I would prefer the first.
Eating is about engaging the senses. Let’s use wine as an example. We see the wine; we smell the wine; and we taste the wine. We even clink our glasses to hear the wine.
When all our senses are engaged we enjoy the food more and appreciate it more. Hence the age-old adage to not eat in front of the TV or standing up. Sit down and enjoy your food. You will be able to better predict how much you’re eating and you’ll be able to enjoy it more.
Shop at the farmer’s market, your local co-op might have a delivery system called community support agriculture, or grown your own vegetables. These fruits and vegetables are so much tastier even though they might not look as pretty. The taste will satisfy your hunger better and keep you from visiting the snack bar.
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