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Grex > Kitchen > #273: Organic, modified, or conventional fruit | |
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tod
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Organic, modified, or conventional fruit
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May 29 21:40 UTC 2008 |
Received this tip from my Aunt:
If you are concerned about buying genetically modified foods without knowing
it, here is the way to tell:
Look for the labels stuck on your fruits and veggies:
* A four-digit number means it's conventionally grown
* A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it's organic
* A five-digit number beginning with 8 means it's genetically
modified
(I've fact checked this on numerous sources and it appears to be legit)
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keesan
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response 1 of 12:
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May 30 00:36 UTC 2008 |
None of the fruits and vegetables at the market have numbers on them. I could
ask the growser.
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slynne
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response 2 of 12:
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May 30 00:38 UTC 2008 |
Are you talking about the farmer's market? Do they have fruit and
vegetables yet. Last time I went it was all flowers.
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keesan
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response 3 of 12:
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May 30 00:49 UTC 2008 |
I don't know - I only go in the fall to get eggplants to freeze, and
watermelons. Right now we are swamped with mustard greens and after I pull
them out we will eat the spinach and Chinese rape and other greens such as
arugula and lettuce. Someone at market must have lettuce and mustard and
asparagus and rhubarb by now, and spinach. Peas come later (unless we eat
the vines stir-fried). I also planted red orach and we are eating the wild
amaranth and lambs quarters (and I planted a pink version) and the purslane
(wild green and tame yellow) is probably edible but tiny. The leeks are big
enough to eat, and the garlic greens. The strawberries are green.
We also freeze canteloupe and corn in the fall.
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edina
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response 4 of 12:
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May 30 15:48 UTC 2008 |
How well does melon freeze? I've always wondered....
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keesan
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response 5 of 12:
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May 30 16:52 UTC 2008 |
It freezes fine but changes texture. Ripe melon is soft anyway. The
supermarket stuff is crunchy.
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edina
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response 6 of 12:
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May 30 17:06 UTC 2008 |
You call it supermarket, I call it "unripe."
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keesan
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response 7 of 12:
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May 30 20:57 UTC 2008 |
Is there a difference between supermarket and unripe?
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edina
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response 8 of 12:
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May 30 21:56 UTC 2008 |
Sindi come on - you can buy unripe fruit at a farmer's market.
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keesan
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response 9 of 12:
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May 30 22:55 UTC 2008 |
Can you buy ripe fruit at a supermarket?
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edina
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response 10 of 12:
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May 30 23:30 UTC 2008 |
Of course you can.
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lar
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response 11 of 12:
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Jul 22 08:23 UTC 2008 |
re#0
Does this apply for Fl stores(Publix) as well? The numbers are
called "plu" numbers and they are used in place of bar codes.
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slynne
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response 12 of 12:
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Jul 22 14:05 UTC 2008 |
Unless Publix has their own unique PLU scheme, then this probably
applies to them as well. It seems unlikely that they would have a PLU
scheme that is different than one in resp:0
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