I'm so old I Remember when:

[Canadian Wind]

What is shocking is that I would be willing to bet most consumers when shopping in the fresh produce aisle and see that beautiful array of bright colorful and unblemished produce and marked organic think the are getting things that have never been sprayed with any kind of chemical.

What is worse is that for every pretty piece of produce in the store, countless ones were tossed in the garbage because we are too spoiled to accept anything less than perfection.

Yesterday, I picked some apples off a tree that randomly grew at the edge of our woods (probably from bird poop!). The fruit was small and misshapen, and tasted *nothing* like any commercial apple I've ever had, sour but with an almost maple aftertaste. It was fantastic! If the fruit hadn't been to my taste, then I would have made jam/jelly, sauce, or other things with it. Point is, I could never sell them because they aren't pretty or don't taste 'right'.

 

[jxp]

True but a whole lot of times it is one Redfish fish or many Redfish fishes. That's what I was referring to.

 

[jxp]

I'm so old I can remember this and kind of wish I could forget it:

https://www.foxnews.com/science/japanese-scientists-create-meat-from-poop

You're post reminds me of an article I once read about Kopi Luwak coffee. Oddly enough I've never been tempted to try it.

 

[jxp]

Here is some food for thought. If lightning ignites Hydrogen and Oxygen in the atmosphere and it rains the water is natural.

My veg patch certainly likes rain better than city water. One reason - but certainly not the only one - is that lightning attaches nitrogen to the charged water droplets which plants absolutely love. Sadly, I live in a place where we get great rains in the spring and autumn but hot and dry (although very humid) summers. Wind is mostly reserved for winter and tornados.

 

[jxp]

I remember when the Assasination attempt on Regan happened and the Space Shuttle crash.

Do you mean explosion or am I not remembering a different event? So many school children watched that happen live because of Christa McAulliffe.

 

[jxp]

What is worse is that for every pretty piece of produce in the store, countless ones were tossed in the garbage because we are too spoiled to accept anything less than perfection.

If you read the small print on Bolthouse carrot juice, you'll see it's made from less-than-perfect produce. Canned tomatoes and sauce also uses the not-so-pretty stuff. A lot of "ugly" fruit and veg is processed into frozen or canned, etc. If it all went to waste, there'd be very little profit in agriculture. Some very ingenuitive brain stormers came up with marketing small potatoes and mini sweet peppers as a specialty and now charge a premium price for them. Good on them. Then there's places you can buy the imperfects, some markets, some delivery, all helping change the expectations.

 

[Rebechenson75]

Do you mean explosion or am I not remembering a different event? So many school children watched that happen live because of Christa McAulliffe.

Yes the explosion. Had a brain farther.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How about sock hops? Leslie Gore “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want too”
Peter and Gordon, Ricky Nelson? I love Lucy?

 

[R2elk]

Ricky Nelson?

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

 

[R2elk]