More Old Time Cooking Tips Plus Knowledge Of Today.
| Food And Drink : Great Food Tips Let's ripen a banana quickly. Wrap them in a wet paper towel, and place them into a brown paper bag next to a ripe banana. Or place an apple next to an unripe banana. The finger banana will turn black when it is ripe. The red banana will turn a purple color, and when it ripens will have a sweet flavor. Bananas have been used to improve stomach ulcers, colitis, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, and even increase energy levels. The inner skin s were even used on burns and boils. Carrots you can make fancy for salads. Just peel them in strips with a potato peeler. Now secure with toothpick. Place them in a bowl of cold water, and put them in the frig. In three hours remove picks. They should be curled up like a curly fry. Toss them on top of a green salad. Cantaloupe taste the best between June and Sept. The aroma will indicate if they are ripe and sweet. They also ripen at room temperature. Cherries will last 4 days in the frig. If you freeze them, remove pits first and seal tightly in a plastic bag. Cranberries only cook until they pop. Otherwise they will taste sour and bitter. When choosing a cranberry at the market, make sure it bounces. Cranberries are really bounce berries. They need to be hard, bright, light to dark- red, and sealed in plastic bags. When frozen they will keep up to one year. A small amount of salt, will make a grapefruit taste sweeter. The Red Cooper is the world’s sweetest and greatest grown. Grapes people used to taste for sweetness, before purchasing. Now they are no longer able to do so. The supermarkets wised up, and started putting them in mesh bags. If you aren’t able to taste them, just purchase a few. When their ripe they will taste sweet and yummy. They should also be plump , firm and attached to a green stem. Good color, not faded. Do not wash before storing. Store in the coldest part of your frig. You can freeze these, and give to your kids as healthy snacks. Eat while frozen. When they thaw they will turn mushy. So freeze only what you will eat. I do this all the time. Kiwis are a great source of Vit C. Two of these equals the fiber in one cup of bran flakes. Best to peel with a potato peeler for less waste. They will ripen faster in a brown paper bag, next to an apple or a banana. Salmonella has been found on melons and tomatoes, and other dangerous bacteria has been found, on cabbage and mushrooms. In one instance more than 245 people became ill from cantaloupe in 30 states. Seventy percent of all produce is now being imported from third world countries. Just thought you’d like to know. Listen carefully – E – Coli -----this deadly strain of bacteria is usually the result, of fecal contamination of meats during slaughtering and processing. However this strain is now showing up on vegetables, and fruits. Four outbreaks have been reported in lettuce alone.
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