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Sat, May 31, 14 at 7:47
| This book by Jo Robinson is all about plant history, science and which varieties are the most nutritious. I've been learning a lot and thought other gardeners would be interested in this. Last year I didn't care for cosmic purple carrots and blue potatoes but these varieties are very high in phytonutrients. Plus I learned purple is the original color of carrots. The author promotes farmers markets but home gardeners will appreciate the lists of recommended varieties. I do not grow corn and, frankly, even before I read this book I was very disappointed that the newest young relative of the dairy farmer who is running the corn stand simply plants one variety of supersweet corn. Early in the season it was too young and late in the season is was over ripe. I'm looking for a new farmstand and one that labels what kind of corn they are selling. |
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- Posted by catherinet 5 (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 14 at 9:05
| That's very interesting defrost49. I'm going to look into it. Thanks for posting about it. One thing I wanted to ask about, is that I grew purple pole beans and purple peppers once, and when you cooked them they turned green. (which was disappointing). Would those still be higher in the nutrients? |
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| I have a lot to learn and remember so I looked it up: Royal Burgundy fades the longer cooked. Add raw beans to salad for maximum color and maximum anthocyanin value. Also good Royalty Purple. Colored fresh peas and beans that are red, blue or purple have more phytonutrients than traditional green varieties. Odd, peppers aren't in the book. Phytonutrients are produced by plants. These include antioxidants, certain compounds that reduce the risk of infection, lower blood pressure, lower LDL cholesterol, etc. I was disappointed to learn my favorite apple varieties do not contains as many phytonutrients as others and the original wild varieties of apples contain a huge amount. When plants were bred for higher sugar content such as super sweet varieties of corn, they usually lost nutritional value. |
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