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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Definately not a trick, Bob.  It is just a fun way to prove to people that 
there really is a difference and *what* the difference is.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> I missed one of these (below) emails.  I just returned from market about 
> 7:30 am.
>
> They had no organic carrots today.  I will try again next week.  I still 
> don't understand how this test works , but I will follow the instructions.
> I don't particularly care for the taste of raw carrots.  Like the stupid 
> dog, I prefer them cooked in stew.  My wife likes them raw, I'll get her 
> to do the test , also.
>
>  Sometimes the stores have a wide selection of organic, sometimes , like 
> today,  it is more limited.  I did buy a bunch of O'Henry peaches today. 
> Of course, none are ripe yet, I hope they taste as pleasant as they look 
> once they ripen.
>
> I have five ( all the nursery got in ) bell pepper plants in the ground, 
> only for a few days, and one already has one pepper the size of a double 
> golf ball.  'most are just buds, with a few about the size of quarter of a 
> ping pong ball .
>
> Remember, where I am, I'm largely depentent on distribution.  It could be 
> a week or  three weeks before my store has organic carrots, and I'm not 
> going to make a special drive to one of the yuppie coffe bar/produce 
> stores to buy bland tasting organic food at ridiculous prices.  If
> my wife goes to Trader Joes this weekend, I 'll get her to check there. 
> You never know when they will haver the odd packaged stock of organic 
> stuff.  Or maybe she'll stop by Sprouts on the way.
>
> I like my regular store and I shop once a week.  Like cigarette smoking , 
> I am habitual.
>
> I'm still wondering if Lynda is playing a trick on me.....bobbbyford
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/13/08, WF Smith <mogrits AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: WF Smith <mogrits AT gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Small-scale farming a growing trend
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:52 PM
> > > Ever do the carrot test, Bob?
> > >
> > > Buy a regular carrot with the top still on.  Buy and
> > organic
> > > carrot with the
> > > top still on.  Cut the tops off each carrot, don't
> > take them
> > > down all the
> > > way past the green/brown part.  Cut the first 1"
> > off.  Set
> > > the organic
> > > carrot on your tongue for 30 seconds and then eat it.
> > Do
> > > that with the
> > > commercial carrot.  Let us know what your tongue feels
> > like
> > > when you've done
> > > the commercial carrot.
> > >
> > > Lynda
> >
> >
> > How did this work out?
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