Cucumbers are on that list: the dirty dozen. These are the fruits and vegetables that, when grown with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, involve the heaviest use and retain the heaviest residues of these chemicals. Many of these are the sweetest, most thin-skinned, or most water-dense of our favorite produce. Remember my posts about peaches and [...]
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Cucumbers, Part II: Pesticides
Posted in Shopping, Vegetables, tagged Amy C, Amy Campion, cucumber recipes, cucumber salad, cucumbers dirty dozen, cucumbers pesticide use, growing cucumbers, organic cucumbers, organic grapes, organic peaches, organophosphates on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cucumbers, Part I: Poetry
Posted in Philosophical, Poetry, Trends, Vegetables, tagged "The Task", "The Task" cucumber, Amy Campion, Cowper cucumber, cucumber poetry, cucumber salad, eating locally, food culture, good food movement, growing cucumbers, hothouse cucumber, local eating, locavore, modernization of food, Robert Hass cucumber, Robert Hass cucumber poem, roving locavore, William Cowper on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“If you think I am going to make A sexual joke in this poem, you are mistaken.” So says Robert Hass, in his playful poem, dryly titled “Poem With a Cucumber In It.” The poem contains etymological musings on “cumbersome” and “encumber,” musings on the Berkeley sky, memories of travel, and a rough recipe for [...]
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