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Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 4:47pm.I'm assuming that "arguing about fruit" is a joke, and I think it could be a great way to relieve some tensions and just have some therapeutic fun. So it's almost with hesitance that I point out that...I like grapefruit, not just the cultivated sweetness of Ruby Red but the good old-fashioned sour Pink and White. I have a carton of grapefruit juice in my fridge, and it's not reserved for the Vodka.
However, grapefruit is allegedly dangerous to mix with certain medications. Gug can probably come up with facts and statistics but I'll defiantly eat my grapefruit anyway.
If there's a fruit that should be knocked around, it's Pomegranates. I mean, what's the point? It's nothing but seeds, and they're not even juicy.
I agree about the
Submitted by Chia on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 9:12pm.---------
Nonviolence Includes Animals:
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"PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk's address to the International Nonviolence Conference in Bethlehem"
I like pomegranates BECAUSE they're difficult!
Submitted by jlw on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 9:02am.The juice is wonderful, but it has to be appreciated in very small amounts. Pomegranates teach patience... they are very zen.
I wish I could think of something funny...
Submitted by chad360 on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 4:48pm....so instead, I'll just open with a salvo of, "where are your damn avocados"?
Oh man,
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 5:01pm.Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.! --John Maynard Keynes
I Think
Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 5:10pm.I'd move the lemon to the tasty area and add a lime there as well! Maybe not by themselves but mixed with other things they are quite tasty!
"A point of view is only a view from a point..." ~ Unknown
Where is the fruitcake?
Submitted by Norm on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 5:12pm.Rotting In A Landfill Somewhere?
Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 5:42pm.oh wait, fruitcakes don't rot do they? Is the fruit in them really fruit? Or is it just a dehydrated gel flavored to taste like fruit? I wouldn't know, the only time I ever tasted a small sliver of fruitcake, I gagged. I think I was 5.
"A point of view is only a view from a point..." ~ Unknown
I actually LIKE fruitcake
Submitted by security_six on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:16pm.Or at least the fruitcake my mom makes, but it is different than most of the bricks I see around as "fruitcake" There is actual cake and fruit mixed together. And mincemeat pie filling. I dip it in rum. And then eat it with rum. And then drink rum. Mmm.... rum..... aaarraaaggghhh....
"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown
I guess I am a watermelon...
Submitted by The Original Yoda on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 5:43pm....a bit difficult and slightly tasty.
I'm also green on the outside and red on the inside.
I like Grapefruits.
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 11:20pm.But I am willing to do without considering that they do not grow well in this bioregion.
I think we should argue about sustainable food sourcing. Is it possible to grow enough food locally to be sustainable?
What will it take to get there? Why is there tract housing being developed on arable land?
Depends on several things
Submitted by security_six on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 11:30pm.The size of the population, and the tastes of the population. The natives in the Puget Sound region probably had one of the plushest setups of any native groups outside of central/southern Kalifornia.
Plenty of water, plenty of tasty stuff in the sound, plenty of tasty stuff in the woods... This area is almost a northern Garden of Eden. And we screwed it up.
Wheat can grow here, but due to weather crops may fail at times. But who needs wheat? There are other ways to get starches...
Anyway the point i am trying to make is that it is entirely possible to have totally local agriculture and thrive off of it with no imports.
Will miss out on luxuries though, and common spices would be scarce.
"Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can be against safety."--Unknown