I want to explore some new fruits and veggies. I will admit it, I have never eaten an ugli fruit - they just scare me too much! I have been reading a lot of food blogs and books about food production like The Omnivore's dilemma (fortunately for me I am a vegetarian), Animal Vegetable Miracle, The Botany of Desire, Smitten Kitchen and Super Nartural Cooking just to name a few. I wanted to try and be very green and eat local. I went online to see if anything is listed as being in seaon in the state of Illnois in January. According to the Department of Agrulture for the State of Illinois, nothing is in season right now and nothing will be until March when we have some fresh spinach, asparagus, onions and peas to look forward to. I think I understand why some of or forefathers hitched up those wagons or fords went further West! So I am off to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods to explore some new produce - imported or not.
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