[quote]Chef Lisa Marie wrote:
How about low sugar watermelon?
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/07/0723watermelons.html [/quote]
It’s nice that the Government is finally doing something for the Anabolic Dieters 
[quote]Miserere wrote:
To get back to the genetic modification of blackberries. Coffee and cocoa beans contain healthy antioxidants and other beneficial micronutrients…and are both bitter. Could be that by making berries less bitter we’re also bring down the amount of healthy micronutrients they contain.[/quote]
Very interesting observation and putting those things together. I never thought of it as the bitter flavor being the cohesive factor there.
I was always under the impression that it was the anthocyanin, water soluble color, found in these vegetables/fruits that created the anitoxidant effect that people were after. I know berries have massive amounts of these pigments.
I know this is also found in other fruits and veggies like, red cabbage, pommegranite, edible flowers, and blood oranges. I’m sure there are lots of others I forgot about too. Think: purple, red, blue.
Of course I guess that’s why JB promotes “eating the rainbow” so you don’t miss any of the micronutrients found in all the colored veggies and fruits.
I’m jealous!
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As an aside, these posts have brought back childhood memories of Summers in Spain when I would go out with my gang of friends to pick blackberries in plastic bags. We’d eat so many! I remember my aunt would always know I’d been picking because of the purple stains on my hands. Ah…Good times… :-)[/quote]
/jealous!
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
Chef Lisa Marie wrote:
And then there’s Umami
I just Googled it, Smarty pants!
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AND>>>>> What do you think???
Real? Not?
Have you experienced this supposed taste sensation?
This is my latest food fascination.
[quote]Chef Lisa Marie wrote:
Yo Momma wrote:
Chef Lisa Marie wrote:
And then there’s Umami
I just Googled it, Smarty pants!
AND>>>>> What do you think???
Real? Not?
Have you experienced this supposed taste sensation?
This is my latest food fascination. [/quote]
I think everyone has. Umami is common to asparagus, tomatoes, cheese and meat.
Umami is the taste of glutamate.
Really.