The Taste #7
“The succulent mango” teased the headline on the blackboard hanging above the produce department at the Seward Co-op Grocery & Deli. As always, that attention-getter was chased by a highly readable history, buyer’s guide and how-to-use tutorial on the delectable fruit. Such literary license might be an anomaly for supermarket shoppers, but it’s business as usual at the Seward, where a knowledgeable and obviously well-read staff presides over one of the Twin Cities’ most appealing fruit and vegetable selections.
It reads...
REGULATE... YOUR BODY TEMP! Whatever the season, the weather and your own body will tell you what food to eat for their thermal properties. Watermelon and Cucumbers are the ultimate hot-weather goods – they cool the body. Butternut squash, on the other hand, warms you up on brisk fall days. Rebecca Wood (Whole Foods Encyclopedia) writes that slow-growing foods like cabbage are more warming than fast-growing lettuce. Also, foods that are slow-cooked or cooked with more oil/fat are more warming. In general, raw foods are more cooling than cooked, but also require more energy to digest. So your body may love you for gorging on Melons on summer mornings, but it would not say no to some nice steamed kale splashed with tamari and vinegar at the end of the long day.
I stopped by the Seward Co-op the other day for lunch, and in addition to enjoying a lovely Vegetable Korma, I learned a little something in the produce section.
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