I worry about those who eat 'unnatural' food. Especially the ones who apparently eat inorganic vegetables, those metal bits must be hard on the teeth...
I was more thinking of people who like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, stuff like that.
But yes, metal fruit would be hard on the teeth. Of course, considering what "organic" means in chemistry, I'm not sure organic fruit would be any better (shudder.)
Yes, I thought that was what you meant. It just tweaks me every time I see food labelled 'natural' or 'organic' as though pizza and ordinary fruit were 'unnatural' or 'inorganic', as well as the implication that 'natural' and 'organic' are automatically 'good' (I am quite happy to buy 'natural' and 'organic' cannabis, opium and belladonna extracts on that basis, but for some reason they still aren't for sale).
Interesting article, anyway. When I was a kid we rarely went out picking fruit, except for 'exotic' things like strawberries, we had enough in the garden. Including the "baked blackberry and apple tree" (the blackberry had colonised the apple tree, and it was at the bottom of the garden where we had bonfires, so afterwards we could pick the cooked fruit straight off the tree!).
Generally my rule of thumb is to ignore "natural" on labels and figure if I can tell from the food itself what it is (an apple, a carrot, rice, beans, cut of meat, milk) it's "natural" and if the fruit or whatever is a picture on the label instead it's processed.
(I will point out that pizza is, while not supernatural, at least highly processed to remove fiber and add sugar and grease, and therefore, to my mind, more tasty but less healthy than less processed foods.)
Organic is just one of those words that means two very different things in different contexts. I don't mind the idea of eating food that is less likely to have pesticides and such in it, but frequently can't afford the higher prices, and don't consider it so important that I squeeze other things out of the budget to make room.
I think the writer of the article also has a lot of fruit in her garden; just not as much as she would like to have on hand to fill the maws of four active children and two adults. Your garden full of fruit sounds very nice too. I admit that cooking the fruit on the tree (or the canes) is a new one on me; I would have thought that kind of heat would damage the tree as well.
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Date: 2011-08-16 12:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-16 02:07 pm (UTC)But yes, metal fruit would be hard on the teeth. Of course, considering what "organic" means in chemistry, I'm not sure organic fruit would be any better (shudder.)
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Date: 2011-08-16 02:34 pm (UTC)Interesting article, anyway. When I was a kid we rarely went out picking fruit, except for 'exotic' things like strawberries, we had enough in the garden. Including the "baked blackberry and apple tree" (the blackberry had colonised the apple tree, and it was at the bottom of the garden where we had bonfires, so afterwards we could pick the cooked fruit straight off the tree!).
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Date: 2011-08-16 03:25 pm (UTC)(I will point out that pizza is, while not supernatural, at least highly processed to remove fiber and add sugar and grease, and therefore, to my mind, more tasty but less healthy than less processed foods.)
Organic is just one of those words that means two very different things in different contexts. I don't mind the idea of eating food that is less likely to have pesticides and such in it, but frequently can't afford the higher prices, and don't consider it so important that I squeeze other things out of the budget to make room.
I think the writer of the article also has a lot of fruit in her garden; just not as much as she would like to have on hand to fill the maws of four active children and two adults. Your garden full of fruit sounds very nice too. I admit that cooking the fruit on the tree (or the canes) is a new one on me; I would have thought that kind of heat would damage the tree as well.