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goji berry recipeChestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire, But What About Those Other Holiday Food Products - Bah Humbug!
I'M NOT EATING THEM
The holiday season is bringing with it some wildly interesting new festive food choices but Paul C. Davis won't be first in line to sample them.
Call me traditional or call me crazy but when I think of food for the holiday season my mind goes to the old favorites. Doesn't everybody look forward to the candy canes, cranberries, gingerbread, egg nog, mince meat, shortbread and the turkey with all the "trimmins"? Well, apparently not because if you head to the grocery stores over the next few weeks you'll see some pretty strange concoctions that may or may not tempt your palate...but more about that later.
Turkey wasn't always the number one choice for the Christmas feast. Until the 17th century one would celebrate with mutton, pork, peacocks or, sadly, even swans. King James 1 straightened things out by trotting out the turkeys, which he found easier to digest than the other options. Back then, the less fortunate found a turkey substitute in the Christmas goose. Today, ham seems to be gaining in popularity and is the number one choice for many.
Bring on the figgy pudding. OK, Christmas or plum pudding. Plum pudding is still as popular as ever but in the old days it was very different . It used to consist of meat broth with dried fruit along with wine and lots of spices. Later the meat content was given the heave ho, ho, ho and the pudding became an annual Christmas standby.
Perhaps it's not great for the waistline but who can resist egg nog? This mixture of eggs, sugar, milk/cream is often accompanied by some type of liquor and was the creation of the English upper crust. Back then, there was no refrigeration, so a good way of keeping the drink fresh was to mix it with sherry or brandy. It seems that we Americans made it the "original", popular Christmas libation, a couple of hundred years ago, when we started mixing it with rum, which was plentiful and relatively affordable. Of course, in the south, it still tastes very good with Kentucky bourbon.
All the dishes we have grown to love will be making a return visit through the holidays. Hanukkah is celebrated by foods cooked in oil such as potato latkes (pancakes) and sufganyot, which are irresistible, jelly doughnuts. For many, Christmas is as American as pumpkin pie. It will be wonderful to chomp on chestnuts and sneak a few Christmas cookies and peppermint patties.
However, today things are changing and maybe not for the best. I took a quick look around and found some pretty unusual holiday products. I don't think anyone can get too upset about "Winter Oreos" which come with red cream filling and Ritz's "snowflake crackers" sound kind of creative. No problem, I guess, with Kellogg's holiday Rice Krispies. Of course, the Italian fruit cake, Panettone, is almost mainstream now, for everybody.
However, Noah's Bagels, for the second year in a row, are offering Candy Cane Bagels for the holidays. Apparently they don't taste minty at all but are just in the shape of candy canes. Still, as a novelty item they might be at least a bit of fun. A brand new offering this year is the bagel wreath made of red and green bagels filled with cranberries and braided into the shape of a wreath. Turtle Island Foods celebrates the sale this year of over one-million Tofurky roasts, a vegetarian poultry alternative and that's a little different. Unfortunately, I have to draw the line with the Jones Soda 2007 Holiday Gift Pack. It's a complete holiday meal that's brightly packaged in four cute little bottles with four different flavours: Christmas ham soda, Christmas tree soda, egg nog soda and sugar plum soda. No calories, no fat, no caffeine and definitely no fun! A portion of the proceeds of sales go to charity but what about your poor taste buds.
What next? Well, McReynolds Farms will deliver a suckling pig right to your door. Shaw's in New England is encouraging their customers to collect turkey points and over in the UK you can find Pedigree Limited Edition Turkey Schmackos which are described as a delicious and nutritious, meaty Christmas treat for your canine.....making it official that holiday eating is going to the dogs in no uncertain terms.
Paul Davis is the CEO of http://www.mygrocerydeals.com a free online grocery flyer comparison shopping tool designed to help you save money at the grocery store.
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the new buzzword in farming is proving to be both cost effective and profitable, and when used in conjunction with organic farming is helping to profoundly affect the impact that farming has on the environment. Insects, micro organisms and weeds are all considered to be pests when they threaten the viability of crops or livestock.
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Tracking farm pests has always been difficult, often relying more on intuition and farmers networks than on scientific evidence, however modern farmers now use IPM to monitor minor outbreaks and general population cycles of farm pests. Databases of pest life cycles and the way they interact with the environment, in conjunction with regional and localised testing allow farmers to anticipate problems within their district, and specifically prepare for infestations in advance of these occurring.
The initial setup of an integrated pest management system requires auditing a farm and its susceptibility to pests, followed by development of monitoring systems. In practice most farmers already have anecdotal evidence of previous infestations and auditing their farm isn't as demanding as it seems.
Benefits of Integrated Pest Management
Monitoring farm pests requires setting traps and taking measurements on a regular basis, of both beneficial and noxious pests. As a cornerstone of organic farming IPM aims to maintain balance within the local ecosystem, an unbalanced system can quickly become unstable and may require control of even beneficial insects, organism and weeds.
By monitoring and tracking potential pests long before they become a problem, farmers are able to spot eradicate, thus avoiding the need for poisons and dangerous chemicals ever getting into the soil or groundwater. The United States Department of Agriculture are now recommending that the bulk of the agricultural sector should adopt integrated pest management because it is safer and more profitable for farmers.
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