Comments on: Fruit salad http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/ A lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3429 ellaella Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:14:23 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3429 <strong>@ blue</strong> - Thank you so much. Fresh fruit really is a gift, isn't it? Ascorbic Acid is also a wonderful dough conditioner and is allowed to be used in baguettes in France. When I remember, I crush a Vitamin C tablet and use a pinch of it in breads I make with all-purpose flour. (Gold Medal's bread flour already has Ascorbic Acid.) I wonder if a crushed tablet would work with fruit as well as Fresh Fruit does? <strong>Muse</strong> - And thank you, my friend! I use my melon baller more often than you might imagine. It's fabulous for removing the seeds from pears and makes the cutest little ice cream balls, for when cuteness counts. :D @ blue - Thank you so much. Fresh fruit really is a gift, isn’t it?

Ascorbic Acid is also a wonderful dough conditioner and is allowed to be used in baguettes in France. When I remember, I crush a Vitamin C tablet and use a pinch of it in breads I make with all-purpose flour. (Gold Medal’s bread flour already has Ascorbic Acid.) I wonder if a crushed tablet would work with fruit as well as Fresh Fruit does?

Muse - And thank you, my friend! I use my melon baller more often than you might imagine. It’s fabulous for removing the seeds from pears and makes the cutest little ice cream balls, for when cuteness counts. :D

]]> By: MusEditions http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3427 MusEditions Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:33:02 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3427 Oh you have me feeling so fruity (in a good way). I would love to eat it, of course, but the pic looks good enough to frame on the kitchen wall. Do you actually have a melon balller? ;) <em>MusEditions's last blog post..<a href='http://museditions.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/arizona-way-to-go-mars-lander-youre-all-wet/' rel="nofollow">Arizona: way to go! Mars Lander: you?re all wet!</a></em> Oh you have me feeling so fruity (in a good way). I would love to eat it, of course, but the pic looks good enough to frame on the kitchen wall. Do you actually have a melon balller? ;)
MusEditions’s last blog post..Arizona: way to go! Mars Lander: you?re all wet!

]]> By: Blue Smoke of Paradise http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3426 Blue Smoke of Paradise Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:58:19 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/08/04/fruit-salad/#comment-3426 Being raised in California, a big bowl of fruit salad in the fridge was part of everyday life, especially during late summer. Although my mother used the Fruit Fresh to prevent browning, had she known in the day, no doubt she would have opted for the much cheaper powdered Ascorbic Acid in the absence of a lemon. A summer fruit salad is in my opinion something holy, a celebration of the gifts of the earth, the color and robust health which spring from the ground, and the simplicity is itself beautiful, the minimal processing and additions sing a sweet testament to the earth's bounty, goodness, and sweetness. A joyous and vibrant entry. Thank you! <em>Blue Smoke of Paradise's last blog post..<a href='http://bluesmokeofparadise.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/for-my-father/' rel="nofollow">For My Father</a></em> Being raised in California, a big bowl of fruit salad in the fridge was part of everyday life, especially during late summer. Although my mother used the Fruit Fresh to prevent browning, had she known in the day, no doubt she would have opted for the much cheaper powdered Ascorbic Acid in the absence of a lemon.

A summer fruit salad is in my opinion something holy, a celebration of the gifts of the earth, the color and robust health which spring from the ground, and the simplicity is itself beautiful, the minimal processing and additions sing a sweet testament to the earth’s bounty, goodness, and sweetness.

A joyous and vibrant entry. Thank you!

Blue Smoke of Paradise’s last blog post..For My Father

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