Recently, I learned that ripe limes are yellow.
Did you know that?
I didn't know that. I'm shocked by that fact.
I used to think that when the limes turned yellow in my fridge, they were goners.
It turns out that growers pick limes when they are extremely underripe. They are still green at that stage.
But why? Well, I don't have a lime tree in my backyard here in Canada. Limes travel long distances from other countries. They need to last long enough to make it all the way to your fridge.
When limes are underripe, they are green, tart, and even a bit bitter, as you might already know.
But when they become ripe, the sugars develop and they turn juicier, sweeter, and richer in flavor.
I'm finding that the more I learn about the conventional food system, the more conflicted I am about it. We definitely get exposed to a wide variety of food, but a lot of it isn't high quality food.
Are there any other foods you know of that are completely different outside of the grocery store?
