How to tell if vegetables a fresh?!
How to tell if vegetables a fresh?
How can i tell if vegetables a fresh for eg. cabbages, choy sum, buk choy etc. Whenever i go to supermarkets i can't tell whether they are fresh or not. Besides from when the workers a putting them on the shelf.
Answers:
no bruses or discollored spots. not soft and looks appealing
1) Eat one (shoplifting, but who cares.)
2) Wait a day or two.
3) If you die, it was not fresh.
4) If you don't die, it was fresh!! Congratulations!
5) Repeat step 1 until step 3 occurs.
If they are bright, have a lively color and crispy then their fresh. Vegetables are usually at their best quality and price at the peak of their season. Check this website out for help
http://whatscookingamerica.net/vegetable...
Relying on seeing vegetables put on the shelves to determine freshness is akin to thinking money is new because it just came out of the bank teller's drawer. Don't count on that, though it is a good way to get the best available in the store at the time.
With most vegetables and fruits, crispness is a pretty good way to tell they are fresh, but that does not mean that they are recently harvested. With proper storage, cabbage can easily be held for months before it is sold.
The best way to find fresh vegetables is to use a farmers' market for purchases and to restrict purchases to what is locally available (growing locally) produce. When cabbage is available locally in gardens, you can also find the other vegetables you mentioned will probably be local in some markets even if they are not being shown in the local farmer's market. This is becoming a bit less true with so many big chains restricting produce buying by stores, but independent stores continue the practice.
Even so, watching for the grocer to see what has just come from the back is a good move if bins are not cooled and humidified and what you want is not a fast seller. You should always ask if there is more of a product out back if you are not satisfied with the products on display. That is how grocers train new employees, they let the public train them.