Staples
- Bread - Wheat - European
- Tortilla - Corn - Latinos
- Potatoes - American
- Rice - Asian
- Lentils - Indian
- Black beans - Carribean
- Casava - Latino
Honey
- ensure beekeepers do not feed their bees refinded sugars
- buckwheat
- wildflower
- clover
- orange blossom
- blueberry
- so rich it won't fit through the squeeze bottle
Olive Oil
- extra virgin
- cold pressed
- do not contain chemicals
- golden yellow in colour is of higher quality than green
- it has to come from a small place like southern tuscany
- the bottom of the bottle has to be a little bit brown
- October pressed?
- do you try to get knew or old olive oil?
- what is the shelf life of olive oil?
Green Tea
- gunpowder tea - shiny - wikipedia article - green tea - mint tea - chinese origion - pellets - good for the army - storage?
- end of march for premium japanese sencha green tea
- white tea
- processing - green teas are steamed and dried but not allowed to ferment
- black teas are fermented
- one teaspoon of tea per cup (250ml)
- steep for 2-3 minutes
- more steeping equals more caffeine
- green darjeeling tea is grown in the southern slopes of the Himalaya Mountains, Green darjeeling tea is especially gentle on the body becasue fo the minimal processing
Bread
- uneven bubble size
- pointy ends
chocolate
- at least 70% cocao
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