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ORANGES: The best juicing oranges are Valencia. Navel oranges are
good when Valencia’s are not available.
GRAPEFRUIT: Pink and red make a sweeter juice. The white or yellow
grapefruit is somewhat tart but rich in bioflavonoids. Select thin-
skinned grapefruits that are heavy for their size, as they will be most
ripe and juiciest.
PINEAPPLES: They should be ripe yellow, with very little green, if any.
It is overripe if it has soft spots that bubble with a fermented smell
when pressed with your fingers. Leaves should be fresh.
If one of the
small center leaves snaps easy when tugged on with your fingers, it
is ripe.
If it is still green towards the top of the pineapple, store
upside down at room temperature until it turns yellow.
Here’s a great tip regarding pineapple cones: If you do not want to
take that bristly and dirty pineapple cone home with you just hold
onto the pineapple with your left hand firmly, then take the cone in
your right hand and twist firmly to the right, as if you are unscrewing
a lid off of a jar... and there you have it, it comes off and you are free
of the cone!
CANTALOUPES: They should be firm on the outside but soft on the
ends where the little round dip appears, and it should smell sweet as
well, as it indicates ripeness. Peaches and pears and other soft fruits
should be juiced between ripe and soft. It is tricky to get it ripe
enough but not too soft, however, Linda and I usually combine apples
with these softer fruits so as to create more evenness in our juice
drink.
TRY TO BUY ORGANIC
The soil, sun and water are the three elements needed to nurture a
plant. Of these three elements, the soil is the only one we can control.
The health of a plant depends on the health of its food, which is the
soil. If the plants we eat are fed artificially with chemicals and sprayed
with toxic pesticides, we are also eating and absorbing the chemicals
which are harmful to our bodies.
Most importantly, the juice of any fruit or vegetable, whether organic
or not, is better than no juice at all. Ask for organic whenever you can,
even when it is not available. Demand creates supply!
Make sure if you are not buying organic, that you are using our
natural cleaning solution recipe.
JAY’S TIPS: BUYING PRODUCE
