by Jennifer Muck-Dietrich | Jul 4, 2019 | Summer
Small Potatoes “You must take the little potato with the big potato” or “That’s no small potatoes!” There are around 200 varieties of potatoes grown in the United States and 20 million metric tons of potatoes sold. According to Cornell Cooperative...
by Jennifer Muck-Dietrich | Jun 10, 2019 | Summer
Wuttahimneash (strawberry) The Naragansett Native American word for strawberry—wuttahimneash—translates to heart-seed berry. The scientific name is Fragaria ananassa, which refers to its sweet fragrance. The strawberry we know and love today is a cultivated...
by Jennifer Muck-Dietrich | Aug 10, 2018 | Summer
Wolf Peaches Native to the Americas, tomatoes have been traced back to the Aztecs, around 700 AD. It was not until the 1500s that the tomato reached Europe. The pomi d’oro, or golden apples, are believed to have arrived in Europe via Spanish conquistador Hernán...
by Jennifer Muck-Dietrich | Aug 10, 2018 | Summer
Cherry lips; cherry on top; popped her cherry; life is like a bowl of cherries; she’s my cherry pie; that’s a cherry rig; bite of the cherry; cherry-picked… From her delicate silken blossoms to her succulent ruby red berries, the cherry tree has been a symbol of magic...
by Jennifer Muck-Dietrich | Jul 10, 2018 | Summer
The Potato part 1 The Potato Part 1 “The biological and cultural consequences of 1492” How does that saying go… “In the year of 1492; Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and...
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