Choosing Fresh Vegetables

[Kim Shook]

I made fresh green beans last night.  They were a little bitter.  It seems to me they should be very good at the beginning of November.  They looked fine and I even tried to "string" a couple to see if they were excessively stringy (which sometimes even the "stringless" are) and snapped one - it was not limp and dry.  Is there some way to tell in the store if they are going to be bitter?  Do I have to taste a raw bean?  Blah.  

Edited November 5, 2019 by Kim Shook (log)

[Darienne]

Sorry Kim, I have no answer to your question...but rather another question to add:  how can you tell if the carrots you buy are going to be sweet, blah, or even bitter?

 

[Kim Shook]

48 minutes ago, Darienne said:

Sorry Kim, I have no answer to your question...but rather another question to add:  how can you tell if the carrots you buy are going to be sweet, blah, or even bitter?

 

With carrots, I scratch them slightly with my thumbnail.  If they are juicy and smell sweet, I buy.  I don't buy bags of carrots, only loose ones, if I can help it.