Organic Produce? Friend or Aquaitance Who You Really Don't Need to Bother Getting to Know????

The FOOD JUSTICE world is buzzing about a new Stanford article that recently reported "fruits and vegetables labeled organic were, on average, no more nutritious than their conventional counterparts." The study did find however, that organic food contained fewer pesticides.

I don't know why anyone is surprised by these findings. Anyways, it is a good excuse to post a wonderful list of foods you should always buy organically:

1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Bell peppers
4. Peaches
5. Strawberries
6. Nectarines
7. Grapes
8. Spinach
9. Lettuce
10. Cucumbers

These you don't have to worry as much about: (hint a lot of them have peels)

1. Onions
2. Sweet Corn
3. Pineapples
4. Avocado
5. Cabbage
6. Sweet peas
7. Asparagus
8. Mangoes
9. Eggplant
10. Kiwi
11. Cantaloupe
12. Sweet potatoes
13. Grapefruit
14. Watermelon
15. Mushrooms

Beer of the Week; PARTY WAAAAVVVVEEEEE EDITION

Welcome to Beer of the Week. This week we will be reviewing Hitachino Nest Real Ginger Brew, made by Kiuchi Brewery. This beer is brewed in Japan using raw ginger during the fermentation process, how weird! Lot of reviewers in the line up this week, hope no one gets snaked!!!

Disclaimer: this is an actual beer. If you are interested in what I suppose should be called ginger wine I found this online recipe.

Appearance

Dan: Caramel
Noah: Red stained mahogany
Gabe: Red mahogany
Clarissa: Weirdly dark mahogany colored cider
Leah: Beer
Julia: I CANNOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
Ben: Like that tape bugs get stuck to
 

Smell

Dan: Miso soup
Noah: Ginger (how original Noah*)
Gabe: d00d sweet nectar of Christ
Clarissa: Like beer
Leah: Gingery beer
Julia: Gingery nail Polish remover
Ben: Ginger sukiyaki sauce
 

Taste

Dan: Light, gingery, syrupy? Rounded, but maybe lacking something to grab my attention.
Noah: Sweetest beer I've ever tasted. Quite smooth though.
Gabe: It is more like beer with ginger than ginger beer.
Clarissa: Tastes nothing like ginger!
Leah: Drain pour
Julia: Honeyish, but also leaves a cigarette flavor in the back of my mouth.
Ben: Tastes like beer foam with a ginger cough drop.
 

Overall

Dan: I like this beer, it is quite unique. Due to the cost I'm not sure I will ever seek it out.
Noah: Too sweet too expensive.
Gabe: Interesting, but not necessarily good.
Clarissa: Biggest disappointment of my life.
Leah: No comment at first, then just sort of copies Clarissa.
Julia: I LOVE IT!
Ben: I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE VOICE IM GOING TO BUY THIS FOR EVERY EPISODE.
 

 Due to the incredible high cost of this beer this is our lowest krunability ever :P

$42/8 = 5.25 krunkability 

"I hate Beer of the Week!"

*editors note (usually to be said sarcastically) 

#toddakin #mittromney4thewin #ginger #sean sasaki

#Summerz0ver FJH 3.0 Commence

Today is Tuesday August 28th, 2012. The day before the classes start and the official end of summer session 2.5. Let's find out what everyone spent their summer doing!

Gabe Mathews, Formally Noodleboy, THE FROST QUEEN: Gabe spent his summer ruling over Narnia. Unfortunately a pesky cat named Azlan thought Gabe's idea of an endless winter of pointless academia to be a bit pedantic, so he banished Gabe to Los Angeles. I hope his pale skin can cope with 13 hours of daily sunshine!

 

Ben Tuthill: Ben spent his summer partying with Snoop Aslan. Hopefully this doesn't cause any tension between him and the Frost Queen! 

 

Zoé Butler: Zoé spent her summer hanging out with her grandparents and sharecropping. What a bum! 

 

Noah Donnell Kilmer: Noah loitered in Inglewood where he potentially might have been near Snoop Aslan's past acquaintances. It hasn't occurred to me until right now how much of our lives revolved around the Snoop Lion! It will be interesting to see if these past rivalries emerge to divide the house. 

Clarissa Bosomething: Clarissa's car broke down and her step dad woke up from his hibernation and kicked Landon out of our house. Good riddance Landon! 

Julia Carrizosa: To quote her Mother, "Ching chong lee long hua y tsing."

Leah Sussman: Leah had a life changing experience in Frankfurt where she took a  tour of the world famous Alibaba sausage factory. She brought us back a plethora of grounds meats and is excited to begin preparing her own sausages!

Dan: what did I do? I wrote a delightful little story about a group of children and their feline friend. I guess if I had to say I would classify it as fantasy/children's literature, but I don't want to give too much away.