15! That’s the great BRIX level of garden peas found at the farmers’ market at Whole Foods in Mt. Washington, MD last Wednesday. You’ll find them there next week, too, at the Pond View Farm stand. Ask for Leo and Sandi Hartlaub. There was lots going on at this market, including a chef cook-off, so didn’t get a chance to ask what the Hartlaub’s do to get such outstanding results. That will have to wait for the next visit.
For me, BRIX is an even better measure for veggies than for fruit. I confess – I am an urbanite and use BRIX as my training wheels. Since I tend to cook veggies like peas, I am not so familiar with their flavor when they are raw. Maybe some day, but for now a 15 = buy them fast!
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June 27, 2009 at 1:10 am
Jon Frank
You can think of brix as a mechanical taste tester. 15 brix peas is a good find. As we go further on in research we will begin to look at the actual amount of nutrients present is 15 brix peas compared to say 7 brix peas and see a gigantic lack of nutrients in those with low brix.
For now it is enough to just correlate brix with taste.
Jon C Frank
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