Things are not as they seem

Luscious red strawberries sitting at a farm stand in Towson on Thursday. Asked for a taste. Man said, “Ask the manager?!” What was that about? So, we asked the manager. “Ok to try one,” he said. How was it? Bland as can be. Tossed it on my Brix meter and found a level of 7. This is one notch above poor. Why’d it look so good, then? Guess looks can be deceiving. Needless to say, we did not buy the strawberries.

Walked the rest of the market with a friend. She wanted to see how a Brix meter works. Found some average raspberries, Brix=10. We couldn’t figure why the produce would be so middling right in the middle of the summer. Was it all the rain? Was it the quality of the soil? Need to talk some more with the growers, but also don’t want to pressure anybody when other customers are waiting.

My friend is a nutritionist. She’s thinking of adding a class on Brix and better nutrition for her clients. She needs some new comparison numbers for kale and wheat grass and other things people are juicing. Do you have any Brix comparisons that are not on the Reams chart to share? Please post a comment if you do! Would be good to share the results.