{"id":58481,"date":"2018-03-08T00:09:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T08:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=58481"},"modified":"2018-03-08T00:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T08:09:59","slug":"young-cultivators-merit-badge-know-your-food-intermediate-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/58481","title":{"rendered":"Young Cultivator Merit Badge: Know Your Food, Intermediate Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmgirlsisterhood.org\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sisterhood Merit Badge program<\/span><\/u><\/a>,<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> now with\u00a07,504 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u201410,886 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Wondering who I am? I\u2019m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/10477\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080;\">former life<\/span><\/u><\/a> \u2026<b>\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For this week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmgirlsisterhood.org\/badges-ycfk-know_your_food.asp\"><u>Farm Kitchen\/Know Your Food Intermediate Level Young Cultivator Merit Badge<\/u><\/a>, Nora decided to educate the rest of her family on her newfound knowledge of \u2026 drumroll please \u2026<\/p>\n<p>FRUIT.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, once little Nora realized plain ol\u2019 fruit was pretty plain delicious all on its own, she had forgone most of her sweet treats in favor of a juicy kiwi, or a bowl of peaches and cream, or some sun-ripened strawberries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59055\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59055\" class=\"wp-image-59055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Strawberry_-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Nino Barbieri via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She was even starting to come out of her sugar-induced coma. I swear I saw a twinkle in her eyes I had never seen before as she bit into an Anjou pear. It was a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>To earn her Intermediate Level badge though, she had to share her knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, I probably should have supervised this part a little more. Sharing what you love and don\u2019t love about food at the dinner table, with over-tired parents and whiney siblings and the like can be a recipe for disaster. Note to self: Janey, my dear, when you have offspring of your very own, fruity looms, remember this.<\/p>\n<p>Nora had been a sport about trying new fruits and veggies. We had a blast at the farmer\u2019s market and grocery store, picking out new things. She even went totally overboard: she only needed to do one new item per week, but she was averaging one per day. The girl was becoming addicted to it. I wasn\u2019t sure if her mom was going to thank me, or kill me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59056\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59056\" class=\"wp-image-59056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Fruit_and_berries_in_a_grocery_store_Paris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Daderot via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My Final Decisions and List of New Food<br \/>\nBy Nora<\/p>\n<p>The Good:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kiwis<\/li>\n<li>Cantaloupe<\/li>\n<li>Persimmon (but only under ripe, then they get gross)<\/li>\n<li>Plantains<\/li>\n<li>Starfruit<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Potatoes (made into fries only)<\/li>\n<li>Purple Cauliflower<\/li>\n<li>Radishes<\/li>\n<li>Pomegranates<\/li>\n<li>Jicama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sweet Potatoes that aren\u2019t in the shape of fries<\/li>\n<li>Raisins<\/li>\n<li>Dragonfruit<\/li>\n<li>Squash<\/li>\n<li>Lima Beans<\/li>\n<li>Arugula<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ugly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beets (until you slice \u2018em, then kinda pretty)<\/li>\n<li>Raisins (should be illegal)<\/li>\n<li>Turnips (yuck)<\/li>\n<li>Bean Sprouts (scary, alien-looking things)<\/li>\n<li>Ugly Fruit (No, really! It\u2019s a thing! A form of a tangelo!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since no mom wants a report card after dinner, I took it upon myself to keep the list at my house. All in all, we tried lots of new stuff, and Nora enjoyed more than she spit out. Tastefully. Into a napkin.<\/p>\n<p>We also learned that taste buds change over the years (they literally wear out like an old pair of socks), approximately every seven years to be precise. So though Nora may hate arugula now, she <strong>might<\/strong> eat it up cheerfully as a 20-year-old. (She is skeptical.)<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Jane here. Still waiting for my taste buds to accept asparagus. Maybe if I bury it in Hollandaise sauce? You know, for my health?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with\u00a07,504 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u201410,886 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! 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