tropical agriculture
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Lemon Water Doesn’t Do Anything
Water: refreshing. Lemons: also refreshing. Combine the two, and you get a drinkable liquid with sprightly flavour. That is all you get. Not a detox elixir, and not a metabolism booster. Let me repeat: when you add lemons to water, you just get lemon water. (And if you also add sugar, you get lemonade.) Lemon…
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The Smartest Way to Keep Avocados Fresh for Up to a Month
Buying avocados is always a bit of a crapshoot: They tend to ripen at unpredictable intervals, with that fleeting moment of ripeness coming and going before you have a chance to eat them. Sure, you can freeze them, but that does mean a change in texture, which might not always work for what you want.
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These 3-Ingredient Scalloped Sweet Potatoes Are Incredibly Decadent
Due to the nature of my line of work, I am (somewhat begrudgingly) already thinking about Thanksgiving. I’m pretty set on smoking a turkey, but the rest of the menu has yet to be ironed out. One thing is for certain: These scalloped beauties are going on the table.
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Store Your Pineapples Upside Down, and Other Surprising Ways to Keep Your Fruit From Spoiling
Though it’d be nice, there’s no one-size-fits-all storage methodology to maximise the freshness of different fruits. Some need to be cloaked in a cocoon of temperate air; others thrive when they’re stored below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius). Some care and storage is obvious (don’t leave berries to rot at room temperature), others, less…