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In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
> >> Arugula (in the mustard family) is a cold weather crop, if grown in a
> >> hot climate it will be bitter and foul smelling. To harvest pick the
> >> young outter leaves, the older leaves will be tough and very peppery.
> >> I doubt decent arugula can be grown where you live, it would need to
> >> be shipped in and arugula has a very short shelf life.... up until
> >> maybe ten years ago there was no commercial arugula, one had to go out
> >> and forage for their own. Arugula is like radish, you either like it
> >> or not.
>
> >Makes sense... but the stuff that was on the salad bar this week was
> >nasty.
>
> Somebody, possibly Monsanto, figured out how to make mountains
> of arugula commercially... at this point it's the European
> national leafy vegetable, you cannot avoid it on the continent.
>
> It definitely has a rubbery texture when it's grown past its prime.
>
>
> Steve

Monsanto... poisoning the world with GM veggies. :-(
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