{"id":111391,"date":"2019-10-06T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-its-worth-waiting-for-winter-squash-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2019-10-06T17:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T10:03:04","slug":"why-its-worth-waiting-for-winter-squash-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-its-worth-waiting-for-winter-squash-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s worth waiting for winter squash | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNot all fruit and veg are best eaten as soon as they are picked\u2026One of the mantras of popular food culture today is \u201ceating seasonally\u201d, a practice universally held to be the key to better flavour, better nutrition, better ethics, better everything. However, as a scientist who is fascinated by how what goes on inside the cells of plants dictates the flavour and nutritional benefits of harvests, I have just one problem with this: it\u2019s simply untrue.For while the sweetness of crops like asparagus and sweetcorn can indeed decline precipitously in the days (even hours) after harvest, for many crops the exact opposite occurs. This is particularly true of the winter squash, which despite being ready to harvest right now, will measurably increase in flavour and nutrition if you hold off eating it for a few months. For squashes, fresher is definitely not better. Here\u2019s how it works\u2026 Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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