choi 发表于 10-15-2012 08:12 ![]()
The order of items in my posting follows that in the NYT Magazine.
(1) Mario Batali, The Unmentionab ...
(2) Mark Bittman, Heavenly Earth. California's Central Valley is the greatest food resource. So why are we treating it so badly?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/1 ... ion-vegetables.html
Quote:
"In one field, [Keith] Gardiner and Holly King, whose family land is farmed by the company, showed me a shaker, a squat four-wheel vehicle with a robotic arm that grabs the trunk of a tree and shakes it until the nuts fall to the ground. There they sit, drying for a week or so (the chances of rain are almost nil), until a sweeper comes along and gathers them. This is followed by a harvester, which scoops them into trucks that bring them to be hulled and shelled.
"A decade ago, many analysts thought that the crop had reached its peak of one billion pounds. This year the harvest is something like two billion pounds, and farmers are still ripping out other crops and planting almonds. They’re selling, too, if not here, then in China. The same is also true of grapes, which are feeding China’s growing and extraordinary thirst for wine. * * * And disproportionate swaths are being devoted to grape [in the form of raisin (I presume) and wine] and almond farming solely because those crops can be reliably processed and profitably shipped to China.
Note:
(1) Central Valley (California)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)
(a) Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)
(includes Mount Whitney at 14,505 ft (4,421 m), the highest point in the contiguous United States; section 5.2 Etymology)
(b) San Joaquin Valley
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley
("Unlike the Sacramento Valley, the river system for which the San Joaquin Valley is named does not extend very far along the valley. Most of the valley south of Fresno instead drains into Tulare Lake, which no longer exists continuously due to diversion of its sources. The valley's primary river is the San Joaquin, which drains north through about half of the valley into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta")
(c) San Joaquin River
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_River
(section 1 Name)
(d) Tulare Lake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake
(The lake was named for the tule rush (Schoenoplectus acutus) that lined the marshes and sloughs of its shores)
(e) tule (n; Spanish, from Nahuatl tōllin; First Known Use 1837):
"either of two large New World bulrushes (Scirpus californicus and S. acutus)"
www.m-w.com
Due to tule's Spanish origin, its pronunciation reflects its root.
(2) The cello in "cello-wrapped carrots" is short for cellophane, a trade mark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane
(3)
(a) Presently headquartered in Bakersfield, California, Bolthouse Farm was founded by William Bolthouse in 1915
http://bolthouse.com/about-us/history/1915
in City of Grant, Michigan. Wikipedia
(b) The article states, "At Bolthouse’s complex, carrots whirl around on conveyor belts at up to 50 miles an hour en route to their future as juliennes, coins and stubs, or baby carrots, which the company popularized and which aren’t babies."
(i) Julienne is the French spelling of male given name Julian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian
(ii) Julienning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julienning
(ii) baby carrot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_carrot
(section 2 2 "Baby-cut" carrots)
(c) carrot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot
(Daucus carota subsp. sativus, Etymology: from Late Latin carōta, from Greek karōton, originlly from the Indo-European root ker- (horn), due to its horn-like shape; is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia)
(4) Tom Joad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Joad
(a fictional character from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath)
(5) chard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chard
(6) collard greens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collard_greens
(7) Fresno, California
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California
(in the center of the San Joaquin Valley; The name Fresno is the Spanish language word for the ash tree; Population (2010): City 494,665, Metro 1,081,315)
(8) Interstate 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_5
(From Highway 99 to south of Tracy, I-5 skirts along the far more remote western edge of the great Central Valley, and thus here is removed from population centers such as Bakersfield and Fresno)
(9) The author notes, "I’ve also pulled over to the side of the road and taken pictures of the Harris Ranch in Coalinga, which [is] the largest feedlot in the country."
(i) Harris Ranch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Ranch
(photos)
(ii) Coalinga, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalinga,_California
(a city in Fresno County)
(10) The author writes, "The best way to enter the valley, though, is from the south, through the Tehachapi Pass, west of the Mojave and Edwards Air Force Base."
(a) Tehachapi Pass
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehachapi_Pass
(elevation about 4,000 feet (1,219 m); connects the San Joaquin Valley to the Mojave Desert)
(b) Tehachapi Mountains
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehachapi_Mountains
(The origin of the name Tehachapi may come from the Kawaiisu language, derived from the word "tihachipia" translated as "hard climb")
(c) Mojave Desert
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert
(Named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans)
(d) Mojave people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohave_people
(section 1 History)
(e) Edwards Air Force Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base
(named in memory of US Air Force test pilot Glen Edwards, who died, along with the crew of five, 5 June 1948 northwest of the base while testing the YB-49 Flying Wing)
(11) Corcoran, California
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcoran,_California
(12) Green Giant
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Giant
(brands of frozen and canned vegetables owned by General Mills)
(13) eggplant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant
(perennial; native to the Indian Subcontinent)
(14) zinnia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnia
(native to an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico; The genus name honours German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–59))
(15) Glendale, California
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale,_California
(a city in Los Angeles County)
(15) Photo captions
(a) For mechanic tomato harvester, see
How Tomatoes are Harvested. YouTube.com, Uploaded by coolpatchpumpkins on Aug 29, 2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GagaqUL2Q6M
(b) For moqua, see winter melon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_melon
(Benincasa hispida; Although the fruit is referred to as a "melon," the fully grown crop is not sweet; Originally cultivated in Southeast Asia [one source says southern China]; "It is commonly eaten throughout winter in countries of deciduous vegetation such as China, as one of the few vegetables available during winter, hence its Chinese name literally means 'winter melon' 冬瓜. The winter melon can typically be stored for 12 months")
(c) For a carrot harvester, see
Asa-Lift carrot harvesters JUVAGRO. YouTube.com,uploaded by JUVAGRO on Sep 14, 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJgQ5wphJo |
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