Archive for the Bits and Bites Category
Lemons
Kids and lemonade go great together but chefs and lemons go together even better. There are endless ways that chefs use lemons so we decided to learn more about this bright yellow fruit. .p. Lemons were once called the "Golden Apple", we don't think they taste like any apple we have ever tried. T
Strawberries
We found out that strawberries have a museum dedicated to them in Belgium. We think there should be a strawberry museum in California, they produce 80% of the strawberries this nation eats. Strawberries belong to the rose family and we think they are just as beautiful as any rose we have ever seen.
Carrots
Carrots are one of the vegetables popular with kids. How many kids haven't had baby carrots in their lunch box? Even the beautiful orange color says try me! So we decided to find out more about this veggie that both kids and rabbits love. Carrots are a member of the parsley family. We were surpr
Honeycomb
We think the honeycomb is one of the coolest natural containers! We thought about honey and where it comes from and the honeycomb keeps all of that golden sticky goodness perfectly safe. A honeycomb is a mass of hexiganol wax built by honey bees. They store their honey, larvae and their pollen right
Eggs
Besides loving to eat eggs, the best story we have is that recently we cracked an egg for breakfast and it had two yolks. We had never thought about twin chickens! Eggs are so delicious and used in so many ways we decided to find out a little more about them. We learned that Christopher Columbus bro
Spring Radishes
Radishes are easy to grow and mature very quickly. Sometimes it is hard to wait and watch your veggies grow! Radishes don't keep you waiting as long as some other tasty vegetables. The small red spring radishes are ready to eat in only about 3 to 4 weeks. They are a cool weather crop and the seeds
Cheese
The most interesting fact about cheese that we have discovered so far, is that archaeologists have found evidence that cheese existed in prehistoric times! People must have been surprised when milk left in a warm environment would begin to curdle and coagulate. We are so happy they did because chees
Potatoes
We are positive that we know the plumpest gopher in our county! He ate our entire crop of potatoes we planted last spring! Good thing for us that we can purchase so many tasty varieties. Here in the United States there are hundreds of different cultivars grown commercially. Potatoes are grown in all
Grapefruit
Grapefruit grows on a large tree that has shiny dark green leaves. The trees can produce grapefruit for 30 to 40 years. Doesn't that seem like a really long time! Grapefruit grow in clusters which explains how it got it's name. Get it, grape + clusters!! There are two different types of grapefruit,
Oranges
Have you opened your lunch box at school and been hit with an incredible orange smell? It reminds us of an amusement park ride we love, the ride has smellovision! While you are soaring over a California orange grove the most incredible scent of oranges hits you in the face. It has even been proven t
