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Article: Roasting for flavor & sweetness.(fruits and vegetables)
- Article from:
- Vegetarian Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Like most people who rely on fresh produce, I sometimes find myself saddled with hard-as-a-rock fruits that never ripen and out-of-season vegetables that never develop any real flavor. I accept this outcome as part of the game of buying fresh fruits and vegetables: not every round is a winner. But I hate waste, and I love second chances, and so I started experimenting with ways to salvage my disappointing purchases.
I knew that roasting brings out a superb, mellow sweetness in peppers and garlic, so I decided to try my hand roasting other fruits and vegetables. Success! A friend's leftover black grapes, sad and sour the day he brought them over, were even more ...