This week I took my baby, Aubrey, to the doctor for her 2 year old check up. For those of you who haven’t ever taken a toddler for a regular check up, I want to be clear – this isn’t fun for you or the toddler. We were there for over an hour, in which time they drew blood, gave her a shot and poked, prodded and peaked in just about every orifice.
My personal philosophy on doctor’s visits is that everyone disserves a treat when they are over. As we were too late for her to eat with her class at school, I decided to take her to lunch. Normally, this would be an under $7 trip through the McDonalds drive-through, but how I would justify this kind of mass scale misdemeanor I have no idea, so I needed a better plan.
I decided to take her to Zoes Kitchen. Zoes started locally here in Birmingham, although I’ve heard that it’s been sold to a big California company and is destined for national franchise. Zoes specializes in chicken – salad or grilled, not fried. It’s conveniently located between the doctor’s office and the daycare. It has outdoor seating under big, striped umbrellas and it was a beautiful day. The choice was made.
I ordered the chicken salad with fruit. Aubrey had the kid’s grilled cheese. We both ordered water - $12. When the food came to the table, I quickly tried to hide the chips (unsuccessfully) and loaded her plate, currently containing toasted white bread with melted processed cheese product, with fruit. She did happily eat all the red, seedless grapes and much of her processed cheese product sandwich, but as I looked at our plates I began to wonder exactly how far that produce had traveled. I’ve just seen the first bit of broccoli. I don’t think the cherry tomato was from “around here”, if you know what I mean.
What really occupied my thoughts were the grapes. My thoughts began with, “I wonder if you can grow red, seedless grapes in Alabama?” Shortly thereafter I thought, “how does a seedless grape reproduce?” Something tells me there’s more than water, sun and soil at work.
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If I am not mistaken Seedless grapes are propagated from cuttings, Much like 99% of all poinsettias that you see around Christmas. This continuous propagation could eventually cause mutations if the growers do not go back to the original plant though I am not sure how this will affect the nutrition over time.though, I would assume that the grapes, over time, will become warped and skewed from their original form; much like heirloom tomatoes.
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