Tastes - Big Critic's Perspective

I thought I'd start with Big Critic as he is the harder of the two critics to please.  Not because he has a more limited palate than Little Critic, but because with Little Critic I can tell her that she has to eat two more bites before she is done; a strategy that fails with Big Critic obviously.  Additionally, I can fool Little Critic a little more by pureeing things and calling it sauce!

So, I had Big Critic go through the Ontario availability list and the good news is that he loves a lot of Ontario produce.  The bad news is that he does not like mushrooms, cabbage, parsnips, rutabaga, squash, turnip, rhubarb, cherries, cauliflower, celery, kale, peaches, rapini, zucchini, brussel sprouts and eggplant.  While there are things on his list that I love, this list is fairly typical of things that most people don't find high on the list of foods they crave!

Based on what he does like, I am thinking that I will find a way to preserve the following things: asparagus, strawberries, spinach, beans, blueberries, corn, cucumbers (pickles), peas, peppers and tomatoes.  Remember this is the beginning of the list.  This list will be shaped by Little Critics preferences and then also by the feedback I receive from some experts on the nutritional aspects of Ontario eating.  I'll be very interested to see how this develops.