Nearly everything you eat comes from a plant or animal . Meat , fish , eggs and dairy foods are all animal products . Most of these foods come from farms .
Some of the food you eat may be locally raised , but much of it comes from faraway places . Some foods that you eat regularly , such as bananas , even come from other countries .
Plants take out of the soil and air to make their own food . The substances they contain , including sugars , starches and minerals , nourish us when we eat them . When we eat animal products , we are getting these same nutrients indirectly , becaust animals eats plants , too.
Many different parts of a plant can be eaten :
During an ordinary dinner , you might eat leaves , stems , roots , flowers , fruits and seeds ! If you don't believe it , think about those leaves you had for dinner the other night (lettuce) . In your salad , you might also have enjoyed some delicious stems (celery) , roots (carrots) and bulbs (onions). If your meal included broccoli or caulifower , you were actually eating flowers .
Grains such as wheat , corn and rice are seeds of grass plants . We eat grain in many forms . Wheat is usually ground into flour , which is used for baked goods . Corn may be eaten whole or ground . We usually eat rice whole , either with or without its browm husk.
Meat is the flesh of an animal :
The meat we usually eat is muscle , although other parts , such as liver , are some times eaten as well . Cattle (beef and veal) , pigs (pork) , chickens and turkeys are he most common food animals in the United States . We also eat fish and other types of seafood . Other animal products nclude eggs , diary foods and gelatin.
A fruit by any other name :When is a fruit not a fruit :
"Fruit " actually decribes the part of a plant that contains the seeds . By that definition , tomatoes , cucumbers and eggplants are fruits . We usually call them vegetables , however , and use the word "fruit" only for the sweet-tasting plants . A vegetable is an edible plant part other than the fruit .
Words of Wisdom:
It's been proven that if you can't take a joke , you will have to take medicine .
A merry heart does good like a medicine , so when you laugh , it does your hert good . That's why humor is good just for the health of it .
Politicians are like tea bags , they are not worth much until they have been put through hot water .
The tongue is the thermometer that tell the temperature of the person .
Marriage : An investment that pays you dividends if you pay interest .
A very proud Grandpoppa G.
