There are thousands of women and men in Guyana who take a really great interest in the food that they eat, and I think that most, if not all of them believe that good food starts off with good, high-quality ingredients. The highest quality ingredients are those that spend the shortest amount of time between being harvested and the pot. Although for most things the supermarket provides an invaluable service, you will be hard pushed to find first-class quality perishables (fruit and vegetables) in them.
So the ideal aim is fresh food, freshly picked and full of flavour, and above all chemical free. And the other ideal is to eat at least five portions of fresh fruit and vegetables every day to keep you all fighting fit. If you stick to that they say you’ll live forever! So the use of the term “fresh” means eatables grown by the kitchen door whether or not you have used chemicals to control pests or diseases which might affect them. Obviously it is better if you can get plants to the harvest stage without recourse to chemicals, but I’m afraid that
