On Monday, November 15, 2004, at 10:39 AM, Keith Thomas wrote:

> Most of their
> food is processsed, of course, but they also still appear to be more
> comfortable with purchasing rather than eating it free and fresh from
> tree, garden, hen etc.  As part of this, they appear to have developed
> a
> preference for fruit that is unripe.
>
>

I took some kids berry picking a while back. They refused to eat the
fresh wild raspberries until they had been taken home and washed....My
kids ate the berries fresh!