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This was originally published in Edible Brooklyn, by Yvette Cabrera.
My only instructions were to dress like a man (knife optional), dress warm, get some rest and be in front of the Bagelsmith in Williamsburg at 11pm. That’s where Adriane Stewart, founder of Lotus Scoop ice cream, would pick me up in a rental car. We were driving all the way to Hunt’s Point Produce Market in the Bronx, the second-largest produce market in the world.
So, why were we going to Hunt’s Point? To get the fullest flavors in her ice cream, Stewart insists that overripe produce is what she needs, like black-speckled bananas and less-than-rock-hard sweet potatoes—but there is a fine line between ripe and rotten. When produce ripens, the enzymes released make it sweeter. But buying ripe produce isn’t that easy: Grocery stores don’t want to sell it and farmers markets can be inconsistent. The solution? Hunt’s Point.
Full article: http://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/2016/lotus-scoop-hunts-point/
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