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Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:

apples
bell peppers
celery
cherries
imported grapes
nectarines
peaches
pears
potatoes
red raspberries
spinach
strawberries

All tested positive for pesticide residue â€“ even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.

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Cactus Candy Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

Ingredients
3	cup	granulated sugar
1	cup	water
2	tablespoon	orange juice
1	tablespoon	lemon juice

Directions:
Select prickly pear cactus (or small barrel cactus if you own this type of cactus, since it's illegal to remove it from the desert). Remove spines and outside layer with large knife. Cut pulp across in slices one-inch thick. Soak overnight in cold water. Remove from water, cut in one inch cubes and cook in boiling water til tender. Drain. Cook slowly in the following syrup until nearly all the syrup is absorbed. Do not scorch! SYRUP for 2 QUARTS of CACTUS CUBES Heat all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus. Remover cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be added to the syrup.

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<h1>Cactus Candy</h1>
    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3><B>Ingredients</B></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=ingredient>3</TD><TD class=ingredient>cup</TD><TD class=ingredient>granulated sugar </TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=ingredient>1</TD><TD class=ingredient>cup</TD><TD class=ingredient>water </TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=ingredient>2</TD><TD class=ingredient>tablespoon</TD><TD class=ingredient>orange juice </TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=ingredient>1</TD><TD class=ingredient>tablespoon</TD><TD class=ingredient>lemon juice </TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=4><BR><B>Directions:</B><BR><BR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=4>Select prickly pear cactus (or small barrel cactus if you own this<BR>type of cactus, since it's illegal to remove it from the desert).<BR>Remove spines and outside layer with large knife. Cut pulp across in<BR>slices one-inch thick. Soak overnight in cold water. Remove from<BR>water, cut in one inch cubes and cook in boiling water til tender.<BR>Drain. Cook slowly in the following syrup until nearly all the syrup<BR>is absorbed. Do not scorch!<BR><BR>SYRUP for 2 QUARTS of CACTUS CUBES<BR><BR>Heat all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus.<BR>Remover cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered<BR>sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be<BR>added to the syrup.<BR><BR><BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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