People who love people.
October 30th, 2011 → 11:39 am @ Shanti
PEOPLE, WHO LOVE PEOPLE! (More than the average) I like to remind you of the people who genuinely do their best, to make our lives a lot more comfortable and a lot of them are VOLUNTEERS. I would like to list a few of them, the ones I can think of, but please forgive me […]
Violence
October 20th, 2011 → 11:26 am @ Shanti
Violence in modern society is a real problem, but the reason for it is not so obscure, surely. If we look around us, we see violence amongst ordinary citizens everywhere. Take the occasion, when you are driving along on the road and want to make a turn. Another car driver comes up behind you and […]
LYCHEE
October 10th, 2011 → 1:45 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” LYCHEES Oh, you beautiful lychee. You are so delicious! There are many cultivars of lychees around the world and they all have their own tastes. Basically they are the same, but in China, people are very particular about them. During their New Year season, lychees are a favourite and […]
LOQUAT
October 10th, 2011 → 1:40 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” LOQUAT Loquats are a small fruit, about the size of a large cherry and grow very easily in the right area. Originally from South Eastern China, they now are grown in a lot of countries. They produce large amounts of fruit, slightly elongated. The fruits are not a common […]
LEMONS
October 10th, 2011 → 1:35 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” LEMONS The humble lemon is so versatile and may be used for almost anything. In my book you might have read, that it can be used as a deodorant even. The juice of a lemon, although being acidic, its reaction in the stomach is alkaline and therefore a good […]
KUMQUAT
October 10th, 2011 → 1:30 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” KUMQUAT Kumquats look like little oranges, only much smaller and are eaten with the skin on. There are different varieties, which have different tart-ness. The rounded ones are more sour and tart, but the elongated variety is very nice, but must be tree ripened and really orange in colour, […]
KIWIFRUIT
October 10th, 2011 → 1:25 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” KIWI FRUIT / CHINESE GOOSEBERRY The Kiwi fruit is grown on trellises, a bit like grapevines but made very strongly, as the vine lasts for quite a few years and becomes very heavy with woody vine indeed. They can be grown free standing, but become very scraggly and need […]
JACKFRUIT
October 10th, 2011 → 1:20 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” JACKFRUIT Jack fruit is an acquired taste and again some people cannot stand the smell, including me. They are quite strong and you either like them or hate them. Some of my friend will almost kill for them, but not this fellow. The fruit is very large, up to […]
GUAVA
October 10th, 2011 → 1:15 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” GUAVA Guavas come in many shapes and size and are all different in flavour. The one above (not ripe yet) is a more common variety and is used to make guava juice .It has many seeds which are like little stones. If you bite on them it hurts your […]
GRAPEFRUIT
October 10th, 2011 → 1:10 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” GRAPEFRUIT Today’s grapefruit are so nice, compared to the original bitter varieties from years ago, although still grown today. These pink and red fleshed grapefruit are sweet and a really nice fresh flavour. That is why I choose this photo, I like them myself very much. Grapefruit is grown […]
