PEACHES
November 10th, 2011 → 1:30 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food”
PEACHES
We all seem to know peaches, the little furry balls of sweet fruit. So many varieties these days and they all taste beautiful, when ripe. In the supermarkets they are not always up to standard and it can put people off eating them. The ripe peach from the tree, is a delight. The ones grown in the cooler climates are the best and sweetest. My brother had a tree and he said to me:”If you eat one peach without asking, you will die.” I could not blame him, they were the best I had ever tasted. He lived in country NSW near Dubbo. Juicy, sweet and big as well. A real meal all by themselves. The tropical varieties are not as tasty, but still good if ripe.
Peaches are dried for keeping purposes, but watch out for the sulphur dried ones. Always make sure you get sundried peaches, which are sweeter and have no sulphites on them.
Vitamins: A, C, E, K, B3, B5, B2, B1.
Minerals: Copper, Potassium, Manganese, Magnesium and Phosphorous.
They are extensively used in the kitchen all around the world.
