RASPBERRY
December 10th, 2011 → 1:10 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” RASPBERRY The raspberry has been a favourite fruit for ages and is rich in antioxidants. The raspberry bush is a small bush and has some thorns on the stems. Forgetting that, it is worthwhile getting a few scratches, for the fruit is delicious and fresh. I mentioned a little […]
POMEGRANATE
December 10th, 2011 → 1:05 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” POMEGRANATE Personally I have had little to do with Pomegranates and certainly have not grown them. In India, where they have supposedly originated, they are highly prizes for their flavour. They are sometimes called a “super food”, because they are very valuable in the B complex group and vitamin […]
PLUMS
December 10th, 2011 → 1:00 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” PLUMS Plums are also a worldwide fruit and versatile as well. Many species are on the shelves all the time and I like them all, even though some of them are hard to get the stone (seed) out of they are still lovely to eat. Plums are an early […]
PINEAPPLE
November 10th, 2011 → 1:45 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” PINEAPPLE “Spiky and prickly, but ever so nice, One thing for sure, is don’t keep them on ice.” Well, yes I have written a bit of poetry, but the main thing is, to eat a pineapple at room temperature. They taste great, but if you eat them cold, they […]
PERSIMMON
November 10th, 2011 → 1:40 am @ Shanti
” Vitamins and minerals in resh food” PERSIMMON Look at them will you? Don’t they look great? Persimmons are a sweet, soft fruit and the fruit inside is divided into small segments. Some people pronounce the word as per-simmons and others refer to them as `pérsemans`, but it does not matter how you pronounce the […]
PEARS
November 10th, 2011 → 1:35 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in food” PEARS Pears, the European varieties, like apples are known worldwide and are a favourite fruit amongst a lot of people. They are versatile as a fresh produce and can be dried for keeping. Pear trees are a bit like the apple trees and bear fruit along their branches. Ripe pears […]
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 […]
PASSIONFRUIT
November 10th, 2011 → 1:25 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” PASSIONFRUIT Passionfruit grows on vines often along a fence, but I had one growing into the mango tree, right to the top. It produces beautiful flowers depending on the variety. They are delicate and intricate to see. Passionfruit has a fairly long fruiting season and therefore can be used […]
PAW-PAW (PAPAYA)
November 10th, 2011 → 1:20 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” PAW PAWS / PAPAYA Papayas are so amazing, the way they grow. Look at them; there are ripe ones at the bottom, and still flowers at the top. I love them and when I am travelling, especially in Queensland, they are never far from my dinner table. There are […]
ORANGES
November 10th, 2011 → 1:15 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” ORANGES Oranges are probably the most well known fruits in the whole world. They are eaten as well juiced by the thousands of gallons everywhere. The orange juice is dried and sent overseas, for re-constitution into orange juice in super market products, such as orange drink (maybe 20% re-constituted […]
