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Don't know about you but every year one of my Top 10 New Year's Resolutions is to eat more fruits (and veggies; especially the green leafy kind). But thinking about it. Not only is it a good idea to eat more fresh fruit, but since there are holidays, birthdays, and special occasions all throughout the year, giving fruit as a food gift is also a good thing.
Don't you love receiving fruit baskets and edible arrangements?
Do you prefer to make your own or purchase these gifts ready made?
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Fabulous How to Video: Make Edible Fruit Bouquet Arrangements!
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But if you're still not into making these arrangements or you don't have the time, there is a convenient way to order online and have this lovely edible gift delivered.
Always happy to learn about exotic fruits from around the world. This post is about the ACKEE FRUIT. Even though it is a fruit, it is cooked as a vegetable. It is native to West Africa, but has been cultivated in Jamaica since 1778 when it was brought to the Caribbean by British slave traders. The Jamaicans liked it so much they made it the country's national fruit and their national dish is ackee with saltfish (or codfish).
WARNING: Do not eat this fruit in its unripened state as it is poisonous. However, once ripe, eat only the yellow arilli which is the edible portion. The black seeds are always toxic whether the fruit is ripe or unripened.
NOTE: If you are unable to buy it fresh, you can also buy canned ackee to use in your recipe. You can even find it freeze-dried.
I was curious to know if there were any West African recipes with this fruit as a main ingredient, but discovered that even though the ackee fruit originates from there, in that part of the world, it is used mainly for medicinal purposes.
“The ackee tree (Blighia sapida) is indigenous to the tropical forests of West Africa. Although it is not popularly eaten there, it is cultivated in the region for several nonfood uses: Immature fruits are used to make soap; the wood from the tree is termite resistant and used for building; extracts from the poisonous seeds are taken to treat parasites and are sometimes used as a fish poison; topical ointment made from crushed ackee leaves is applied to the skin to treat headaches and ulcers. And the Ackee leaves are also good as a fodder for goats.”
Since this food comes with a warning, you might want to know a little bit more. Below are some additional links of interest.
Not sure how many of my blog readers have ever
eaten an American Thanksgiving meal. If you have then you know how
heavy that meal is. Is it any wonder many people just want to go to
sleep afterward? LOL.
I have been preparing Thanksgiving dinner
ever since I got married. That was over 40 years ago. My kids say
they have good memories of our holiday meals and I'm glad. There was one holiday in particular that one
of my kids remembers because I made a fruit salad. Instead of a cake
with icing or a pie, I wanted to make something sweet but not so
heavy. When I went shopping that year there was some great fruit in
the produce department. So I decided to put fruit salad on the
Turkey Day menu.
That memory got me thinking about fruit
salads and whether or not there were specific recipes for every
season of the year. I managed to find fruit salad recipes for
winter, spring, summer, and fall. The Thanksgiving holiday occurs
during the fall season and it was no surprise that there are quite a
few fall fruit salad recipes.
If you like fruit (and who doesn't?),
you'll probably love these fruit salad recipes. There is a
delightful winter fruit salad, loaded with the best fruits of Autumn
and Winter; and dressed with honey; a spring salad recipe is super
sweet, hydrating and nourishing; and a summer salad made with fresh
summer fruits mixed together with crunchy peanuts and a dressing made
of Thai herbs and fish sauce. Enjoy!
📷 A delightful winter fruit salad, loaded with the best fruits of Autumn and Winter; and dressed with honey. (via Winter Fruit Salad Recipe - https://t.co/IbT8UTrmF8) https://t.co/3h8xxVVA0n
— EverydayExoticSpices (@EverydaySpices) May 7, 2020
— EverydayExoticSpices (@EverydaySpices) May 7, 2020
📷 Fresh summer fruits mixed together with crunchy peanuts and a dressing made of Thai herbs and fish sauce. (via Fresh Summer Asian Salad | The Splendid Table) https://t.co/8eZzkUqS3k
— EverydayExoticSpices (@EverydaySpices) May 7, 2020
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