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Monday, August 27, 2012

Cherry land (Cape Gooseberry)

The color in the name
Depending on the species and regions of the globe where it is cultivated, this fruit can wear as Cherry Earth names, love in a cage, alkekenge, Cape Town, cherry of winter, mirabelle de Corse, cherry shirt currant, etc.


Between bad grass and plant cultivated. Cherries of Earth include a hundred of species across tropical, subtropical and warm temperate world. They seduce by the manner in which their fruits are wrapped to a thin film-like a lantern. In some species, commonly known as Japanese lanterns or Chinese lanterns, this film becomes orange or red at maturity, which earned them a place in many gardens. But as they aggressively occupied the territory and account for all soil minerals, considering the sometimes like a weed.
 
Small-scale cultivation. The fruit of different species has never held an important place in the diet of the various peoples who have known him. Their taste can also vary from one species to the other. Therefore, fruit producers have not sought to create varieties with characteristics that would cultivate large scale. In addition, although abundant, the harvest must be hand.


Practical advice
Choose. Cherry of Earth is found in the market during the summer and fall. The immature fruit is hard to digest, eat only those who are of a beautiful golden yellow. Let ripen for 1 or 2 weeks.

Conservation. The fruit can be many weeks at the expense, on the condition that its envelope is intact and that it has taken care to dry a few days in the Sun after harvesting.

Ideas express recipes
Sugar. It is cook the fruit in compote with honey, as it is in Colombia, and were served with ice cream or plain yogurt. Very rich in pectin and pectinase, the ripe fruit juice is particularly well suited to the manufacture of jellies and jams.

Sale.
The fruit can enter into the composition of the ketchup and chutneys. It can also be used for sauces and ice designed to enhance a meat or seafood.

Health assets
Cherry land is rich in antioxidants, chemicals which can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer and various chronic diseases.

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