Tag: tropical
member name: Sonia M.
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September 10, 2006 07:11 PM EDT --
GOING BANANAS...!
Did you know that the plant we know as a banana tree is not a tree at all, but an herb? Did you know that the banana itself is not a fruit, but a berry? The banana, (Musa . . .
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September 13, 2006 08:15 PM EDT --
Lately I've had a lot of fun scrapbooking recipes. I published an article about bananas yesterday and someone who read it sent me an e-mail with another bunch of banana facts. That page . . .
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January 30, 2007 08:39 PM EST --
Papaya, (Carica papaya L) the "good for you fruit", is called he'i in Hawaii, fruta bomba or lechosa in some Spanish speaking . . .
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March 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST --
When most people think of pineapples, they immediately picture Hawai'i, even though pineapples actually were not brought to Hawaii . . .
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July 31, 2007 02:17 AM EDT --
The coconut (cocos nucifera) is not really a nut, but a seed. Belonging to the family of fruits called drupes, it is related to dates, apricots, . . .
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August 30, 2008 10:31 PM EDT --
Orchids are considered the most mysterious and exotic flowers in the world and yet they are some of the easiest to grow. In some areas, like here, they grow in the wild.
There are many varieties . . .
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March 03, 2009 07:48 PM EST --
From January 30th, 2007 until February 5th, 2009, I was one of the Gather Essentials Food Correspondents. My articles were published under the 'TROPICAL TASTE' . . .
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October 02, 2006 03:05 PM EDT --
If you happened to see two crazy people on the side of the road a week or so ago, trying to knock down some guavas from trees, I have to confess!
My son and I decided to take a drive on the back roads . . .
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December 16, 2007 12:47 AM EST --
Our Hilo Farmers Market is a wonderful place to visit anytime of the year, but there is something special about visiting in the weeks just before Christmas.
The colors of the season were . . .
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August 20, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
THE WONDERFUL AVOCADO
Persea americana Miller, better known as avocado, avocado pear or aguacate (Spanish) was regarded by the ancient Aztecs as a stimulating aphrodisiac. In fact, its . . .
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August 23, 2006 08:51 PM EDT --
(Originally published June 10, 2003 - The Hawaii Tribune-Herald of Hilo)
LILIKO'I....The passionate fruit
One of my favorite tropical fruits is the liliko'i or passion fruit. I find it very versatile . . .
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August 26, 2006 08:03 PM EDT --
How does my garden grow....?
I'm quite upset that my very large, beautiful rosemary went into a decline and died......we have thoroughly inspected it and can't find any reason for it, but it . . .
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May 28, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
I came up with this recipe as a take on a Waldorf Salad... The traditional Waldorf Salad calls for lettuce, apples, walnuts, raisins, lemon juice, sugar and mayonnaise. Instead of lettuce, . . .
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March 09, 2007 02:29 PM EST --
It boggles my mind to see the varieties of fruit growing year round on our islands, but to me summer fruit seem to be just a bit more special! We have become so accustomed to . . .
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July 13, 2007 07:15 PM EDT --
In my native Cuba, a very simple dessert or snack is guava paste and cream cheese spread on crispy crackers, or a dish of guava shells in syrup and also served with cream cheese. . . .
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August 31, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
In my recent article An Afternoon with Good Food in the Park I mentioned that our friend Becky, my son Anthony and I had Dragon Fruit for . . .
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September 15, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
At this time of the year as you drive up and down our roads the pungent smell of ripe guavas follow you almost everywhere you go. So many guava trees grow wild all over the . . .
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January 01, 2008 01:05 AM EST --
The calamandin is not a widely found citrus fruit except in tropicals countries. I'm not sure why, but you don't see them in the markets where they don't grow, as you . . .
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January 16, 2008 05:27 PM EST --
Also known as pommelo, pummelo, pumelo, and pompelmous (from pompoen, the Dutch word for gourd and the Portuguese limoes, or lemon) and called jabong by the Japanese; the pomelo (Citrus maxima . . .
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June 13, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
As many of you know, I have been away from home for several months (3 months as of June 7th) when I thought I would be gone for only 3 weeks!
During this time, I have tried to find either . . .
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