by Tina Tessmer | May 2, 2018 | Fruit of the month
Mango – the sweet heavyweight of the fruit world A single mango can weigh as much as two kilos, which is quite impressive for a fruit. However, mangos only grow this to this size in their native tropical and sub-tropical regions when left to ripen on the tree. The...
by Tina Tessmer | Apr 3, 2018 | Fruit of the month
The lemon – everyone’s juicy darling The lemon, that perennially popular fruit, is a true star in the fruit universe. Few other fruit have been so ubiquitous throughout history and ripe in cultural significance as the lemon. For the German writer and poet Johann...
by Tina Tessmer | Mar 1, 2018 | Fruit of the month
Passion fruit – an exotic delight with a heart of gold Passion fruit – you may think this fruit was named for the enthusiasm it engenders in its fans, but the name was actually inspired by religious rather than physical passion. When Christian missionaries first...
by Tina Tessmer | Feb 2, 2018 | Fruit of the month
Limes – zesty and as irresistible as rumba Some people think that limes are merely unripe lemons, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, limes are a different hybrid of the citrus family, and they also have a different flavour. Limes contain slightly...
by Tina Tessmer | Dec 1, 2017 | Fruit of the month
Oranges are one of the popular fruits around the world. Their skins yield aromatic oils that are used in an astonishingly broad range of applications. The sweet orange started its triumphantly flavoursome conquest of the world more than 3000 years ago in China,...
