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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Current Facts
Also called the love apple, Jamaican apple, water apple, maple apple, otaheite apple, and mountain apple. In Taiwan and China it is known as lianwu, chomphu in Thailand, and jamalac in French. Growing on the Syzygium samarangense, a large tropical tree, Thai wax apples are the fruiting, edible berry that develop in clusters at any point along the tree. A mature Thai wax apple tree can grow up to 60 feet in height and may produce up to 700 pounds of fruit in a single crop.
Description/Taste
Thai wax apples are bell-shaped when ripe and their skin color may range from black to purple to red to pale green. A ripe, healthy wax apple will display a light sheen, resembling a wax coating. The Thai wax apple has a flavor similar to an Asian pear, with a watermelon-like texture. Protruding slightly at the blossom end, the wax apple has a large seed cavity, often removed before serving.
Nutritional Value
Thai wax apples have been found to contain oleanolic acid. The root is effective against dysentery, and may be used as a diuretic.
Applications
Thai wax apples are served fresh, often uncut, with the core removed.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Called "Black Pearls" in Taiwan, the darker, purple-black fruit are the most prized. Darker, paler fruits tend to be the sweetest.
Geography/History
The Thai wax apple tree is native to Bangladesh, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Samoa and Indonesia. Strictly a tropical tree, the Portuguese brought the first Jamaican apple (Thai wax apple) to East Africa.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Thai Wax Apple. One
is easiest, three is harder.
Also called the love apple, Jamaican apple, water apple, maple apple, otaheite apple, and mountain apple. In Taiwan and China it is known as lianwu, chomphu in Thailand, and jamalac in French. Growing on the Syzygium samarangense, a large tropical tree, Thai wax apples are the fruiting, edible berry that develop in clusters at any point along the tree. A mature Thai wax apple tree can grow up to 60 feet in height and may produce up to 700 pounds of fruit in a single crop.
Description/Taste
Thai wax apples are bell-shaped when ripe and their skin color may range from black to purple to red to pale green. A ripe, healthy wax apple will display a light sheen, resembling a wax coating. The Thai wax apple has a flavor similar to an Asian pear, with a watermelon-like texture. Protruding slightly at the blossom end, the wax apple has a large seed cavity, often removed before serving.
Nutritional Value
Thai wax apples have been found to contain oleanolic acid. The root is effective against dysentery, and may be used as a diuretic.
Applications
Thai wax apples are served fresh, often uncut, with the core removed.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Called "Black Pearls" in Taiwan, the darker, purple-black fruit are the most prized. Darker, paler fruits tend to be the sweetest.
Geography/History
The Thai wax apple tree is native to Bangladesh, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Samoa and Indonesia. Strictly a tropical tree, the Portuguese brought the first Jamaican apple (Thai wax apple) to East Africa.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Thai Wax Apple. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Allie's Delightful Caribbean Recipe's |
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