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A delicious
and easy to grow dessert member of the tomato family, producing orange
berries up to 3cm (tin) across which are a tangy sweet mixture of
pineapple and strawberry. Each fruit is enclosed in a papery Chinese
lantern-like casing. Delicious on their own, topped with fresh cream,
or made into jams, pie fillings etc. Grow like bush tomatoes. Will
crop outdoors in the south in a sunny sheltered site, otherwise best
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This
tropical perennial grass is grown as an annual and makes a very
handsome ornamental edible. The fibrous leaves have a very strong
lemon aroma and are the source of lemongrass oil that is used to
flavour candy, ice cream and pastries. Made into a tea, it can help
with digestive problems.
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Potatoes
are classified as long, round whites, round reds or sweet.
Round whites are usually large, round or oval with light to medium
skin.
The flesh is white or yellow.
Sweet
potatoes have sweet-tasting orange flesh with reddish skin.
Nutritional
facts:
- A
Good source of potassium
- High
in Vitamin C
- A
Good source of fiber and folacin.
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The
onion originated in Asia, the first written record appeared in Mesopotamia
(now part of Iraq) dated 2400 BC.
It
spread throughout the world and was for centuries regarded as a
poor person's fare, eaten raw with a chunk of bread. Popular varieties
are of cooking onions and are available all year round, thanks to
modern storage methods.
Nutritional
Facts:
- Fat-free
- Saturated
fat-free
- Sodium-free
- Cholesterol-free
- Low
in calories
- A
good source of vitamin C
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