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Chestnut, fruit of the ‘bread tree’
October 22nd 2011
Chestnuts are nuts that grow on the chestnut tree. While the marron variety is large, round and undivided, and normally used for making sweets and other delicacies (i.e. “marrons glaçés”), the standard chestnut is smaller in size and used for preparing more common dishes and flour. A good year for apples
October 15th 2011
While thousands of Quebecois are taking advantage of the pleasant October weather to enjoy their apples directly in the orchards, apple growers are taking stock of 2011. Bananas - not just desserts
October 8th 2011
The banana tree is one of the oldest known plants and probably one of the first to have ever been domesticated. However, it was the buds of the banana tree that were initially eaten and not the fruit, since these were not very fleshy and were full of inedible seeds. As for the fibrous stems, they were used for making nets. Fig, the earliest domesticated fruit
October 1st 2011
Figs, along with dates, grapes and olives were a primary food source for the ancient populations of the Mediterranean region. Recent excavations in the Jordan Valley in Israel point to the fact that the domestication of figs goes back as far as 11,000 years, making it the oldest domesticated fruit. Plums in all colours
September 24th 2011
Plums are stone fruits, just like peaches and apricots. Although they probably originated in Asia, they were highly sought out by Egyptians and Romans, who dried them in the sun and valued the laxative virtues of prunes (i.e. dried plums). Groundcherry, a small fruit in a husk
September 17th 2011
From mid-August up to the first frost, small, beige-coloured ‘Chinese lanterns’ that contain orangish-yellow berries become available in our markets: These small fruits are called ‘groundcherries’, although they are neither cherries nor gooseberries. They belong in fact to the tomato family and also go by such names as cape gooseberry, alkekengi, love-in-a-cage, etc. Watermelon, the lycopene champion
September 3rd 2011
Lycopene is an antioxidant in the carotene family that we’ve all been hearing about in recent years, because of its protective effect against certain types of cancer, such as prostate cancer for example. More lycopene is contained in watermelon than in tomatoes, even though this antioxidant gets its name from the Latin word for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). | |||||||||||||
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Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 22, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 15, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 8, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 1, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 24, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 17, 2011.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 3, 2011.