The Radish is a quick growing vegetable cultivated in many areas around the world. From the Brassicaceae family, which includes the Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Broccoli and Cauliflower, the Radish is botanically recognised as Raphanus sativus. There are several varieties of radishes grown for various reasons. They are common in salads in many countries. There are varieties that can be grown through various seasons making them an all year round option. Farmers have found deep-rooted radishes, such as the Oil Seed Radish beneficial for breaking up clay soils, allowing for the production of other edible root crops. They also assist in...
Why you should pickle fruits and vegetable?
Almost 4000 years ago, Pickles were prepared using cucumbers. Pickling process is used to preserve foods. Those foods which run out of season are preserved by pickling. The pickling process imparts delicious flavours to the this product. Vitamin B content of the pickled food is improved. Vitamin B is produced by bacteria during the pickling process. Hence, it is a common sight in this country to find a jar filled with this product. Not only in India but in Australia and other countries too this product are consumed in large quantities every year. This product are prepared from raw mango,...
Benefits of drying food
Drying food is something that has been done, probably almost as long as man had been around. It is probably one of the oldest ways of preserving foods of all types. Back, before freezers were invented, foods were preserved by drying, smoking or salting and also in more recent times, bottling and pickling. In years gone by however there were no electric food dehydrators of course to dehydrate food, so the sun and air were used. This relied of course on having a climate that would allow food to be dried successfully. Most types of foods can be dehydrated, including...
Home Cooking Comes From Our Roots
One of the best ways to learn good cooking skills is from mimicking our ancestors. In most every family there is a recipe or two (if not more) handed down generation after generation that has been a family favourite among all the decades of family members.
Going Crazy for Bananas
Eat bananas BANANAS is lyrics in a song sung by Gwen Stefani. Have you had your fill today of this fruit that is high in Potassium? Bananas have been around for a very long time and differ from a "plantain"