Good, ripe cranberries will bounce. Bounceberry is another name for them. During Prohibition years when alcohol sales were banned by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920-1933) wine growers would put large labels on their grape juice that stated: 'Warning: Will Ferment and turn into wine,' and then proceeded to give detailed instructions of what NOT to do so the grape juice would not accidentally turn into wine! Florida produces more grapefruit than the rest of the world combined. http://www.foodreference.com/html/fmcdonalds.html http://www.foodreference.com/html/triviatips.html on m ---------------------------- TAMARILLO Although the tamarillo is native to South America, most of the tamarillo sold in the U.S. is imported from New Zealand, where it is grown commercially. The original name, tree tomato STAR FRUIT The star fruit or carambola, is a unique fruit that has a 5 pointed star shape when cut across the middle of the fruit. They probably originated in Sri Lanka and the Moluccas, and have been cultivated in southeast Asia and Malaysia for several hundred years. There are 2 varieties found in markets, one very sour and the other slightly sweet. 22% fat = avacado apple = 7000 varirtues 100 commerical There are currently over 7000 varuities of apple. However only a small fracton (1.5%) of these arec commercially produced. (mine) One variety of banana, the 'Ice Cream Banana', is BLUE. It turns yellow like other bananas when ripe, and has a taste like vanilla custard and a marshmallow texture. ‘Red bananas’ are maroon to dark purple when ripe, and even the fruit inside can have a slight pinkish color. albino 'white blackberry,' Figs are the sweetest of all fruits, with a 55% sugar content. The flower of the fig is inside the fruit, so there are no blossoms on fig trees. Sort of like an inside out strawberry. FOOTBALL FRUIT ====================================================== http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ tomato - spider thingy at top of tomato. Make someones day, hand it to someone >) grape firework display - give url too. Below 8 degrees celcius the fruit will decay from the inside. These fruits will not ripen but will turn black in the refrigerator. Pummelo, the father of the grapefruit; Are the most detoxifying fruit. If you want to clean your body you should squeeze lemons in the morning; guava - most nutritious The orange colors orange under the influence of cold temperatures. In the tropics the fruit keeps a green to green with yellow stains color. cucumber piece of fruit too. the same tree that produces the peach also makes nectarine Don't eat wagonloads of appleseeds, each one contains a little bit of cyanide. There are red, black and yellow cherries. Acid Fruit oranges - pineapples - sour apples - sour plums - lemons - grapefruits - sour peaches - limes - tangerines - sour grapes - tomatoes These are the most detoxifying fruits and excellent foods. They should be avoided when you have the flu because the body could overreact detoxifying and make you even more sick. Some people may have problems with these fruits because of their acid content. The acid though is a healthy and organic nutritional element (for instance: ascorbic acid is vitamin c, found especially in citrus fruits and vegetables). Sometimes people have one type of fruit that irritates the body or that they don't like. This can be caused by an allergic reaction caused by drinking milk. There is a good chance that after staying away from dairy this reaction disappears. Stories are known of people who's stomach irritation for freshly squeezed orange juice disappeared after cutting down strongly on cowmilk products. Most fruits we know are the result of years of constant improvement by human beings. The apple is a good example. The fruit as we know it wouldn't have been as big, tasty and nutritious as it is today if it hadn't been cultivated and crossed for years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub-acid Fruit apricots - blueberries - huckleberries - strawberries - nectarines - raspberries - blackberries - gooseberries - mangos - elderberries - fresh figs - sweet apples - cherries - sweet peaches - sweet plums - persimmons These fruits are less detoxifying than the acid fruits and can in general be handled well in any amount. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweet Fruit bananas - dates - sweet grapes - pears - prunes - raisins - dried figs Rehydrate dried fruit by soaking it overnight in a jar of water. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melons watermelons - cantaloupes - honey dew - galia Are like all other fruit excellent food. Special about watermelons is that they contain as much iron as spinach. ==================================== companies Breakfast with Blender Batter Baking & Allergy Alternatives by ...