Gold Kiwifruit and black grapes
25/07/2006
Sharks says the yellow kiwifruit are an abomination – and go against its very grain. She says Kiwifuit are meant to be tart, anything else is a cop out.
Well I have just discovered today I like my Kiwifruit yellow. Yes, I’m a cop out, but it’s not to say the yellow ones are a walk down saccharin lane – they’re pretty tart too. It’s just right.
Anyway. While we’re on the subject of Kiwifruit – did you know
- that the fruit is actually native to Southern China
- it was only planted commercially in New Zealand in the 40s
- it was originally known as the Chinese Gooseberry outside China
- in China, it’s known as a weird fruit, monkey peach, and sometimes called the same thing as Carambola which is better known as star fruit in our parts
- you can use it as a meat tenderiser
- that like green tea, it’s a good source of flavanoid antioxidents
Again. What would life be without Wikipedia?
Anyway. Have a kiwi today. They taste better than grapes any day.
