Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts

Friday, December 12, 2008

Days of Summer

I thought I'd share some lovely pictures I took over the last summer (but have been too lazy to post until now). I love the Florida sunshine - it makes for some lovely and intense light. My favorite shots are of a blooming tea my Mom bought a while back. She got the nice clear teapot to go along with it because let's face it - what's the point of a flower in my tea if I can't see it?

While out shopping we also ran across this lovely bright pink fruit at the Asian supermarket. Having just recently sen a recipe for Dragonfruit Sorbet I actually knew that the fruit was a Dragonfruit so we bought a couple. They're so vibrant on the outside that it's really a shock to cut it open and find a tuxedo colored black and white inside. You can eat it raw by just scooping it out with a spoon, or you can make sorbets (and other things I'm not aware of) with it. I tried making the sorbet with mine but it didn't end up so great. I blame that on a lack of an ice cream machine though... It couldn't have been my fault! No way. Nope. Not at all. Not me. Uhhuh...


Oh, and that last one is just a cute little flower in the yard that caught my eye. I've no idea what kind of flower it is.

And those are my days of summer! Finding different things to try, flowers that make tea, pretty things growing all around, sun beating down on you. And now it is the winter (which in Florida isn't so different from the summer, although this year has actually been nice and cool). I like my days of winter too though - decorated trees and cookies, presents, food, family. Well, that's that! I'm off to make myself some tea (not the blooming kind though).


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lychees and Longons

So today I headed uptown to hang out with my Mom for the day. Along with planting my Sunflower seeds for The Great Sunflower Project and borrowing my Mom's bike to try and cut back on gas consumption, we went to a couple Asian Food Markets in the area.

I was happy to find some good Nori, sushi rice, and most importantly a specific brand of vermicelli instant noodle that I haven't been able to find for years! I hope it's just how I remember it! They also had Longans so we decided to get a pound.

However, that particular store didn't have the brand of Fish Sauce that I like so we stopped off at one more place. They had my Fish Sauce (thank goodness) and also had Lychees! So we decided to get some Lychees as well!

Once we got home and popped out the Lychees and Longons they just looked so nice still attached to their branches that I had to take pictures. They both tasted fantastic! The Longons had an earthy almost nutty flavor and weren't as sweet as the Lychees. The Lychees were very sweet and juicy with a more fruity flavor. They both have such wonderful overtones to their flavor. And they're fun to peel! So it was a nice afternoon treat. Just thought I'd share the pictures!

Lychees & Longons



Lychees & Longons



Lychees & Longons



Lychees & Longons



Lychees & Longons