In my Backyard
No idea how it grew. Maybe one of the little hooligans was playing farmer. No idea what it was until it bore the fruit.
It's a custard apple tree, by the way.
And these came from my backyard. I think our Filipino friends can tell us about them. My kids love it when they're cooked.
We had a tree like this back home in Egypt, we call "keshta" which means cream and we eat it as a fruit without cooking. I don't like its tatse a lot, but my dad is an agriculture engineer and he is fond of planting strange stuff.
I can't stay up all night! I am falling asleep in front of the computer it's kind of slow today! I have a date tomorrow. he wants me to lift my fat ass early off to bed for a brunch date! hi! hi! hi! hi!
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig 2 graves...
It's good dark green leaves, very nutritious good for chicken tinola dish. some people are allergic to it. I love it but I'm not allowed to eat it.
Custard Apple is what I crave when I had my first child back in Oman and it comes from India or Pakistan.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig 2 graves...
(Custard Apple)-we called it "ATIS"! in Phils., it has black seeds similar to soursop fruits or prickly custard apple(Guyabano). Its leaves are effective herbal meds for LBM/Diarrhea to boiled w/ Avocado leaves and Guava leaves which are commonly used by people in the province.
Guava leaves as well are good to use as sitz bath treatment of a postpartum mothers it promotes fast wound healing.
The bottom pics are called "MALUNGGAY" or Moringa in english. Alot of filipinos eat it, but i dont. I only eat its leaves when cooked nicely like spinach. It is very rich in vitamins. You can find it at Lulu hyper or Carrefour.
that's great...good to know that your kids love them, coz from our country, it's unappealing(the taste)for most of the kids....its really nutritious...how do you prepare them? do you just steam them or what?
in indonesian we call it Sirkaya :-)
Owen, my kids are going to feast on these malunggay/malungai. That's why they're on the kitchen table.
oh yeah, the fruit we call it ATIS, juicy fiber with seeds inside..and the long one is a "malunggay" very nutritious, and we cook it as part ingredient of "pinakbet" a filipino vegetable dish..yummm.. :)