Exotic fruits and vegetables

Podborochka unusual exotic fruits and vegetables intended for educational purposes. Some even saw a live. But the other instances were a novelty.

purple carrots.

More than one generation of people are convinced that the carrot is just orange, but purple - the original, original color of this vegetable. Color of carrots is caused by beta carotene, with some addition of alpha -carotene pigment. They contain purple pigment anthocyanin, which acts as an antioxidant.

Purple carrot is shown in the drawings made ​​in the Egyptian temple of 2000 years BC. In the tenth century purple carrots were grown in Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern Iran. In the fourteenth century in southern Europe were imported crimson, white and yellow varieties. Grown as black, red and green carrots.

Recently, the Dutch growers have learned useful properties of purple carrots. They believe that purple vegetables provides the body with additional protection against cancer and cardiovascular disease.

black tomato.

A unique variety of tomatoes went on sale in the UK market. According to some experts, in the vegetable contains a substance many times enhancing sexual desire. A new variety of black tomato called ... This is a relative of the wild plants Lycopersicon cheesmanii. The size of it is the same as regular tomatoes, but sweeter, and his skin brown and black. It took six years of research to improve this vegetable and start selling in Europe. When the tomato was first cultivated by the Aztecs and the Incas in the VIII century, they were not only red but also yellow, green, red, white and black. They were grown in what is now situated Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Mexico.

This cross between a tomato with a blackberry is capable of 30% extend the life of mice prone to colon cancer. In addition to the advantages enjoyed by the usual tomatoes - high levels of vitamin C and antioxidants.

Rainbow cabbage.

... The British company Syngeta launched a new variety of cauliflower - Rainbow Cauliflowers, the inflorescence is painted in bright orange, green and purple. The taste is exactly the same cabbage, but it adds color to the cooked meals - a new variety retains its rich color even after cooking.

Another advantage of the most cauliflower in the world, that the orange grade contains 25 times more beta carotene than in normal inflorescences, and full of purple anthocyanin, which is useful for the prevention of heart disease, because the slow blood clotting.

A company representative, Andrew Coker said that the unusual color of cabbage - not the product of genetic engineering and conventional breeding results, which took more than a dozen years.

Strawberry paynberri.

Birthplace of the fetus, which has the same genetic structure as the usual strawberries, but the taste and smell like a pineapple, considered South America. There he found the Dutch farmers, and for seven years successfully grown in greenhouses. A unique kind of was on the verge of extinction, when Dutch farmers have revived it in greenhouses. In the immature form of green berries, and on their ripeness say white skin and red seeds.

red cucumber.

These vegetables are only provisionally referred to as ... In fact, with classic cucumber, they have nothing to do. They do not have a taste and are used more for decorative purposes.

This vegetable is in appearance very much like a cucumber, even though it has the color of bright red. But it tastes just a ... In fact, the fruit belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae plants and is known as ... This miracle was brought to Europe from Southeast Asia, and is considered more ornamental plants than edible. However, if you put this beauty in his country house, then a couple of years your whole garden will be a continuous thickets of red cucumber.

Romanescu.

This is a close relative of broccoli and cauliflower. If you like cabbage, this vegetable is fantastic you will love. In addition, this wonderful vegetable, literally packed with antioxidants.

Romanesco or Romanesque Broccoli, cabbage coral. Designers and 3D- artists admired her exotic shapes are similar to fractals. Cabbage buds grow on the logarithmic spiral. The first mention of Romanesco cabbage came from Italy, 16th century.

Romanesque broccoli has the naitonchashim taste, how can have cabbage. Romanesco is not crumbly, delicious broccoli, sweetish with a nut and not a touch of sulfur taste. Fresh Romanesco cabbage should be stored in the refrigerator for 4 days. Since cabbage is firm, cut into pieces of a head of serrated knife.

Romanesco cabbage with slices of cooked pudding, served with béchamel sauce and Roquefort. Romanesco Cabbage is rich in antioxidants carotenoids, vitamin C.

This exotic vegetable easy to grow for those who have the experience of growing broccoli, as the Agricultural identical.

Kevan melon (Cucumis metuliferus).

Melon Kevan ( Antilles cucumber, horned melon, anguriya ). Kevan, countryman Kiwi, originally from New Zealand. Externally, the fruit resembles a cucumber yellow-orange with numerous horns. In fact, nods not so formidable as it seems: soft spikes, loose bark. The best way of eating fruit - cut it in half and vyhlebat green flesh. Nods like a cucumber and lemon at the same time - refreshing. It contains vitamin PP and vitamin C in it more than enough.

Average fruit weight 300 g, the average length of 12 cm. Fruits are extremely decorative and can be used to create original compositions, and even as Christmas tree decorations.

Hand of Buddha.

It is popular in Asia, the fruit of one of the members of the subfamily Citrus (family Rutaceae ). The contents of this fruit under a thick skin very much like a lemon. Has the largest of all citrus fruits. Their length is 20-40 cm. diameter - 14-28 cm.

durian.

Durian fruit is like some kind of ... The pulp inside the fruit is pale yellow in color. The smell like dirty socks, worn, rotting meat or sewage ( choose what you like). However, this fruit tastes amazing and elegant. The first European explorer, who in the 1700s 's first taste of this fruit called him the ... ...

Monstera (Monstera deliciosa).

Monstera grows in many homes. In nature, this plant produces tasty fruit. Mature fruit monstera core, despite the unpleasant pungent odor, tastes like pineapple.