by Brooks Tropical Chef’s Corner, from Local Flavor, Recipes Raised in the Florida Redland 1 box yellow cake mix ¼ cup tropical fruit juice, such as pineapple, mango, etc. 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 cups star fruit, sliced crosswise into...
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Perhaps the most decorative fruit in all the Fruit & Spice Park is the starfruit, Averrhoa carambola. The thin-skinned fruit from Asia is oblong with several ribs that radiate out from the centerline. When the fruit is cut in cross section...
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Tropical Fruit Recipes, Rare and Exotic Fruits, Rare Fruit Council International, Miami, FL Mix together and set aside. 7/8 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger ½ tsp. salt Mix together: 1 ½ cup mashed canistel pulp...
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November is the time when you can really sense that winter and our dry season is on its way. The sun is lower in the sky, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and the hot, rainy days of the wet season are in the past. All...
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Our feature fruit for October is the ever popular Avocado, Persea americana. This member of the Laurel family, indigenous to Central America, produces one of the most popular fruits in the world. Avocado have been cultivated for thousands of...
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