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« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2010, 07:30:35 PM » |
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We had a fig tree growing in our back yard when I was growing up - did you know they grow from a cutting?
One year the tree was so full of fruit mum made fig ginger jam - it has been my favourite jam ever since!
Sadly figs are actually quite hard to grow in Sydney because of the humid summers we have. Plus the birds and fruit bats love them. The funniest thing is that the whole tree is usually encaged in an aviary like structure!
I think my favourite fruit is the strawberry and the big sweet yellow fleshed peaches we get this time of year (which is the hot humid weather aformentioned)
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« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2010, 06:18:04 PM » |
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Diem Carpe et Amplexa.
(Roughly translated means 'Don't just seize the day HUG IT!)
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2010, 03:10:45 AM » |
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What are talking about, SG? Chocolate is healthy! It's a good source of iron and dietary fiber (especially the darker sort), not to mention anti-oxidants. And if the chocolates contain nuts, so much the better. A lot of the nutritional advice these days says we need to add more nuts to our diet.
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2010, 05:35:32 AM » |
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Thanks, RM. I don't feel so bad about the three boxes I munched my way through over christmas now! And another box on the way, expected soon...
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2010, 05:53:29 AM » |
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I also like my chocolate embedded in cookies or brownies, which adds yet another food group - grains are an important part of a healthy diet.
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« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2010, 11:25:01 PM » |
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Personally, I always think that wine must be very good for you ... crammed full of grapes!  |
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« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2010, 12:53:50 AM » |
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Probably fulfills the suggestion for 5 fruits or vegetables each day, Linda.
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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2010, 12:59:24 AM » |
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MMMM................
1 bottle of wine = 5 glasses
5 portions of fruit or veg a day...
COINCIDENCE??
I think not..............................
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« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2010, 02:13:18 AM » |
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I've always thought that wine was a waste of a good grape...
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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2010, 07:11:42 AM » |
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I've always thought that wine was a waste of a good grape...
Pat, if you think that, you've never had a really good wine! Anyway, grapes that are good for eating don't make good wine, and vice versa. Most of the good things one can get from eating grapes can be gotten from drinking wine. Plus, there are studies that show that statistically wine drinkers are generally healthier than teetotalers as long as they don't overindulge. There are certainly some valid reasons to avoid alcoholic beverages, but if these don't apply, wine is excellent for your health! |
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« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2010, 06:57:48 PM » |
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I agree with everything you said, RM. I've never had seriously expensive wine, but I've tasted moderately expensive ones that have left others making appreciative sounds. I can manage a glass of white from time to time, but red wine just doesn't do anything for my taste buds at all - it makes me pull a 'just-sucked-a-lemon' face. I'd much rather drink a glass of straight grape juice.
Horses for courses eh?
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« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2010, 08:08:02 PM » |
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Inspector Morse said that drinking alcohol loosens the brain cells and enables you to think clearly! Perhaps I should try a glass or two when I'm attempting the Challenge but as it's only 10 a.m. here now I think that might not be too wise ... slippery slope and all that! Will stick to black coffee and befuddled brain cells! |
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« Reply #27 on: February 19, 2010, 06:08:00 AM » |
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I agree with everything you said, RM. I've never had seriously expensive wine, but I've tasted moderately expensive ones that have left others making appreciative sounds. I can manage a glass of white from time to time, but red wine just doesn't do anything for my taste buds at all - it makes me pull a 'just-sucked-a-lemon' face. I'd much rather drink a glass of straight grape juice.
Horses for courses eh?
I'm with you, Pat. I used to drink an occasional glass of wine, but I don't really like it, and no longer even try. I'd rather have straight grape juice too, even though I don't even like that that much. As I've gotten older, I've started liking the taste of beer, which I never liked when I was young(er). But then, I also know people who don't like chocolate, which is almost inconceivable to me. |
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« Reply #28 on: February 19, 2010, 06:47:52 AM » |
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But then, I also know people who don't like chocolate, which is almost inconceivable to me.
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« Reply #29 on: February 19, 2010, 08:35:03 AM » |
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no, it's true, I swear! Or at least that's what they told me. And yet they look like normal people. You'd never guess just by looking at them that they could be so peculiar.
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