Gusto e benessere
I segreti della frutta. Alla scoperta delle curiosità più particolari di tutti i tipi di frutta.
I segreti della frutta. Alla scoperta delle curiosità più particolari di tutti i tipi di frutta.
Colore rosso, gusto deciso, aroma intenso: lo zafferano è considerato il re delle spezie. I fiori vengono raccolti all'alba quando sono ancora chiusi e subito vengono prelevati gli stimmi, un’operazione estremamente delicata che richiede grande cura e manualità, per evitare di spezzare i preziosi filamenti.
Vulgarly called "china of the poor" or "mountain tobacco", from the use of its dried leaves to produce cheap snuff or pipe tobacco, the beneficial properties of this plant for a long time were appreciated only by mountain populations who considered it the remedy par excellence for traumas and fractures.
Elvis Presley was fond of peanuts and the same was the Disney Goofy, who ate it to turn into Super Goof: technically they belong to the group of Fabaceae (or legminose) so, unlike what everyone thinks, they are not nuts or oilseeds, but cousins of foods such as beans, lentils, chickpeas and soybeans
Be careful not to mistake it for a blueberry, not because it is poisonous and therefore dangerous but because you would do a wrong given its generous properties: we are talking about black aronia.
Its fragrance is more than characteristic, its history is incredibly intricate; mint is a perennial herbaceous plant extremely easy to grow also in pots on the windowsill, because it withstands both heat and cold.