Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

Video link - see below Advent Blog : Day 5 - Good Enough to Eat .   Ever over-eaten  at Christmas time?  But have you ever eaten your Christmas tree? Today, I'm featuring the "healthy"  option Christmas tree, created from fresh fruit or vegetables . As I read somewhere,  enjoy "sustainable cuisine" this Christmas - really?   I'm not sure that phrase will become part of my Christmas  vocabulary but I admit these trees do look fantastic  - yes, good enough to eat.  Source:   https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Cone-Colonial-Williamsburg-Tree-Base-for-Fresh-Fruit-Table-Centerpiece-/191681826674 Source: https://sylwiapietruszka.com Source  https://iowagirleats.com/2015/12/21/fruit-christmas-tree/ Source :  https://projectnursery.com/2015/12/fruit-christmas-tree-tutorial/ Using vegetables for your Christmas tree centrepiece may not be popular with your children or grandchildren, but who k...

sliced centre of Momordica fruit  Momordica tea - I must admit I had not heard of it until I met a fellow traveller in China recently, and she told me about it. In fact, rather than try to describe it, she sourced some for me  in Sydney and sent me some to try.   Momordica fruit    Here is a description of the fruit , summarised from the Life Rising Tea website  and Wikipedia   The  Momordica or "lo han kuo" is a small gourd-like fruit having an intensely sweet taste, widely used by the South Chinese as a household remedy for colds, sore-throat, and minor stomach and intestinal troubles. In the early fall, Momordica fruit is yellowish-red and found in the south of China. Naturally sweet and delicious. Momordica has been nicknamed "longevity fruit" in China because it is believed that prolonged consumption will result in a long life. The fruit's shape is said to imitate the belly of a Buddha and its   names include arhat f...