Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Here are 1o signs to identify a fruit lover.
A fruit lover usually is someone who:
- Rushes to eat the fruits first even before having the first bite of the main course
- Knows what fruits are on the table but doesn’t mind what dessert is there
- Usually likes fruits better than chocolate but doesn’t mind dipping it in chocolate fondue
- Can be found lining up for Gummy Bears and Jelly Beans rather than Hershey’s
- Doesn’t care if he’s roommate hogs on chocolate pudding but fights with his life to protect a slice of fruitcake
- Thinks a bar of Toblerone left open for two days is worse than a fruit salad left open for two weeks in the fridge
- Stocks the freezer with strawberry ice cream, mango yogurt and blueberry cheesecake
- Doesn’t let the apple reach the preschool teacher
- Cuts grandma’s fruit basket into half right before reaching grandma’s doorstep
- Thinks ice cups are the most nutritious drinks in the world
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
- Mangoes are loaded with Vitamin A, and high in Vitamin C, Postassium, and Iron.
- Chinese medical practitioners use mango to treat dysentery.
- Twelve lychees have less than seventy calories.
- Passionfruit get its name from its flowers, which Spanish missionaries thought resembled symbols of Christ’s Passion, such as the crown of thorns.
- Mangosteen are rumored to have been the favorite fruit of Queen Victoria.
- Orangutans love mangoes.
- Legend has it that an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty lost his throne because his insisted on having fresh lychees delivered to his concubine on a regular basis - at great cost to the Chinese people.
- Many people believe durian is an aphrodisiac.
- Mangoes have been used as a type of contraceptive.
- Lychee is a member of the soapberry family.
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