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Canistel custard toast: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Canistel custard toast: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Canistel custard toast

Canistel custard toast

🍴 Canistel custard toast: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
  • 🟡Mash Canistel (Eggfruit) with a bit of cream and cinnamon, spread on toast, and broil until golden.
  • 🟡Like dessert for breakfast!

Canistel Custard Toast: Exotic Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe Canistel (Eggfruit), mashed
  • 2 tbsp cream
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 slices of bread

Instructions

  1. Preheat broiler.
  2. Mash Canistel with cream and cinnamon until smooth.
  3. Spread mixture on bread slices.
  4. Broil until golden and slightly caramelized.
  5. Serve warm, like dessert for breakfast.

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Free natural shampoo: squeeze it and see what comes out! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Free natural shampoo: squeeze it and see what comes out!

Pine Cone Ginger - Zingiber Zerumbet, Shampoo Ginger

💄 Free natural shampoo: squeeze it and see what comes out!
  • 💄Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), is called Shampoo Ginger due to its unique, milky substance found in the cones. If you squeeze these bright red cones, a fragrant, milky liquid seeps out - traditionally used in Asia and Hawaii as a natural shampoo. Even today, you’ll find it in commercial shampoos.
  • 💄 But there's more to it than hair care. All parts of the plant carry a spicy fragrance, the cones make striking, long-lasting cut flowers, and the whole plant adds a tropical vibe to your garden.
  • 💄 And here's a fun history twist: Pine Cone Ginger is a "canoe plant", carried across the Pacific by ancient Polynesian voyagers. Imagine - this little shampoo factory traveled the ocean in canoes centuries ago!


Would you try washing your hair with this tropical ginger?

🛒 Grow your own Natural Shampoo Ginger

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What is Akee - Jamaica's National Fruit - and how to grow it. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is Akee - Jamaicas National Fruit - and how to grow it

⛔️ What is Akee - Jamaica's National Fruit - and how to grow it

🛒 Plant your own Akee (Achee) tree

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Banned Jamaican fruit: why you never see fresh Akee in U.S. stores? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Banned Jamaican fruit: why you never see fresh Akee in U.S. stores?

Akee (Blighia sapida)

⛔️ Banned Jamaican fruit: why you never see fresh Akee in U.S. stores?

Did you know that fresh Akee (Blighia sapida) is restricted for import into the U.S.?
That's the bad news.
The good news: you can grow your own Akee tree and enjoy this famous fruit right in your backyard!

The reason it's restricted is because unripe Akee (Ackee) contains toxins. Only when the pods split open naturally is the fruit safe to eat, after cooking (video). That’s why it's hard to import fresh – but easy to grow and handle at home once you know the trick.

Plenty of people love this fruit (it's actually a vegetable). It's the national fruit of Jamaica, and a must-have in the classic dish Akee and saltfish. Planting your own tree means you never have to miss out.

⛔️ Why grow Akee?
  • ✔️Fresh fruit that you simply can’t buy in U.S. stores.
  • ✔️You decide when it's ripe and safe, straight from the pod.
  • ✔️A taste of Jamaica in your own garden - both food and culture in one tree.


So don't wait for the fruit that never arrives at the port. Plant your own Akee tree and enjoy the harvest tomorrow!

🛒 Plant your own Akee (Achee) tree

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▫️New Christmas ornaments? Ackee monster fruit!
📱 How to cook perfect Akee

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