The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece.
The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
Monday 12 January 2009
Arbute berries
Arbute berries growing on the strawberry tree. The fruit has a woody strawberry taste. The berries can also be turned into a liqueur. The fruit is ripe in the red stage.
Are these hard and spiky before they are ripe? If they are then it's the same fruit that we used to throw (playfully) one another when we were kids...Yes it's a bit painful and yes.....strange childhood :-D :-D :-D
hello! I have been reading your cooking blog for some time and now have discovered this other one! I have no idea how I linked my posting to your blog and removed it only because I am not sure if it was a good or bad thing! I am still new at blogging, but in any case I am happy to have started a dialogue with you and look forward to reading more about your cooking creations and life in beautiful crete!
We have those trees here but I thought the berries were poisonous, birds do eat them though so I guess I was wrong, to think that we could have made a liquor out of them!
look great to eat!
ReplyDeleteαυτά είναι τα θαύματα της φύσης
ReplyDeleteΕύχομαι σε σένα και τους γύρω σου ότι καλύτερο για το νέο χρόνο
Are these hard and spiky before they are ripe? If they are then it's the same fruit that we used to throw (playfully) one another when we were kids...Yes it's a bit painful and yes.....strange childhood :-D :-D :-D
ReplyDeleteThey are so tasty! I would love some.
ReplyDeleteThe berries are so interesting close-up, but I really love how they look on the tree.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger my mom used to cut some branches for the vase. Then I was sneaking in the living room and I was eating all the fruits.
ReplyDeleteI had to turn to Wikipedia for that one. Guess who turned up as results 1 and 3?? :-)
ReplyDeleteThey look delicious, and if they taste like strawberries I must try to get a taste sometime.
PS Thank you for the nice comments! Now we are up to all of 8 degrees C - for a little while...
Φαίνονται ωραία!!
ReplyDeletehello! I have been reading your cooking blog for some time and now have discovered this other one! I have no idea how I linked my posting to your blog and removed it only because I am not sure if it was a good or bad thing! I am still new at blogging, but in any case I am happy to have started a dialogue with you and look forward to reading more about your cooking creations and life in beautiful crete!
ReplyDeleteWe have those trees here but I thought the berries were poisonous, birds do eat them though so I guess I was wrong, to think that we could
ReplyDeletehave made a liquor out of them!
those berries grow near our house and i thought they were poisonous. Then, a friend of mine tried them and said they were good.They really are!
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