(Food) Questions again

I wish i didnt have so many questions, but i do! I cant help it, and even when i try to research some, it takes so much time even for small questions. They are like ants crawling ur brain and wont stop until answered-). So i am just asking in case some here have answers... and it is easier this way. You can ask ur food questions as well.

So, do u eat fruit seeds? I once came across this vid of a man who healed his cancer eating (was it) apricot seeds and then jailed... Of course there are those obviously edible like strawberry seeds and harmless like a few small citrus seeds u swallow. Seedless grapes have become popular, but we learn of grape seed extracts and think, why we throw the powerful antioxidants and buy those supplements instead..

Anyway, here is an interesting post on other edible seeds. Once i have tried chayote seed, wc tasted nutty, but often forget and throw them away. See what u like or need to take more of:
6 Fruit Seeds You Can Eat To Improve Your Health and Prevent Cancer | Live Love Fruit

I have heard/read credible arguments from both sides of this issue. Take the time to do the research, both pro and con, and then decide for yourself what you believe is best for yourself.

In things such as these, if one educates themselves concerning the issue, it is best to trust their heart, and go with what one feels they are led to do.

I've eaten seeds of fruit before. Sometimes with an apple it just happens or seeded grapes, kind of hard to spit them out. I also eat the Peel of some fruit's, which grosses my family out. I like the peel of citrus fruit's and they're good for you.

Wow..........too, too funny.......I used to LOVE the peels of oranges and lemons. I would use them like a breath mint or something. And, as far as I remember, you are correct, most of the "goodness" of the fruit is in the peel!

Sadly, now citric acid causes acid reflux for me, and I can not enjoy them any more. I can not have anything with a high percent of citric acid, and take Omeprazole daily for the acid reflux. For 26 years now.

But, your comment brought back some happy, and funny memories.

if they happen to be in the fruit and parent painful to swallow (or taste ewww) I eat them, if I feel they are too large, I don't eat them. Simple as that

I have acid reflux too and probably shouldn't eat citrus but I can't help myself. . I also take Prilosec everyday. Unfortunately I have always had some sort of stomach issue. My Mother who is 79 recently had a stomach scope done and she thought it would be terrible. I told her I've had 3 of those and they sort of knock you out. It was weird that I've had them and my 79 year old Mother never did. But my Dad had stomach issues, so if it's genetic it comes from him.

You did! I only know some rind (chopped) added to cookies, but to eat fresh...? Kind of nice to try now but i cant imagine. suddenly i am reminded of local leaves being used for acid reflux. i passed by a free consultation service of a naturopath practitioner once to see what they have to say abt certain conditions, and i heard the woman before me mentioned reflux and what she could do abt it. i have known some ppl take guava leaf tea for diarrhea, but heard the man explain that she could take that for her reflux! what thngs we hear and learn... and on searching, sure Cancer Prevention Research ad other publications have been telling abt the leaves' various health benefits even for diabetes...

Sometimes there are ripe guavas nearby and nothing like eating right after u pick one from the tree. Yesterday part of my breakfast was 3/4 of one i sliced, as a bird has come before i could pick the fruit as i waited and watched out for some. Many times i just leave them because they are fast. As kids we were told not to eat much of the seeds but not prohibited, but now sometimes because they are just so sweet and juicy, i simply swallow. No constipations, nothing as some say they experience.

What do guavas taste like? Are the similar to a mango?

hubby and I have discovered the many benefits of 'CHIA SEEDS'....do the research, we have
experienced very healthful benefits, and they are also full of much needed fiber'...and unlike many seeds
they are very easily digestable...

Ripe mangoes are often sweeter. I cannot even describe its taste so i read a little to describe it, and one site said its taste is 'unique.' I only know we got fresh fruit from the tree, for when the small (wild) guavas get to the mkt, u know they are no longer fresh! A day old guava is definitely different from a newly picked one. I never really thought much abt swallowing/not swallowing the seeds for they are embedded in the soft flesh. There are many varieties, and some we like even before they ripen, but the unripe fruit may be a bit gritty=). Some have a small circle of flesh and seeds -- thicker outer part with the edible rind (we never peeled guavas), while others have mostly flesh and seeds, with thinner rind.


I never knew this too, that it is 600+%dv of vit. c per serving (if ur serving is a cup). But i think that is too much a serving really, and a 100g fruit is perhaps just enough at 381%.
Guavas, common, raw Nutrition Facts & Calories

Neither did i know its lycopene content is almost twice that of tomatoes! Here, a little on guavas.

[FONT=&quot]During each season, a guava tree bears numerous round, ovoid or pear-shaped fruits, each about 5-10 cm long and weigh around 50–200 g. Different cultivar types of guava grown all over the world which may vary widely in flavor, pulp color, and seed composition.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The fruit is soft when ripe with sweet musky aroma and creamy texture flesh. Internally, its flesh varies in color depending up on the cultivar and may be white, pink, yellow, or red. Ripe fruits have rich flavor with sweet-tart taste. Each fruit contains numerous tiny, semi-hard edible seeds, concentrated especially at its center. Guava fruit nutrition facts and health benefits

But nice to know the seeds are edible after all these yrs, he he.[/FONT]

The photo of hard unripe guavas caught my attention, but this is interesting fruit matters.
DialAFlight Blog | Delicious National Fruits of the World

I didn't actually EAT them.......... Don't try that. I would cut up a piece and put it in my mouth like a breath mint. Kinda like snuff I guess, just a pinch between your lip and gum. It did make for good smelling breath though. Still, just doing it that way caused a bunch of the citric acid in the rhind to be swallowed, and that was not good for the wee elephant's belly.

I do not know really.. in fact apricot's one of the fruits i havent seen personally and eaten. As i child i remember being very curious abt this fruit for i liked the color apricot, among others. As there are so many others to explore, ive quite forgotten abt the apricot until recently! Here was the vid i was not looking for but whose title caught my attention. It;s short.[video=youtube;WvKQrATZ6bU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvKQrATZ6bU[/video]

And this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ah7o8Z5CE

I neither know of ppl eating apple seeds. Grapes perhaps, as the seeds are smaller and softer, i also occasionally just bite into them as i eat a grape and think nothing of it. But what i am thinking about is perhaps, just perhaps, even the few seeds we eat with the fruit may be benefitting us without knowing, so we wont need the potent concentrated capsules? This reminds me of corn on the cob. When we bought and boiled corn long ago, there was always some corn hair left, so we had to remove them as we ate the warm corn. Of course we cant remove all and we just swallowed what little was left, and it did us no harm. I remember my ma saying corn was also a dieuretic, not sure if the corn itself or the hairs tht do that (but she'd reserve some liquid after boiling to drink). Anyway, now we often get dehulled corn cooked and canned corn, neither of wc has those.

A food question for those who bake.. look, i am just asking here now for i havent my eyeglasses today--and cannot research the detail. What is the shelf life of banana cake? I mean refrigerated, not frozen. We normally do not have to refrigerate these things for we often buy/make and eat as we have them and they dont often stay uneaten for long-). I know fruit cakes wc have rhum or brandy and which are sweet last a long time, and are even aged when they smell and taste better.. but banana cakes...?

2 days at room temperature, a week in the fridge or frozen for 2 or 3 months.

I like how mar09 made a sandwich out of the Title of the thread............seems only fitting


(Food)..............

( = slice of bread

Food - she allowed us to choose what we want to make a sandwich out of, I got leftover meatloaf

) = slice of bread

Then there is the spread.......

Questions again = spread

hehe

Thanks, tourist. I was here a little time yest, but missed this. A week in the fridge...can that not be extended, like if some wine stuff is used. I mean w/o using other preservatives? We do not have a big ref, u see-).

Apple seeds have cyanide so don't eat them I like salted sunflower seeds, they are delicious and crunchy.